SCALP Back Office Training

Start: 2026-10-04 17:00:00 UTC Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00)

End: 2026-10-04 18:30:00 UTC Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00)

Event Type: Virtual
A virtual link will be communicated before the event.

Host contact info activists_legal@protonmail.com

Join us for our next online Back Office training on Sunday 4th October 2026, from 17:00-18:30.

Want to know what a Back Office is and how to run one during an action with SCALP? Come to this training!

The Back Office is an integral part of the legal support ecosystem. It gathers information about those who are arrested, and puts in motion police station support and sometimes court support. You can do it from home, making it an accessible way for many to support action and is great for those who prefer not to be in large demonstration situations for whatever reason.


If you are planning actions or protest, or are part of actions or protest, do come along to find out what legal support is all about. We at SCALP always appreciate more volunteers so you can support our mutual aid work, and the protest itself. We need more volunteers to be part of our brilliant Back Office team! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Please note, you can only sign up to be a Back Office volunteer once you have completed one of our Back Office trainings AND a Know Your Rights training (keep an eye on our Action Network page and social media for upcoming dates for our Know Your Rights trainings).

General Principles:

We’re talking about Scottish Law only. We’re not lawyers - there are plenty of good reasons to get professional legal advice - we offer these trainings to support activists and community.

We recognise that Police are institutionally racist and disproportionately police certain communities.

Facilitators will work to ensure that all trainings are as welcoming as possible and that any abusive or oppressive behaviour is challenged. Anyone who continues to behave in an unacceptable way may be removed from the call.

If there is anything we can do to make the training safer or more accessible for you, please let us know when you register (such as providing transcripts etc.). The training will not be recorded but we will run more in the future.

Captions: When entering the meeting it will say 'this is being live-streamed'. This is only so that the sound can be live-streamed to the computer software for the automated captions. It is not being live-streamed anywhere else. To use the captions, you can turn them on by clicking the 'CC' button at the bottom of the zoom window next to where it says 'chat' etc., and clicking 'show subtitles'.

About SCALP: The Scottish Community and Activist Legal Project (SCALP) is a collective of social and environmental justice activists, working to challenge police abuse, monitor protest policing and provide legal guidance. https://www.scottishactivistlegalproject.co.uk/

Instagram: @activists_legal

Captions will be available.