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We also see that in the communities in which they live. Growth is much more than just business growth; it has an effect on the rural economy and the people who live in those communities.
What I call domestic abuse competence is sadly missing in many of the actors who make decisions about the lives of women and children in the context of domestic abuse.
It will happen over time, assuming that Scotland remains as attractive a place to live as it seems to be, so that therefore the population stops declining or even grows.
A lot of discussion with young people and their parents can start in schools, and it has to be grounded on their lived experience and not set as an agenda by the local authority or central Government—it has be about what their lives are now.
To take off my professional hat for a minute, where I live, in Haddington, I am involved in my son’s football team, and we have a new football pitch that is entirely community run.
The Aberdeen western peripheral route, for example, will cost us more than was originally projected, and several years of all our lives have gone since that number was first decided on.
I absolutely agree that we should be able to look at offending outcomes for people, but we should also be able to talk about improvements in their mental health or their addictions, how they live their lives and how they function in general.