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Older People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

As we get older we go on having good mental health and wellbeing as well as having spells when it is not so good.  Last year, when we asked older ...

Advance statements – thinking about the future

I came across the concept of Advance Statements only recently; I’m glad to now be able to share the idea and encourage you to think about them. An Advance Statement ...

Understanding and Engaging with Self-Harm: New Resource Pack

Self-harm can be vastly misunderstood & misrepresented. Through our Shared Strengths project, we have drawn together a resource pack which includes a range of practical leaflets, workbooks and other reading aimed ...

Sharing our Dreams – with Angus Voice

On a bit of a windy day in Arbroath, Louise and Dawn had a lovely day meeting the fabulous people at Angus Voice. We talked about our dreams as a ...

Boost for Befrienders in Berwickshire

We're delighted to be able to congratulate BeFriend (formerly Seton Care Befrienders) who have received £325,336 over five years from the Big Lottery's Investing in Communities fund. Having worked with BeFriend to ...

Buddying Support in Communities

Outside the Box are currently exploring ways to demonstrate and identify the scope and impact of enhanced befriending support or buddying support, from people who have life experience for people ...