This page contains links to all SCSN featured blogs, written both by our staff members and partner organisations. Blog posts appear in chronological order from most recent to least recent.
2024
2023
- What we say, and how we say it matters to our safety – Lorraine Gillies, SCSN CEO
- Three reasons why cyber security awareness is important for everyone – Guest Blog, Leo Clarke Consulting
- A Day with Dr Gabor Mate: ACE Aware Nation Conference – David Barbour, Communications Officer
- Why ‘Why?’ is the new ‘So what?’ – Lorraine Gillies, Chief Officer
- Safer Drug Consumption Rooms: Bringing Communities with Us – David Barbour, Communications Officer
- Accessibility, Adaptability and Usability of Scotland’s Homes Consultation – Kevin Chase, National Development Officer & Home Safety Scotland Convener
- Why the SCSN strongly supports the new drug policy proposals – David Barbour, Communications Officer
- SCSN Staff Experiences of a Four Day Week
- SCSN in Conversation with Zara Hedges, Winning Scotland, talking Planet Youth
- Top Tips for driving safely on rural roads – Guest Blog, Leo Clarke
- Chief Officer’s Monthly Reflections April 2023 – Lorraine Gillies, Chief Officer
- Home Safety Scotland Quarterly Update – Kevin Chase, National Development Officer
- Let’s talk about anti-social behaviour – Lorraine Gillies, Chief Officer
- Plumbers & Joiners: Police, Mental Health & Vulnerability – Kevin Chase, National Development Officer
- Monthly Reflections, SCSN Chief Officer, January 2023: How do you plan your plan?
2022
- We can’t afford to cut back community safety again – here’s why – Dawn Exley, National Development Officer
- What cyclists need to know about being environmentally responsible whilst cycling in Scotland
- Monthly Reflections: SCSN Chief Officer, November 2022
- A new role, a new chapter – Kevin Chase, National Development Officer
- Retained EU Law Bill & Community Safety – Dawn Exley, National Development Officer
- Swift, Certain, Tough? More like Sick and Certainly Tired – David Barbour, SCSN Communications Officer
- Wellbeing makes the world go round! – David Barbour, SCSN Communications Officer
- Feeling the Pinch? Cost of Living Crisis – Lorraine Gillies, SCSN Chief Officer
- Dangerous Dogs in Scotland – Dawn Exley, National Development Officer
- SCSN 4 Day Week: Blog 3/3 – Dave Shea, SCSN Senior National Development Officer
- SCSN 4 Day Week: Blog 2/3 – Dave Shea, SCSN Senior National Development Officer
2021
- Covid 19 & Omicron: Let’s look after ourselves & each other – SCSN
- Light Up the Way: Transforming Power with Community Climate Action – Joana Avie-Lorie, Scottish Community Climate Action Network
- Climate Anxiety & Community Safety – David Barbour, SCSN Communications Officer
- SCSN 4 Day Week: Pilot Begins! – Dave Shea, Senior National Development Officer
- Bridging the Void: Making Communities Safer – Professor Fergus McNeill, Distant Voices
- Adopting a trauma informed approach in Scotland – guest article, Laura James, Improvement Service
- Poverty & Scotland’s Drug Deaths Crisis – guest article, Austin Smith, Policy Officer, Scottish Drugs Forum
- Poverty & Community Safety – guest article, Niven Rennie, Director, VRU Scotland
- Community Safety & the parallel world of cyber safety – Dawn Exley
- SCSN Blog: Scottish Youth Parliament Manifesto
- Guest Blog: Pre-trial detention of children in young offenders institutions and prisons – Claire Lightowler and Fiona Dyer Children & Young People’s Centre for Justice
- #SheWasJustWalkingHome – Dawn Exley
- Thinking about LGBT experiences of community safety – David Barbour
2020
- A Public Health Approach to reducing crime – Guest blog by Niven Rennie, Director, Violence Reduction Unit
- Do our attitudes to crime and punishment promote community safety? – David Barbour
- The approaching storm and why we must protect youth work – Dawn Exley
- Let’s take a fresh look at life’s dilemmas – Guest blog, Nicola Hanssen, Roar Connections for Life
- Implications for Road Safety from Covid 19 – Hannah Dickson
- Covid 19 and the role of evidence in policymaking – Mariah Kelly
- Kindness After the Storm (Covid 19) – Dawn Exley
- Covid 19 and the LGBT Community – David Barbour
- Was there ever a better time for partnership working – Lorraine Gillies
- Coronavirus legislation and human rights – Hannah Dickson
- Covid 19 and domestic abuse – Mariah Kelly
- Covid 19, alcohol and drugs – David Barbour
- Why the first lockdown email I sent to my staff was on self care – Lorraine Gillies
- Thinking about digital policing – Dawn Exley
- No limits for Springburn Academy’s young people – Wise Group
2019
- Community Planning and Community Safety – Guest article, Alasdair Mathers
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Scotland – Carlene McAvoy, RoSPA
- Are you measuring what matters? – Nicola Swan, Evaluation Support Scotland
- SCSN in Luxembourg – Lorraine Gillies
- Czeching out Prague with Elevate PSP – David Barbour
- Every other meeting… – Lorraine Gillies
- Thinking about the links between Public Health and Community Safety – David Barbour
- Lived experience and community safety: why it matters – Dawn Exley
- SCSN on tour: What would a Welsh Community Safety Network look like? – Lorraine Gillies
- Turning the tide: working together to prevent drowning in Scotland – Carlene McAvoy, RoSPA
- Thinking about trauma, suicide and health inequalities on LGBT History Month – David Barbour
- Thoughts so far (community safety narrative) – Tricia Spacey, Fife Council/SCSN/BSCP