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Friends Group – onwards and upwards

The best part of working at Outside the Box is when you get to see the projects you are working on flourish and benefit the people involved. One such project ...

ERDA – making life better for disabled people in East Renfrewshire

What are your human rights? Do you feel they are being met? In our Local People Linking project we have been meeting with different groups and talking about issues that ...

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 ...