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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 ...
Lights, Camera, Co-production: 3 great things to watch
To conclude co-production week, here’s three great wee videos to watch about what co-production means and, how it can work and why it’s such an important model to follow in ...
#coproweek – Older People & Effective Co-production
It’s national co-production week – hosted by The Social Care Institute for Excellence - a time to celebrate effective co-production work which truly engages, involves and respects all participating parties. At ...
The difference a year can make – what happed to us as a consequence of U Lab
Last summer I went along to the first ‘find out about U Lab’ session in Edinburgh. It sounded like the sort of thing that Outside the Box wanted to do. ...
Intergenerations in the Gardens
On a very Scottish June afternoon where the weather doesn’t quite know what to do with itself, we joined a stimulating group of people, all loosely connected by an interest ...
Making rural areas work better for older people
Outside the Box is developing Rural Wisdom - a project that will look at what works for older people in rural communities across the UK. This is in partnership with Volunteering ...