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What did older people tell us they wanted more of in their community?
In May we helped run a series of intergenerational festivals where older and younger people could join together to get to know one another and share their skills. The events ...
Small budgets for people with criminal justice backgrounds
At the Moving Forward learning event, we talked about the pilot project we are working on. It’s about offering small flexible budgets for individuals to help them achieve their goals ...
LGBT and lonely: finding people like you
We have been following BBC Radio Scotland’s week of conversations around ‘Isolation and Loneliness’, and have been thinking about how being part of a minority group can sometimes mean you feel ...
How does loneliness affect where you stay?
We have been following BBC Radio Scotland’s week of conversations around ‘Isolation and Loneliness’. We have been having a lot of our own conversations around these topics and a recurring ...
Hands off, it’s my home!
Bring in control of your own life and situation is something many of us take for granted, but not a right which is recognised for everyone. We love this new ...
Family and friends; being active and Looking forward to the future
My journey from bereavement to relative normality has been long, difficult and - thanks to my family - ultimately successful. Whilst this is a personal story I hope that other ...