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Latest Campaigns
Free Carbon Monoxide Awareness Workshop in Edinburgh on the 16th May. Click on the link for more https://bit.ly/2GbQB2d
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Upcoming Events
Building Safer Communities Programme Board Meeting
Gartcosh 17th April 2018 uilding Safer Communities Learning Event on Unintentional Harm and Injury. 19th April 2018
Are you working at a local level to keep people and communities safe? Helping to build resilient and empowered communities? Ina position to help prevent people and communities from potential injury and harm? If so, this is the event for you! Click here for more https://goo.gl/J6QqFc Free Carbon Monoxide Awareness Workshop in Edinburgh on the 16th May
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Our Vision
Our vision is of a flourishing, optimistic Scotland in which resilient individuals, families and communities live safe from crime, disorder, danger and harm.
What does this look like?
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Our Aims
Our Phase 1 aim is to reduce the number of victims of crime in Scotland by 250,000 by 2017-18. Our Phase 2 aim is to reduce unintentional injury (amount tbc).
How are we doing this?
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Our Approach
Our approach is to use improvement methodology to implement public service reform in a way that involves - and builds upon the strengths of - communities.
Want to know more?
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Programme BoardOur Board's role is to champion the programme's aims by promoting the programme in their own organisations and with key partners and stakeholders; and to provide direction, scrutiny, challenge and support across all aspects of programme delivery. Each board member is a champion for a specific theme or place.
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Community ChampionsWe are lucky to be working with some inspirational and talented people. Our community champions are role models and mentors who support and inspire others.
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Advisory GroupWe take advice from an Advisory Group of over 50 expert practitioners from a range of different disciplines, operating all across Scotland.
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Learning Network
We host regular learning events to facilitate the sharing of good practice, including on place-based work and asset based approaches.
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Programme TeamMeet the team in the Scottish Government's Community Safety Unit who run the BSC Programme Office, and access their contact details.
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Case studies
Our case studies cover Total Place, community engagement, local scrutiny, tasking and coordinating, and more!
Meeting notes
If you're looking for minutes from our board, learning network or advisory group meetings, look no further.
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Evidence
This is where you will find a range of statistics and research evidence to help inform national and local practice.
Publications
This is where we collect together interesting publications relevant to building safer communities.
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Guidance
Access our 10 Safer Communities Programme guidance modules and a range of other useful guidance.
Toolkits
These practical toolkits will help local service providers to identify, test and deliver local improvements with communities.
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