Posts by Ciara Maguire

Yesterday we visited a group of older people at Thornliebank Parish Church, as part of our ‘Creating Conversations’ project. We asked people to think about what helps them when they’re feeling down, what they do to stay active, and what they’d like to see happening in the area. Talking about our mental health can be…

Last Thursday we were invited to join Age in Mind for a reception at Scottish Parliament. The purpose of the reception was to discuss the experience of older people with lived experience of mental health conditions accessing mental health services. This has been an issue we have been focusing on through our own work with our…

Outside the Box provides community development support to people and groups who want to make changes in their communities. We are recruiting 2 part-time Development Workers who will each focus on the new Rural Wisdom project in a local area. This project is funded by The National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund. We are…

Just in time for Christmas, our 2015-2016 Annual Report is ready! It’s been a busy and exciting year for us so we’ve put together a report telling you all about the work we’ve been doing and how it has impacted people. What we did in 2015-2016 During the year we worked with 21 projects. •…

Not the van… but Jan! At Outside the Box, we are delighted to welcome the wonderful Jan Laing to our staff team. She will be working as a development worker for our Food Buddies Borders project, where she will be developing peer support for people with dementia and for carers, with a focus on aspects…