Outside the Box supports people to make their communities work better

Supporting Womens Health and Wellbeing

Many women with complicated lives are living with additional problems like poor mental health and homelessness can make it hard to think about their health and wellbeing. We worked with groups of women and their support workers from different backgrounds to explore how they how support each other around issues of health and wellbeing. From these discussions we developed a poster for women and hints and tips for people working with women.

Moving Forward

Outside the Box is working with Turning Point Scotland, Glasgow Community Justice Authority and other partners in Glasgow to explore how we can create more choice and control in support for people in touch with the criminal justice system.

Changing senses. Peer support for people living with dementia

We are developing a peer-to-peer resource for people living with dementia who find that their sense of taste and/or smell is changing. Agnes Houston came up with the idea and it builds on the 'Dementia and Sensory Challenges' booklet that she produced last year (see below to download a copy). Outside the Box is working alongside Agnes on this project, which is funded by Life Changes Trust.

Rural Wisdom

Many older people in the UK live in rural communities. There are places where people are developing cities that work well for older people. This project is bringing people together to develop rural communities that work well for us all as we get older.