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SCSN Covid Webinar Briefings
Over the past couple of months we’ve been attending numerous webinars on Covid-19 run by a wide range of our partners and friends in the community safety sector. We’ve compiled these into Covid Webinar Briefings summaries with questions on the implications which we hope you will find useful! Webinars covered include: Social Distancing in the […]
More InfoLet’s take a fresh look on life’s dilemmas – Guest blog, Roar Connections for Life
by Nicola Hanssen, Chief Executive, Roar Connections for Life For me, community safety isn’t about ‘safety-ism’, it is about enabling people and communities to flourish. We know that loneliness and falls are two of the most prevalent forms of unintentional harm and now older people’s risk of both has skyrocketed as a result of […]
More InfoThe approaching storm and why we must protect youth work
by Dawn Exley, SCSN Business and Development Officer In the last months, news of funding losses to youth work services in the wake of Covid-19 have been surfacing. Despite emergency response funds being made available from the government, youth agencies report that the majority have been unable to access these pots and have already seen […]
More InfoSummary of SCJS 2018-19 – Hannah Dickson
Full statistical publication here. The volume of crime in Scotland, including incidents not reported to the police, has fallen by 45% over the last decade and by 20% since 2016/17 from an estimated 1,045,000 incidents in 2008/09 to 573,000 in 2018/19. Most adults did not experience crime in 2018/19. The proportion of adults experiencing crime […]
More InfoQuestion of the Month July 2020
Our Question of the Month for June focussed on the ongoing demonstrations and rejuvenated campaigning on Black Lives Matter in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in the United States. Systemic racism is also a problem in the UK, including in Scotland, with the Covid 19 pandemic highlighting structural and systemic inequalities faced […]
More InfoQuestion of the Month June 2020
May Results There has been a lot of recent talk about the ‘new normal’. Governments, organisations and communities have had to quickly adapt and consider how we might have to adapt longer term to a changed reality, with Covid 19 likely to be with us for some time and also looking to when the pandemic […]
More InfoElectrical Safety First warn of dangerous products on sale online
Almost a third of those in Scotland either have already or are considering buying an electrical beauty product from an online marketplace during lockdown Those looking to replicate the hair salon experience at home during lockdown risk more than just a dodgy haircut, a Charity is warning. An investigation by consumer safety charity Electrical Safety […]
More InfoSPARC Rural Crime Update
Despite the current COVID-19 restrictions in place, it has been heartening to have had regular correspondence with so many of the SPARC partners over the past 7 weeks. It has also been encouraging that SPARC has been involved in various discussions during this time including National Police Chief’s Council on Heritage matters, cross border liaison […]
More InfoCovid 19 Survey Results Briefing Paper
This briefing paper pulls together some of the statistics related to community safety that have been emerging over the last few weeks. In doing so we have been able to identify some notable trends with regards to support for lockdown measures, financial concern, mental health and wellbeing and community spirit. This is an ongoing and rapidly […]
More InfoSCSN in joint submission to Equalities & Human Rights Committee Covid 19 Inquiry
SCSN has contributed to the joint submission to the Parliament Equalities & Human Rights Committee COVID-19 inquiry The emergency legislation from the UK and Scottish Governments in response to the pandemic, whilst necessary to ensure the effective provision of vital public services at this time makes some sweeping changes to life in Scotland, some in […]
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