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By David Barbour, SCSN Comms Officer and current Chair of the Glasgow LGBTQI Substance Use Partnership February is LGBT History Month. There is so much I can write about on this topic in normal times, but of course these are not normal times. As with other minority groups, the LGBTQI community has unsurprisingly also been...
Question of the Month for February Our Question of the Month for February relates to our research into experiences of community safety and our LGBT History Month newsletter theme. We’re asking: Question of the Month for January: Results Our Question of the Month for January related to a recent report by Audit Scotland on progress...
SCSN Manifesto for the 2021 Scottish Parliamentary Elections The Scottish Community Safety Network’s ambition is that CommunitySafety is valued and integrated across all relevant policy areas.We are committed to working to achieve a fairer and more equalScotland. There is so much across the Community Safety landscapewhere we’d like to see focus, investment and change. This...
The Social Renewal Advisory Board was set up by Scottish Ministers to make proposals that can renew Scotland once we start to emerge from the pandemic. Their final report, ‘If not now, when?’ has just been published. We think this is an excellent and inspirational report. We particularly like the clarity of the asks and...
SCSN have been active members of the Fireworks Review Group and we have worked together with a range of partners, most notably on a joint campaign with the Scottish Society for the Protection of Animals (SSPCA), to raise awareness of harms caused by fireworks and for changes to regulations governing the sale and use of...
The Home Office has issued a briefing for local partners on the new ‘Ask for ANI’ codeword scheme developed to help victims of domestic violence signal that they need emergency assistance from their local pharmacy. Read an excerpt below and download the full briefing at the foot of this page. What is Ask for ANI?...
Question of the Month for December: Results Our Question of the Month for December followed the release of the latest Drug Death figures for Scotland, which saw another record set with 1,264 deaths recorded in 2019. SCSN put out a position statement on the drug deaths figures and policy calling for significant changes to our policies...
SCSN recently submitted written evidence to the Scottish Parliament Joint Sub Committee on Policing on the use of drones (RPAS) by Police Scotland. You can read a section of our response below or download the full written evidence here. You can also read the Police Scotland response to the Joint Sub Committee on Policing here....
Question of the Month Our Question of the Month for November was based around our #SCSNConversationsWith video interview with Wayne Mackay of Electrical Safety First. We discussed key messages around electrical safety ahead of Christmas. This included discussion of ensuring that any electrical items purchased online were from reputable/trustworthy retailers. We’re asked: ‘Are you planning...
The latest drug related death figures for Scotland are a shameful indication that our services are still not geared up to stop these totally preventable deaths of despair. Every one of these deaths represents a lost loved one, a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister or friend. The ripples of trauma that follow just one...