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Increasing social connections: How did we do it?

Developing our ideas In our work we regularly speak to people who feel isolated from their communities. This is why we approached people from care homes, community groups, churches and ...

Get involved! – Voting and the Gypsy/Traveller community

We know from speaking to members of the Gypsy/Traveller community that for many, voting can be difficult to take part in. Even though the Gypsy/Traveller community have been a part ...

Rural Wisdom – Visioning for Change

A small but enthusiastic group of local community organisers came along to the first of our ‘Visioning for Change’ events at the Inglis Memorial Hall recently.  This provided myself and ...

Can clutter be art?

Recently myself, Jill and Louise met with Zemirah Moffat to hear all about Zem's work with people who hoard and her support group, Clutterchat. At Outside the Box we know ...

New home? Meet the neighbours!

All of us at Outside the Box are now settling happily in to our new home at The Whisky Bond. We said goodbye to Brand Street, which had hosted us ...

Transport, communication & positive risk taking – can these be improved in your rural area?

As part of our Rural Wisdom project to support Scotland's rural communities to work better for older people, we're holding a series of Get-Togethers across the country which we hope ...