University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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'This man lives at home, works in the mill, used to be wild about the ladies, gets tight at times. Father was a shepherd, dead. Mother, over 50 had an illegitimate child before marriage. The whole family have a tendency to squint. They were all dull at school but are quite good workers. The are considered generally to be unsatisfactory.'

Relatives in survey: siblings 22.53, 22.50

Scope and Contents Comprises of correspondence sent and received by the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group’s (SHRG) Befriending Team, which includes:Correspondence between members of the Befriending Team about individual cases and organisational and administrative issues, as well as letters to and from prospective/new members and letters of resignation.Correspondence from clients to the Befriending Team asking for information and advice, contacts for external services, and arranging...

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Report by Alastair Sinclair, senior probation officer, Fife County, on his study tour in Norway (1968); magazine article Regina v. Mary Bell, Daily Telegraph (1969); Hadden, Tom and Hillyard, Paddy, Justice in Northern Ireland: A Study in Social Confidence; press statement Drunkenness offenders: Five demands for Scotland (1974); A proopsed study of some serious traffic offenders in England and Wales.

Scope and Contents Reference material relating to health services, addiction, mental health services, and services for those with disabilities.Publications: Ontario Association of Social Workers Statement on General Welfare Assistance (1966); The Canadian Welfare Council Annual Reports (1959, 1960, 1963); Work for Relief: A Policy Statement by the Canadian Welfare Council (1963); Programme for the Canadian Conference on Social Welfare (1966); A Brief History of the Ontario Welfare Council (1959);...

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Topics discussed include: call cards; a membership update; a new Glasgow based group run by 'a businessman'; a newssheet called Encounter, with links to Staffordshire, appearing in Glasgow denouncing Strathclyde Switchboard; Icebreakers; the Annual Conference; and reports of a new Livingston based gay advisory service for young people established by 'self-acknowledged paedophile' and a subsequent proposal to create a list of accredited gay groups.

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Topics discussed include: control of Befriending Team's finances; visit from the police regarding books on sale; artificial insemination; meeting with Edinburgh District Council on Alcoholism; a forum which would host workshops on counselling; future financing; membership update; and an agreement to contact Samaritans to discuss their policy on dealing with suicide calls.