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Older People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Active
Started 2018. Outside the Box is working with a wide range of older people and organisations to find ways for older people to get good support for their mental health and wellbeing. These conversations have been going on over several years and we expect they will continue. We've brought together these conversations in the form of a long report and a summary report- we hope you will find them useful.
Having Different Conversations
Topic:
Mental Health, Older People
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Happiness Habits Active
Started 2017. A project working with people in rural parts of Scottish Borders to build links between people and increase social inclusion.
Creating Inclusive Communities
Topic:
Families, Mental Health, Older People, Participation
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Local People Linking Active
Started 2017. Local People Linking is a project about getting information out to older people, families and friends about good activities happening in their area that support older people.
People Having More Choice in their Lives
Topic:
Equalities, Older People
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Friends Group Active
Started 2017. The Friends Group is a peer support group for people in Falkirk who have learning difficulties. The group meets weekly on Fridays from 11 am - 1 pm. Each week the group does a different activities and spend some time having a cup of tea and a catch up. The group is open to anyone living in Falkirk, or the surrounding area, who has learning difficulties. Carers are also welcome to attend to support people at the sessions.
People Having More Choice in their Lives
Topic:
Disabled People, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Participation
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Supporting Womens Health and Wellbeing Active
Started 2015. Working with groups of women and their support workers from different backgrounds, we explored how they how support each other around issues of health and wellbeing and developed resources from these conversations.
People Having More Choice in their Lives
Topic:
Co-production, Complicated Lives, Mental Health, Recovery
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Housing Owls Active
Started 2017. Outside the Box is working with Falkirk Council and the Make It Happen Forum to provide peer to peer housing information source to Falkirk. Trained older volunteers will chat to people about matters related to housing that older people feel are relevant to them. They will share housing information using tools developed by older people for older people and information provided by partners.
People Having More Choice in their Lives
Topic:
Older People, Participation
