This website uses cookies for anonymised analytics and for account authentication. See our privacy and cookies policies for more information.





The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

Sacro gets cash to tackle sectarianism

This news post is almost 9 years old
 

​Cash awarded to tackle "Scotland's shame"

A criminal justice charity has scooped £67,000 in Scottish Government funding to deliver a national anti-sectarianism service.

The project will tackle football supporters who have committed sectarian-related offences by offering education in place of criminal charges.

Based around modules which can be completed within a group environment or on a one-to-one basis, the structured programme teaches individuals to understand their actions and take ownership of their behaviour.

Engagement with the programme is voluntary and criminal charges are still subject to the criminal justice process should the person fail to complete the programme.

The service can also be used as part of the children’s hearing system in and sheriff courts and is available to any individual from the age of 12 years who has been charged with a sectarianism offence.

Sacro’s service manager Sandra Lindsay said: “Sectarianism has no place in modern day Scotland. By engaging directly with people, we help them to identify their behaviours and understand these behaviours and attitudes are not acceptable.

“Sacro’s structured programme encourages positive behaviour change to bring about a reduction in offending.”

The charity spent 12 months piloting the programme in areas across the central belt of Scotland where sectarian offending is highest.

 

Comments

0 0
Jeanette Findlay
almost 9 years ago
Why do you associate Celtic with sectarianism (picture above). Serious question.
0 0
Alan
almost 9 years ago
Having read the recent report from the Scottish Government's working group on sectarianism, my worry is that we now have a cottage industry of anti-sectarianism sustained by funding without proof of need or impact. Tom Devine's recent herald article nails it - http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/columnists/central-paradox-at-heart-of-disappointing-report-on-sectarianism.128095678.And, in answer to Jeanette's question, it's mostly to do with the revisionism involved in our understanding of sectarianism, which punts the historical in favour of what's worrying the Scottish middle classes.
Commenting is now closed on this post