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1 Welcome Ian McGregor Chief Executive Poppyscotland 2 4 March 2015 Scottish Veterans Looking to the Future Presentation to Criminal Justice Seminar 4 March 2015 Outline of Presentation Scottish Veterans Commissioner - background

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Welcome

Ian McGregor Chief Executive Poppyscotland

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4 March 2015

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Scottish Veterans – Looking to the Future

Presentation to Criminal Justice Seminar 4 March 2015

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Outline of Presentation

  • Scottish Veterans Commissioner - background
  • Strategy and Workplan
  • Looking to the Future
  • Veterans and the Criminal Justice system
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SVC Roles

  • Review the support provided to veterans in

Scotland, determine success (or not), find solutions and make recommendations to Ministers, Local Authorities and others

  • Challenge negative perceptions of veterans,

promoting their skills and experience

  • Enhance veteran’s ability to access support

services through improved information flow

  • Contribute to any Scottish Government

review of policy towards veterans.

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SVC 2015 Workplan

  • Formal reports on:

– Lord Ashcroft’s Transition Review – Housing – Employability

  • Ongoing assessment of:

– Information provision to veterans – The role of veterans ‘champions’

  • Contribution to:

– Next version of ‘Our Commitments’ and other policy documents

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  • Housing
  • Employment
  • Mental Health
  • Communications
  • Early Service Leavers
  • Scottish dimension to the Ashcroft

Study

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Looking to the Future

  • How are attitudes likely to change towards

veterans in Scotland?

  • What is the role and contribution of ex-

service personnel going to be in the future?

  • How can we make best use of veterans’ skills,

attributes and experience?

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Veterans in the Criminal Justice System

  • Why do ex-service personnel get caught up in the

Criminal Justice System?

  • What can be done to prevent this? Are they aware
  • f the consequences – for themselves and family?
  • Is there enough done to prevent them re-
  • ffending on release? What else can be done?
  • How do veterans react to prison? Can we offer

them more while incarcerated?

  • How serious are we about rehabilitation and

reintegrating them back into society?

  • How do we rate the quality of support we provide

to families of convicted veterans

  • What do they do after prison?
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Follow Us @scotveterancomm Join Us www.facebook.com/scottishveteranscommissioner Find Us www.gov.scot/veteranscommissioner VICTORIA QUAY, 2J SOUTH, EDINBURGH, EH6 6QQ T : 0131 244 7136 E : scottishveteranscommissioner@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

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  • Housing
  • Employment
  • Mental Health
  • Communications
  • Early Service Leavers
  • Scottish dimension to the Ashcroft

Study

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CIVVY STREET →MILITARY→CIVVY STREET

Joining Forces Preventing, Protecting and Prospering

4 March 2015 Gary Gray Head of Welfare Services Poppyscotland

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UNIQUENESS OF SERVICE LIFE

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WHO IS A VETERAN?

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WHO IS A VETERAN?

“A veteran is anyone who has served in the Armed Forces for at least one day. This service can be in the Regular Armed Forces or the

  • Reserve. The term also applies to Merchant

Seafarers or fishermen if they worked alongside the Armed Forces in conflict situations." Preventing, Protecting and Prospering

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WHO IS A VETERAN?

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TRANSITION

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CASE STUDY

Jim’s Story

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SCHOOL/UPBRINGING

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EARLY DAYS IN UNIFORM

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OPERATIONS

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BACK HOME

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RESETTLEMENT

"I never had any help when I left. I just left. I walked out of the front gate with my kit bag with all my civvy stuff, my campaign medal, my book, my red Army discharge book that is and that was it. I walked out of the gate, called a taxi to the station and caught a train back home. That was it. Done."

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ADJUSTING TO CIVVY STREET

Life Skills Education Employment Money Housing Health

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Maggie Wood

Senior Social Worker and Trainer

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‘Joining Forces’ In Action

Chief Inspector Craig Smith – Police Scotland Claire Williams – Armed Services Advice Project

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‘Joining Forces’ In Action

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‘Joining Forces’ In Action

Chief Inspector Craig Smith – Police Scotland Claire Williams – Armed Services Advice Project

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What does the CAB service mean to you?

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ASAP Service Aim To deliver advice, support and information to members of the Armed Forces Community

Delivered through Citizens Advice Bureaux in Scotland.

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National helpline 0845 231 0300

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ASAP Regions

  • Aberdeen and

Aberdeenshire

  • Argyll and Bute
  • Edinburgh and

Lothians

  • Falkirk
  • Fife
  • Inverness, Moray and

Nairn

  • Lanarkshire
  • Renfrewshire
  • Stirling,

Clackmannanshire

  • Tayside
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How do we work with

  • ur clients?
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