Posts by Ruth Cape

We’re looking forward to our next Rural Wisdom Get-together. This will be the third of these events which we’ve been holding across Scotland. The aim of these is to bring people together who are interested in our Rural Wisdom work, which is supporting rural communities to make their areas work better for older people. The…

Many people find that the food they want to eat changes as they get older, or they want to have easier ways of cooking. Living with dementia adds some more changes and challenges. If you are a vegetarian or vegan it can be harder to get information and advice that is helpful for your situation.…

We’re pleased to announce that we have two new vacancies. We’re looking forward to welcoming more people to the Outside the Box team! Community Development Worker – Happiness Habits This person will work with colleagues to deliver the Happiness Habits project.  This is a new project which builds on an approach that was first developed with…

A guest blog from Frank who has been coming along to try out ‘new age kurling’ with a group we’re supporting to get going through our Happiness Habits project.  After years of watching the professionals playing Big Boys Curling, I learned from my friend about New Age Kurling at the Langlee Centre. I felt this…

Over 2011 – 2015, we ran a project called ‘Getting There’. The project was active at the time of the development of the Scottish Government’s Social Care Bill & explored what self-directed support (SDS) means for smaller user-led organisations. It did this by producing helpful resources and creating and developing opportunities for smaller user-led organisations…

Do you need ideas to keep your child entertained and help you play together? Would you like to connect with other parents? Are you feeling down and not sure where to turn? We’ve pulled together a list of top online resources which should lead you to the best places to answer these and many more…

  Calling all Grandparents!   Do you childmind for your family? What do you like best about child minding / what are the difficulties? Would you like to meet up with others in a similar situation in your community? As part of our Families Supporting Families work, we’re developing peer support opportunities and resources for…

The “Conversation Cafe” started as part of the Aberdeenshire Wellbeing Festival in April this year and has continued each month, with the support of Outside the Box, in the lovely foyer at Edenholme Nursing Home in Stonehaven. The cafes are an opportunity for anyone to come along to enjoy some company, chat and refreshments. So…

We are now the proud owners of our own New Age Kurling equipment! New Age Kurling groups are popping up all over the country but through our Flourishing Borders project (in the Scottish Borders), we were finding that many of the more rural areas there were missing out. Several of the communities that we were…

We’re excited to see the programme for ‘Luminate Scotland‘ – Scotland’s innovative festival which celebrates and showcases creative activities aimed at older people. The festival kicks off in October so its right around the corner with loads of exciting events from ‘celebrate your feet’ art workshops to dramatic language learning to a host of dance…