Communities across Scotland are carrying the weight of recent tragedies. The conclusion of recent trials involving the deaths of young people in Scotland has left a heavy, aching silence in those communities. When tragedies like these happen, any attempt to make sense of them feels almost impossible. My heart is with their families and friends. […]
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(Pictured Above) Will Linden, Deputy Head of Scottish Violence Reduction Unit Last week, Scotland witnessed a deeply concerning escalation of targeted hostility and violence against minority ethnic communities. Perpetrated under the cynical guise of “protecting white lives,” this flashpoint was fuelled by the brutal attack in Belfast on Steven Ogilvie and the tragic death of
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(Pictured Above) Nicole Savage, Senior Officer in North Lanarkshire Council and Lead in Contextual Safeguarding Implementation “I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain. The intense, often unmitigated pain…”Audre Lorde, The Transformation of Silence into Language
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(Pictured Above) Dr Amrit Kaur Purba, Assistant Professor and Wellcome Fellow, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine In the 19th century, our politicians woke up to the dangers of unclean water. London’s aptly named ‘Great Stink’ of 1858 forced MPs to revolutionise the sewer network, and then the
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We can build a Scotland where women and girls are safe and valued, and where boys can become the best of themselves. This month, we’ve had two important moments: International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day. Both are opportunities to celebrate the women and girls in our lives, but they should also prompt us to be
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Twenty years ago, Scotland made a choice. In 2005, we were dubbed the “murder capital of the developed world”. There were 137 homicides that year. Violence felt inevitable – a grim reality to be managed rather than prevented. But Scotland chose a different path. Youth workers, social workers, teachers, police officers, community leaders and policymakers
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