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Scotland’s creative ageing festival – what’s on in your area?
We’re excited to see the programme for ‘Luminate Scotland‘ – Scotland’s innovative festival which celebrates and showcases creative activities aimed at older people. The festival kicks off in October so ...
Tackling Loneliness in East Renfrewshire
From April into May last year we held a series of events in East Renfrewshire aiming to connect people with others in their communities. We called these Intergenerational Festivals as ...
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 ...