Sacro
Tuesday: 08:30 - 17:00
Wednesday: 08:30 - 17:00
Thursday: 08:30 - 17:00
Friday: 08:30 - 17:00
Saturday: -
Sunday: -
About Sacro
Sacro is a national voluntary organisation working across Scotland to make communities safer by reducing conflict and offending. It does this by developing and delivering innovative services in Criminal Justice, Restorative Practices and Mediation.
Sacro Description
Sacro is a national voluntary organisation working across Scotland to make communities safer by reducing conflict and offending. Sacro operates in the community in partnership with others who share its values. It works with those in conflict, those responsible for causing, and those affected by, crime or other harm. It does this in four key ways:
• by being a leading provider of direct, innovative services in Criminal Justice, Restorative Justice and Community Mediation
• through Consultancy and Training services which equip Sacro and other organisations to deliver best practice, to extend the impact of Sacro’s specialist expertise across Scotland
• through research which monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of Sacro’s services and keeps it abreast of research in the field, and
• by seeking to influence policy and legislation, on the basis of the research evidence, so that: the use of Restorative Justice and of constructive conflict resolution are extended; and the use of imprisonment is restricted to those who have committed serious crimes or are a danger to the public.
Reviews
Measures such as the presumption against imprisonment for sentences up to 12 months have the potential to reduce these numbers significantly. They must however, be matched with greater availablity of effective alternatives to custody.
Latest news and developments from Sacro: Newsletter June 2019 - https://mailchi.mp/f9556ddcb805/sacro-new sletter-june2019
At Sacro, we are supporting the British Nutrition Foundation's #HealthyEatingWeek by encouraging our staff and volunteers to think about their nutrition and wellbeing. We asked Cameron from our Sacro Edinburgh office for his thoughts on healthy eating.
Sacro fully supports initiatives to reduce the number of women in prison. These reforms have the potential to change the lives of many women (and their children and families) for the better by supporting them more appropriately and effectively within the community.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48 574134#
#SmartJustice at its best! For too many people, a short spell in prison makes little or no difference to reducing the chances of them reoffending. Extending presumption to 12m can reduce Scotland’s prison population safely and with a greater focus on effective rehabilitation.
Growing People: Sacro's Garden Project supports those affected by offending, poverty and difficult life circumstances to make positive life choices while learning and developing new skills.
Sacro is delighted to receive significant financial support from the UK Government to provide help to vulnerable women involved in prostitution who use online services to find clients.
More about Sacro
Tuesday: 08:30 - 17:00
Wednesday: 08:30 - 17:00
Thursday: 08:30 - 17:00
Friday: 08:30 - 17:00
Saturday: -
Sunday: -