SCS News

Doors Open Day events

Oct 04, 2012

Each court is planning its own event which will range from building tours letting visitors know about the history and workings of the courts, dramatised mock trials, glimpses into the custody cells and G4S secure transport vans, quizzes for children, charity tea bars and video presentations.

Some Scottish Court Service justice partners will also be present. The first courts to open their doors will be Alloa, Inverness and Kilmarnock on 1 September and the programme will finish in Perth and Edinburgh on 22 September.

Please see the chart below for information on what your local court is doing. Further details can be obtained by contacting the court directly.

 

Doors Open Day 2012

 

 

Court

Date

Activities

Other Organisations taking part

Alloa

01.09.2012

10.00am – 1.00pm

Tours of the building

 

Arbroath

09.09.2012

11.00am – 1.00pm

Tours of the court and cells

 

Ayr

02.09.2012

10.00am – 3.00pm

Tours of building, Q&A, leaflets on history

 

Cupar

02.09.2012

12.00pm – 2.00pm

Tours of building, answering questions and providing leaflets on history

 

Dunfermline

16.09.2012

10.00am – 4.00pm

Tours of building and court rooms, G4S will show cells area and have a van outside

G4S

Edinburgh

22.09.2012

9.30am – 4.30pm

Guided tours including cells and custody van, talks, behind the scenes access, mock trials, architectural models, speed camera vehicles 

 

 

G4S, COPFS, Witness Service, Safety Camera Partnership, Scottish Prison Service, Scottish Law Commission, Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, Families Outside, Mediation, Sodexo

Elgin

08.09.2012

10.00am – 3.00pm

Building tour, Q&A

 

Glasgow

15.09.2012

9.30am – 4.30pm

Information talks, tours of buildings, visit to cells and G4S transport vehicle

COPFS, Witness Service, G4S, Social Work

Greenock

08.09.2012

9.00am – 3.00pm

Tours of building, court rooms and cell area, Q&A, information display boards, children’s quiz, Bean Feast Children’s Charity Tea Bar

 

 

Hamilton

09.09.2012

10.00am - 4.00pm

Tour of building with court history, key architectural features and visit to cells

Witness Service

Inverness

01.09.2012

Tours at 11.30 am, 12.30 pm and 2.00 pm

 

Tours and presentations, G4S custody van, booklets on history including information about Inverness Castle

 

G4S

Kilmarnock

01.09.2012

10.00am – 3.00pm

Tours of building, video presentation of court procedures

 

Kirkcaldy

09.09.2012

1.00pm – 4.00pm

Tours of the custody cells and courts including history of the building

 

Livingston

08.09.2012

10.00am – 12.30

Tours of the courts and cell area

West Lothian Council and G4S

Paisley

08.09.2012

10.00am – 4.00pm

Tours of building

Witness Support

Perth

22.09.2012

10.30am – 4.00pm

Tours of building including cells, displays from various organisations

PF, Witness Service,  Criminal Justice, Social Work and Families Outside

Stirling

16.09.2012

12.00pm – 4.00pm

Tour of building giving history, key architectural features and modern day court process

G4S, Witness Service, Victim Information and Advice, and Strathcarron Hospice Charity Tearoom