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Parenting and the Benefits of Peer Support

We've been meeting with a group of parents from East Kilbride who meet up every week to talk, share experiences and provide support to one another. We talked about peer ...

Rural Wisdom – recruiting in Wales

As part of our new Rural Wisdom project, our partners in Wales - Volunteering Matters Cymru - are recruiting for a Project Coordinator to start working with communities in Flintshire. Find ...

Impacting the future – better support for making decisions

Any science fiction fan (or just anyone who has seen Back to the Future) knows the first rule of time travel:  Don’t Change Anything. Seemingly tiny changes can have far-ranging ...

Making Music in Newcastleton

Last week Jan and I spent the afternoon in Newcastleton learning to play the ukulele along with a group of local older people as part of our Flourishing Borders project.  ...

Job opportunities: New Closing Date for Applications

Things don't always run smoothly. When we heard that there was a glitch with an external information source we were using to tell people about our new job vacancies we thought ...

What makes a good life?

As part of our Parents Supporting Parents project, we have been having conversations with a group of lone parents from East Kilbride.  We talked about the things that make a good ...