Posts by Ciara Maguire

This autumn we have been working with people with difficult lives to identify how small flexible budgets will help them to achieve their goals and make a difference to their lives. The priority for Fiona, a young mum, was to spend time with her son doing ordinary Christmassy things,  that would create positive memories for…

We are excited to announce that our 2016/17 Annual Report is here! You can find out about the work we have done, the partnerships we’ve made and our highlights from the past year. If you have any feedback or want to get in touch, email us at admin@otbds.org or call 0141 450 0451.

Last Friday we launched our Tips for Older Vegetarians and Vegans at Whitmuir the Organic Place. Just as I got into the car to head out to Whitmuir the snow started- a little flutter at first, but by the time I arrived at Whitmuir it was starting to lie! Val had set our table up…

Rural Wisdom is working with communities in Scotland and Wales to create opportunities for older people to shape their community. Our aim is make communities work better for older people and the other people who live there. We’ve put together a report and a summary note of the work we have done in the Highland Perthshire…

Our North Angus Rural Wisdom Development Worker, Shona, was at the “Your Budget, Your Choice” event at Brechin City Hall on Saturday 21st October. This was a lively event which resulted in 380 visitors voting for their preferred community activity who all submitted funding applications to the pot of £20K. Whilst our application for ‘Older…

Moving Forward is a project we’re working on with Turning Point Scotland, offering small flexible budgets for individuals to help them achieve their goals and make a difference in their lives.   We have been testing out how this might work and have recruited some volunteers to help us. We are working with people and…

It’s World Mental Health Day, and we’d thought we’d remind you of a resource we put together to help people with mental health issues meet new people and find friends. Finding things to do to get you out and meeting people can be tough. Not everyone is outgoing and confident. If you have a mental…

This is a guest blog written by Victoria Murray, at Turning Point Scotland, with the Moving Forward Partnership. At Glasgow’s Drug Court, we saw how receiving a community based rather than a custodial sentence can help drug users to access practical support and to change their lives. The Drug Court was initially set up as…

As part of our Rural Wisdom project, we teamed up with our friends at Be Good Be Social to deliver a workshop teaching Angus charities how to use audio and video to help tell their stories in a different way. We had a good turn out and it was a fun and interactive way to…