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Reading in prisons – how can you get involved?

Most of us have heard about the low literacy rates in UK prisons. The Reading Agency argue that 51% of people in prisons have low literacy skills, compared to just 15% of the ...

Life Boost Café

This new idea is an extension of the Falkirk Food Buddies project, run by Outside the Box. Life Boost Cafe consists of drop in self-help sessions at the Archibald Russell ...

A nourishing day in Denny

Earlier this month we held a Nourish Yourself event for older people in Denny, outside Falkirk. The idea for the event came from conversations with older people who said that ...

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 ...