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Happiness Habits in the Borders – what we’ve been doing
Time has whizzed by since the snows earlier in the year and we have been busy meeting up with people across the Borders. Some highlights include: We did a presentation ...
Food Buddies – digging for victory!
It all made perfect sense: there was a Day Centre for people with dementia, sitting right in the middle of a community garden – what an ideal opportunity to help ...
Top Tips for Grandparents!
“I was looked after by my grandmother and my mother looked after my children, so it was totally natural that I would do the same.” One grandparent giving her views ...
What are your rights in sheltered housing?
Throughout our Local People Linking project we have had very interesting discussions about what rights are important for people, especially older people. However, at our joint Rural Wisdom and Local ...
Access to digital technology – tackling the barriers for older people living in rural areas.
The Centre for Ageing Better and the Good Things Foundation have published a new report on digital access. It shows that we need to think differently about digital inclusion policy ...
How do you make friends?
Loneliness is a huge problem around the UK, as has been shown recently by the first Minister for Loneliness being appointed to try to tackle the problem. The problem of ...