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Community led support – sharing the lessons from Scotland

Last week we went to an event looking at what we can learn from how community led support has been done in South Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire and Scottish Borders. The ...

Parents Supporting Parents- Homework and Supper club!

Organising homework and dinner for the kids can be a struggle at times, so we've been trialling a new Homework and Supper club to make it less of a chore! ...

Our guest blog from 10 year old Luis on Netherurd Community Kurling Taster Session

Luis, the son of our Communications and Resource Worker Christine, was kind enough to write us a blog about his experience at a kurling taster session which was held as ...

Making happiness a habit

Today is the International Day of Happiness, a day to highlight that 'progress' should be about increasing human happiness and wellbeing, not just growing the economy. This is meaningful not only ...

Digital inclusion – make it rural

We’re glad to see the conversation moving forwards around digital inclusion for older people. As the UK government puts out its new digital strategy, we join Centre for Ageing Better’s ...

We are thirteen!

Today marks the 13th birthday of Outside the Box! It's been great to see how Outside the Box has grown so far, and looks to continue to do so in ...