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Digital Buddies in the Scottish Borders
Digital Buddies is a project funded by Independent Age to get older people in the Scottish Borders connected digitally to friends, family, groups, their communities & the wider world. We ...
Thoughts on the future of Human Rights in Scotland
The future of Human Rights in Scotland Where the conversation was A couple of years ago I attended a series of meetings on the review of SNAP (Scotland’s National Action ...
Winter wellbeing and modern witchcraft
Modern witchcraft and wellbeing One of the highlights this year was hearing peoples' ideas and tips for supporting mental wellbeing. Self-care is one of the most unique and personal things ...
Permission to Dream: peer-support plans
Permission to Dream "Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change." Quote by Barbara Mikulski Peer support in strange times The Permission to Dream project has ...
Knitting through winter and Covid-19
Lockdown Knitting In the days before Internet, Playstation and general instant connectivity, I was a lonely teenager growing up on a smallholding in rural Kinross-shire. The bus came every 2 ...
Falkirk Food Connections: getting inventive and having bags of fun
FalkirkFalkirk Food Connections Community food projects: bags of fun What an unforgettable year 2020 has been! On one hand it has been very challenging difficult and unpredictable. On the other ...