The first annual report has been presented to Parliament on the Scottish Government’s Antisocial Behaviour Framework, ‘Promoting Positive Outcomes’, which is delivered in conjunction with COSLA.

Community Safety Minister Fergus Ewing said “we are seeing the impact of programmes such as No Knives Better Lives and CashBack for Communities …”

Councillor Harry McGuigan, COSLA spokesperson for Community Wellbeing and Safety, said “I am most pleased at the parts of this report which show projects and programmes which are encouraging everyday people and small neighbourhoods to take control of the problems in their area and to make decisions about what type of help and support is needed. Participatory budgeting and community champions are a crucial part of the effort to change antisocial behaviour into prosocial behaviour. But what this report also shows is that antisocial behaviour is not being and cannot be addressed in isolation. Early years, health, criminal justice, regeneration and anti poverty policies are all playing a part. It is only with this type of joined up, joint local and national effort that that we will see lasting change in all of our communities”