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The Mark McCall Home Safety Fund will award £3,000 to a single winning organisation delivering home safety outcomes for children anywhere in Scotland. The Scottish Community Safety Network, Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and Fife Council are delighted to announce the Mark McCall Home Safety Fund will open for applications on the 1st...
Guest blog by Leo Clarke Consulting In the digital age, cyber security has become a household term. With the increasing dependence on technology, both in personal and professional spaces, the threat of cyber attacks has grown exponentially. In the corporate world, data breaches can do significant and even irreparable damage to a firm’s reputation. In...
October Results Our Question of the Month for October related to our Firework Safety & Bonfire Night newsletter theme for last month. We wanted to know to what extent people were aware of changes to legislation around fireworks in Scotland since 2022. You can find out more about changes to fireworks legislation in Scotland here....
The SCSN has joined 150 organisations in signing a joint letter to the First Minister Humza Yousaf urging him to ensure that his first Budget as First Minister includes significant additional investment across government portfolios to tackle child poverty. Tackling poverty is a key concern in building safer communities in Scotland. Across a broad range...
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is calling on the public to stay safe this winter and to consider the additional safety measures we must all be aware of throughout the winter months. The information contained within the ‘Keep Safe this Winter’ guidance will help you make informed choices on how to stay safe and keep well...
The Scottish Community Safety Network (SCSN) has held a long interest in anti-social behaviour (ASB). It’s something our members have been telling us they want us to support a change in. Given all that we know about trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s), is it leads us to wonder why we refer to behaviour as...
September Results Our Question of the Month for September was based on our ‘Mental Health & Suicide Prevention’ themed newsletter. We published a new Safer Communities Scotland Podcast on ‘Working Together to Prevent Suicide’ with John Gibson of the Canmore Trust & marked World Suicide Prevention Day on 11 September. In the Podcast we discussed...
There’s still time for you to give your views to shape the development of multi-agency Domestic Homicide Review model for Scotland. The Scottish Government are undertaking engagement with professionals and those with lived experience until Monday 30 October. There are a number of ways to take part depending on what works best for you...
by David Barbour, SCSN Communications Officer On Saturday 30th of September I was privileged to attend the ACE Aware Nation Conference where for the second time in four years, the guest of honour and keynote speaker was the world-renowned expert on trauma, addiction and childhood development – Dr Gabor Mate. You may have attended or...
Road Safety Scotland has worked in partnership with Good Egg Safety (GES) for some time and this collaboration has led to a significant improvement in awareness of child in-car safety across Scotland. However, there remains a very small number of experts across the country and, to this end, we have funded places on a new...