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February Results Our Question of the Month for February-March related to LGBT History Month. As covered in our Equalities Edition, the UK was recently listed by the European Council alongside Russia, Turkey, Hungary and Poland as being a hostile environment for LGBT people, largely driven by increasing discussion around trans rights – with LGBT hate...
Our Question of the Month for January related to our ongoing four day week trial. The SCSN has been working a four day week since October and so far so good! Our Senior National Development Officer Dave Shea has written two blog posts at the beginning and midpoint of our pilot. A final post will...
We are delighted to share with you our 2021 Community Safety Partnership Resource Pack. You may remember, this summer, the Scottish Community Safety Network (SCSN) contacted Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) across Scotland to request information on their governance, structure, membership and partnership arrangements. From this request, we collected data from a sample of around a...
Our Question of the Month for November was based on our ‘Climate Change & Community Safety’ themed newsletter and came from our #SCSNConversationsWith… interview with Stewart Prodger of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). We asked: ‘Are you actively doing things which will improve long term community safety by reducing contributions to climate change?’ · 83%...
Our last Question of the Month was based around the themes of crime, punishment and rehabilitation – and came from Professor Fergus McNeill linking to his article on the Distant Voices Festival. We asked: Are you doing all that you can and should to help reintegrate people who have served their time in prison or...
Our last newsletter was themed on ‘Trauma Informed Practice’. We featured a guest article by Laura James of the Improvement Service, who also provided our Question of the Month. We asked: “Have you ever accessed training or resources related to trauma-informed practice in your work?” · 87% said Yes (13 votes) · 13% said No (2 votes)...
Guest article by Laura James, Improvement Service “(If people were trained in trauma)… it would have made a huge difference at the start for me” – member of SafeLives Authentic Voice panel Responding to psychological trauma is, now more than ever, a public health priority. COVID-19 and the restrictions put in place to contain the...
Our Question of the Month in our August newsletter came from SallyAnn Kelly, Chief Executive of the Aberlour Children’s Trust, & emerged from the #SCSNConversationsWith… discussion with her, which you can view here. We asked: “Should Scotland provide care experienced young people with a guaranteed income up to the age of 30?” 59.26% said Yes...
We are currently seeking to recruit a new Chair for the SCSN board. We are also interested in recruiting new trustees. Chair Person Role The Scottish Community Safety Network (The SCSN) is looking for an experienced Chairperson with knowledge of community safety and an understanding of the third sector and its interaction with government, statutory,...
June Question of the Month Results Our Question of the Month for June was based around the theme of Home Safety. Each year thousands of people are injured in avoidable accidents at home in Scotland. We wanted to know: ‘Have you ever had an accident in the home that resulted in an injury requiring treatment?’...