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“Preventative Spend” – Scenarios for the Future of Public Services in Scotland
1 September
Edinburgh
This free public policy discussion seminar will concentrate on how public spending can best be focused over the longer term on trying to prevent, rather than deal with, negative social outcomes. Following this event, outcomes of the day will be taken to The Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee as input to their Inquiry on the topic of “preventative spending”.
For more details see:
www.scotlandfutureforum.org/1September2010.pdf
9th Apex Scotland Lecture – Are we doing the best for Scotland’s female offenders?
7 September
Edinburgh
A leading academic will use this year’s Annual Apex Scotland Lecture to examine how women are dealt with in Scotland’s criminal justice system.
Baroness Vivien Stern CBE, Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Prison Studies at King’s College London and Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics, will argue that the way women in trouble with the law are dealt with in Scotland is hard to understand, according to the lecture organisers.
High level reports, Parliamentary Committees and eminent academics have all argued that something is very wrong with a system that sees so many women ending up in prison.
Women in prison have an exceptionally high level of health and social problems and for most female offenders, prison is not an answer but an additional problem.
Yet the number of women in prison goes steadily upwards: an average of 210 in the year 2000, 417 now. Scotland, with its much-envied social work tradition, has so far failed to find a better way in spite of many political commitments to do so.
The lecture “An Unmet Commitment: Women and the Justice System in Scotland” will examine this anomaly and pose questions about equality and justice.
The lecture will be held in the Signet Library, Edinburgh at 6.30pm.
For further information, please contact Aidan McCorry, Director of Corporate Development, tel 0131 220 0130 email aidan@apexscotland.org.uk
Launch of 2010 Glasgow GRAND (Getting Real about Alcohol ‘N’ Drugs) Week
9 September
Glasgow
This event launches the fourth annual GRANDweek in Glasgow – a city-wide multi-agency alcohol and drugs action week for enabling communities to come together to develop and support local responses to drug and alcohol issues. It runs from Saturday 11th to Saturday 18th September.
The launch event in Glasgow City Chambers will include short presentations from partners engaged in supporting GRANDweek and the wider work of the Communities Sub-group of Glasgow Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (Operational).
It will showcase many of the arts and creative initiatives taking place during GRANDweek’10 and will also highlight some of the creative responses delivered by partners in previous GRANDweeks.
To book a place at the launch event or for more details on it or the GRANDWeek, contact: Stephen Birrell, Service Manager (Alcohol, Drugs and Communities), Glasgow Community and Safety Services, tel 0141 276 7654 or email stephen.birrell@glasgow.gov.uk
The Generation Game - Off Line to On Line
9 and 10 September
Aberdeen
Ths conference, organised by NHS Grampian in association with Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Action on Drugs and Alcohol in Moray and Grampian Police, considers the prevention of further harm to those seeking recovery, as well as to others, such as those within their families.
The conference will look at issues including early trauma and the generational link with problematic substance use; alcohol misuse, sexual health and teenage pregnancy; harm reduction in enforcement activity - the new generation of policing tactics, and virtual communities and recovery.
Speakers include:
- Dr Mary Hepburn, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Glasgow Women’s Reproductive Health Service, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
- Dr Linda Treliving, Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Grampian Specialist Psychotherapy Service, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen
- Anne Marie Ward, Alcohol and Drug Partnership Development Officer for East Ayrshire and Wired In Recovery Co-ordinator for Scotland
- Michaela Jones, Community Director, Wired In to Recovery
Workshops will be led on:
- The importance of evidence in practice
- Generation Jigsaw – a holistic approach to working with families
- What is risk assessment for child protection
- Families’ role in recovery
- Aberdeenshire SMART Recovery Network
- Genograms – Exploring family myths/beliefs and legends – a lifecycle approach to working with substance misuse”
You can download more details here (PDF 126kb).
Contact: Nicola Shand, tel 01224 557 610 email: n.shand@nhs.net
Scottish Network for Families Affected by Drugs - 2010 Annual Conference and AGM
11 September
Stirling
This is a free, one day conference open to family members and family support groups as well as professionals and practitioners who work with families affected by drugs. The conference will include a contribution from Community Safety Minister Fergus Ewing MSP and Dr David Best, Chair of the Scottish Drugs Recovery Consortium.
Delegates will have the opportunity to network and meet other individuals and support groups from across Scotland. The conference will also include a variety of practical workshops and stories from family members. The conference will be followed by SNFAD’s AGM.
Contact: tel 0141 221 0544 or download the
conference flyer here (PDF 239kb)
Tackling illicit tobacco: a Scottish summit for healthier, safer communities
Perth
http://www.ashscotland.org.uk/ash/8209.html UK Recovery Weekend (inc Recovery Walk)
24 & 25 September
Glasgow
GLASGOW is the setting for the UK’s first Recovery Weekend.
A trio of events, aimed at celebrating and promoting recovery from substance problems, will feature:
- the inaugural conference of the Recovery Academy on Friday 24 September
- 'The Big Welcome' seminar for service users on Saturday 25 September
- the UK Recovery Walk at 2pm on Saturday 25 September.
See here for more details on the Recovery Weekend.