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We recently submitted a response to the Scottish Government’s Dangerous Dogs Consultation. We support placing an absolute responsibility on dog owners as to the behaviour of their dogs. We support this in favour of the current legislation in Scotland, which only places responsibility on the owner if there has been ‘reasonable apprehension’ of an attack....
Fearless.org and SCSN encourage a national youth conversation on anti-social behaviour Fearless.org – the youth service of independent charity Crimestoppers – and the Scottish Community Safety Network (SCSN) are this week working in partnership to encourage young people to learn more about anti-social behaviour and how best to make their communities safer. Based on the...
by Dawn Exley, SCSN National Development Officer We’ve all been affected by the news of Sarah Everard and her shocking murder. While Sarah is certainly not the first women, nor will she sadly be the last, whose life was taken from her under horrendous circumstances, her death has symbolised a tipping point. Women in the...
SCSN statement on Police drones & body worn cameras report The Scottish Community Safety Network welcomes the Justice Sub-committee on Policing’s – 1st report on Police Scotland’s use of remote piloted aircraft systems and body worn video cameras ): and supports the recommendations made. In particular we welcome the call for enhanced scrutiny and transparency and...
‘Measuring What Matters’ Webinar ‘How to’ video published We teamed up with Evaluation Support Scotland to deliver this webinar session on how to use the Measuring What Matters toolkit we co-designed together in 2019. The Covid pandemic has made it more important than ever to show the impact of our work and demonstrate value for...
A manifesto to help reduce the number one cause of fires in Scottish homes has just been launched – ahead of the Scottish Parliament election in May – by leading consumer protection charity, Electrical Safety First. Electricity causes nearly three quarters of all house fires in Scotland each year. In 2019 alone, it cost the...
As part of our Business Plan, we issue an annual survey to our members, partners and stakeholders to assess how well we are achieving our outcomes and if our support continues to be perceived as valuable. The feedback from the annual survey is used to inform our efforts towards continuous improvement. Thank you to all...
SCSN welcomes the recent publication of the Road Safety Framework to 2030 by Transport Scotland. We were pleased to play a part in its development as members of the operational partnership and stakeholder groups. We welcome the continued focus on speed in the new Road Safety Framework to 2030. Looking forward, we believe there are...
By David Barbour, SCSN Comms Officer and current Chair of the Glasgow LGBTQI Substance Use Partnership February is LGBT History Month. There is so much I can write about on this topic in normal times, but of course these are not normal times. As with other minority groups, the LGBTQI community has unsurprisingly also been...
Question of the Month for February Our Question of the Month for February relates to our research into experiences of community safety and our LGBT History Month newsletter theme. We’re asking: Question of the Month for January: Results Our Question of the Month for January related to a recent report by Audit Scotland on progress...