One Community Scotland (OCS) will be spreading Christmas cheer this festive season as they distribute gifts to families across Glasgow. Working with the Spirit of Christmas charity, OCS have received nearly 500 donations which they are now delivering to families they work with in the area. Children and young people aged from 0 to 24 […]
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In this guest blog Dr Charlotte Coleman looks at the impact the use of knife imagery in interventions may be having. While well intentioned, she argues, use of such imagery may actually increase knife carrying and negatively affect the mental health of young people. Dr Coleman is a forensic psychologist at Sheffield Hallam University, a
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Jimmy Paul has been appointed as the next Head of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU), leading the unit in its work to identify innovative, evidence-based solutions to prevent violence across Scotland. Part of Police Scotland and directly funded by the Scottish Government with an annual budget of around £1million, the SVRU is a national
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The founder of One Community Scotland has received an honorary doctorate in recognition of her tireless campaigning and charity work. The accolade from Stirling University was awarded to Khadija Coll, MBE on Thursday 29th June at their graduation ceremony. Khadija is the founder of charity One Community Scotland, which supports families and young people from
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The number of years people in Scotland can expect to live in good health has fallen again, according to new figures. The Healthy Life Expectancy 2018 -2020 report shows those in our poorest communities now spend up to a third of their life on average in ill health. In this guest article writer and campaigner Kenneth Murray
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Frontline health and social care workers often encounter people who have experienced significant trauma throughout their lives. In this session SVRU project manager and psychotherapist Kirsty Giles introduces the concept of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the impact they can have on individuals. She also looks at some of the tools which can be used
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Young writer Jessica Tunks picked up a senior 2020 Orwell Youth Prize for her essay Knifepoint this year. In the piece Jessica looks into some of the possible causes of violent crime among young people in her area and what she believes can be done to prevent it. Discussing both the causes and solutions to
The driving force behind One Community Scotland has been awarded an MBE in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Khadija Coll, who manages the charity has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition for her gender rights campaigning and tireless work supporting ‘New Scots’. The honours are usually announced in
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Telephone: 01786 896785 Email: violence.reduction@scotland.pnn.police.uk
Niven has more than 30 years of operational policing experience in the United Kingdom. He joined Strathclyde Police in 1985 serving throughout the west of Scotland in a variety of ranks and positions before progressing to the rank of Chief Superintendent. Niven previously held the role of President of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents where he represented the interests of the operational leaders of policing in Scotland.
On leaving Police Scotland in 2016 Niven took up the position of Chief Executive Officer of South Ayrshire Escape from Homelessness (SeAscape).
Niven was appointed director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit in July 2018.