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Care & Repair in Lanarkshire has been announced as winners of the inaugural Mark McCall Home Safety Fund. The announcement was made at the latest meeting of the Cross Party Group on Accident Prevention and Safety Awareness at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 21st March. Care & Repair will receive Ā£3,000 in funding towards their...
The Scottish Community Safety Network has added it’s support to a new campaign by our friends at RoSPA to oppose the Retained EU Law Bill. The Retained EU Law Bill (REUL), currently going through parliament, threatens to abolish approximately 4000 pieces of longstanding legal protections on 31 December. This would spell catastrophe for the health...
Our partners at the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are currently recruiting for the post of Safer Homes Officer. This is a full-time post for 3 years, working 35 hours per week, however applications from individuals seeking to work on a part time, job share or flexible working basis would be considered. The Safer Homes...
January Results Our Question of the Month from January related to the raft of media reports of serious misconduct by serving police officers in the London Metropolitan Police – and other Police forces around the country – following the conviction of David Carrick in January. We asked: āIs reporting of misconduct in the London Metropolitan...
by Lorraine Gillies, SCSN Chief Officer TheĀ Scottish Community Safety NetworkĀ has a special interest in anti-social behaviour. Just before lockdown in 2020, we hosted a fishbowl discussion on antisocial behaviour as part of the Firestarter Festival. The discussion centred on how society and policy could view antisocial behaviour with a more compassionate, trauma-informed lens that accounts...
December Results Our Question of the Month for December focussed on the Cost of Living Crisis, in particular, the energy crisis. Weāre concerned about whether people are ableto stay sufficiently warm in their homes – especiallyolder people. Cold housing affects dexterity and increases the risk of accidents, with attempts tosave money using electric fires increasing...
by Kevin Chase, National Development Officer On Friday 9th December, I attended the Police Mental Health and Vulnerability conference in Edinburgh, hosted by Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority.Ā Why?Ā Having recently retired from the police, from my own experience it is one of the biggest challenges facing policing in Scotland today.Ā I will...
Lorraine Gillies, SCSN Chief Officer I always think of January as a planning month. It’s when the Scottish Community Safety Network staff team and board sit down together and plan our activity for the year. The events we will deliver, the meetings we will facilitate, the briefing papers we intend to produce, the dates for...
SCSNās primary consideration is to community safety. We have noted the concerns, regarding possible conflicts between the aims of the GRR Bill and womenās safety and equality. We do not believe these concerns are sufficiently evidenced, or that the Bill changes the status quo for women accessing services, or that it represents a risk to...
A new Home Safety Fund, focussing on childrenās safety at home, launches today. The Mark McCall Home Safety Fund will award Ā£3,000 to a single winning application for projects providing safety equipment to children under the age of five. The winner will be announced at the Scottish Parliament during the Cross Party Group on Accident...