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Last month, our National Development Officer published a Briefing Paper on the evidence around sentencing and stop & search in response to UK Government policy announcements, and it received some great coverage. Our Question of the Month related to that. We asked people what they thought: ‘Based on the available evidence, increasing prison sentences will...
by Lorraine Gillies, Chief Officer of SCSN & Neighbourhood Watch Scotland The Scottish Community Safety Network team go to and put on a lot of meetings and events. I was at one the other day when someone said something that struck me. “I’m only allowed to go to every other meeting”. This from a professional...
The Scottish Government has just published it’s analysis of responses to their recent Fireworks Consultation. In total, 16,420 responses were available for analysis. In addition to the online consultation, 29 events were held across Scotland and a range of social media platforms were used to seek people’s views. The main issues and themes raised by...
New Chair announces new partnership The new Chair of the Scottish Community Safety Network, Ian Hanley, is delighted to announce the joining together of two significant organisations in in a new Partnership. From 1 October 2019, Neighbourhood Watch Scotland will be hosted by the Scottish Community Safety Network. This means that both organisations will be...
Last month’s Question of the Month was based around our themed Public Health and Community Safety newsletter. We asked: Do you feel that public health and community safety are well aligned in your area? Results were: 17% said yes 25% said no 58% said there was work to be done Question of the Month...
Part Time: 14.5 hours per week, temporary until March 2020 (possibility of permanent) Salary: £16,965 pro rata Based: Edinburgh Closing Date: 13th September 2019 Role SCSN is the national forum for officers who are responsible for the strategic development of community safety at both local and national level, in the private, public and voluntary sector....
Our Question of the Month for July was based around our ‘Travel Safety’ themed July newsletter. Cycling Scotland provided the question and they wanted to know: ‘Do you think media reporting contributes to negative attitudes and behaviour toward cycling?’ 60% of respondents said Yes (9 votes) 33% of respondents said No (5 votes) 7%...
David Barbour, SCSN Communications Officer Our Public Health and Community Safety Masterclass event in September will be one of the first major coming together occasions for community safety and public health practitioners. It’s great to see the ever evolving understanding and appreciation that both are inextricably linked. Some in community safety may be relatively new...
We hear a lot these days about a ‘public health approach’ to tackling issues. Can you explain what this means/looks like? To improve Scotland’s public health record we need to work together to shift our focus towards preventing ill health, reducing inequalities and working more effectively in partnership. It is widely recognised that this requires...
by Dawn Exley, SCSN Business Support and Development Officer I’ve recently had the privilege of hearing about the life journeys of some exceptional people. All bravely telling their stories to rooms of people all over the country with one thing in common. They want to use their lived experience to help others and make the...