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Come on, let’s swish again!

According to the latest figures from Oxfam, 11 million items of clothing are thrown away in the UK each week. So, to coincide with #SecondHandSeptember, we decided to make a ...

GUEST BLOG: Community Gardens in Peebles & Innerleithen

It is well researched and documented that gardening is very good for your physical and mental health and can aid recovery from illness. In a community garden you get the ...

Support Choices Event: How Does Highland Perthshire Care?

Support Choices is a project that helps people living in Perth and Kinross get the social care and support that they need. One of the things we have been doing ...

Bowled Over – How ‘getting outdoors’ can help people living with dementia

Outside The Box is pleased to announced that we have been asked by the Life Changes Trust to carry out an evaluation of their Scotland-wide Get Outdoors project. The project ...

Community Conversations: the challenges and opportunities for an ageing population

Intergenerational National Network Meeting on 14 March 2019 at Saracen House, Glasgow Community Conversations: the challenges and opportunities for an ageing population; exploring intergenerational work This meeting was hosted by ...

Getting Going with Community Connections – in Eaglesham & Waterfoot

I began working on the new Community Connections project in June and I’m really enjoying it. To be working with such a grassroots, collaborative and participatory project in the beautiful ...