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This month we hear from Zahra Hedges, Chief Executive of Winning Scotland, a national charity working with partners to build confidence and resilience in children and young people. Our CEO, Lorraine Gillies, is involved in your work on something called ‘Planet Youth’. Can you tell us about it? Planet Youth is the brand name of...
Results for April Our Question of the Month for April related to our ‘Place’ and Rural themed newsletter. We asked: “Do you feel that there are enough amenities and play parks for children and young people where you live?” Question of the Month for May Our Question of the Month for May comes from our...
Each year we canvas your views and opinions via a Member & Stakeholder Survey. The Survey is open to our Members, Partners and Stakeholders and helps us to assess how well we are achieving our outcomes; and if our work and support continues to be perceived as valuable. The Member & Stakeholder Survey is critical...
Our colleagues at the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are hosting a series of webinars this week for Hoarding Awareness Week. Book your place on the links below: Free Online Seminars Each day there is a seminar focused around a different topic, available to book via the links below – Monday 15th May – 3.00...
The experience and impact of trauma and adversity in the lives of Scottish people is more pervasivethan has previously been recognised, and this has been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and costof living crisis. The National Trauma Training Programme (NTTP) supports the shared ambition of theScottish Government, COSLA and partners from across Scotland of a...
Guest blog by Leo Clarke, Consultant & Researcher With less traffic to contend with, rural roads may seem like easy places to drive, but there are actually a lot of hidden dangers and things that you need to be aware of. To make sure that you are keeping yourself and your loved ones safe, read...
Results for March Our Question of the Month for March related to our ‘Trauma Informed Society’ themed newsletter. We published a Podcast with Aidan Martin, author & CEO of The Scheme Livi, who was also a panellist at our screening of the ‘Wisdom of Trauma – with Dr Gabor Mate’ film. Aidan kindly provided us...
by Lorraine Gillies, SCSN Chief Officer I love April, it’s the start of so much – spring, lighter evenings and mornings, new financial year, new plans.. This April though our plans have been slightly delayed. The introduction of new a core grant funding process by the Scottish Government has taken it’s a toll on us...
by Kevin Chase, National Development Officer The last quarter has been an interesting one reaching out to groups and organisations who are providing some fantastic work within their respective communities. These organisations vary from third sector, Local Authority and national organisations. At the end of February I met with Roar For Life in Renfrewshire. A...
The Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) Rural Crime Strategy has seen some positive early results with reductions in rural crime and associated financial costs in the year 2022-2023, based on updated reporting figures. See the SPARC update below for more information. Please note the below monthly update for March 2023 plus the yearly figures...