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Building community-based support with Older People
Started 2014. Outside the Box pulled together over 20 of the main reports that have been published over the past few years to produce a new report about what helps communities to include and support older people.
Creating Inclusive Communities
Topic:
Carers, Co-production, Disabled People, Older People, Self Directed Support
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Digital Inclusion
Started 2014. Outside the box worked with people who often don't have access to digital technology to find out what they saw as the benefits of having access to the internet and using it more.
Creating Inclusive Communities
Topic:
Digital Inclusion, Mental Health, Older People
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Live a Life
Started 2014. Outside the Box worked with People First Borders to help them ask members what they thought about the group as part of planning for the future. In August 2014, People First Borders became a new charity called Live a Life. There are 5 different groups across Borders led by people with learning disabilities.
Creating Inclusive Communities
Topic:
Disabled People, Learning Disabilities, Participation
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Seton Care Befrienders
Started 2014. The Seton Care Befrienders project is a response to the gap identified by older people living in Berwickshire (the eastern part of Scottish Borders) and the north part of Northumberland around Berwick-upon-Tweed. They wanted company and friendship and someone to do things with when this was becoming harder.
Creating Inclusive Communities
Topic:
Mental Health, Older People
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We’re Here Too!
Started 2014. We’re Here Too brings together people who want to see more opportunities for all older people to be able to participate in the issues that interest them.
Creating Inclusive Communities
Topic:
Co-production, Older People, Participation, Self Directed Support
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Permission to Dream
Started 2014. People with poor mental health can sometimes find it hard to think about a positive future. During the Spring of 2016, over 60 people came together and shared their dreams.
People Having More Choice in their Lives
Topic:
Co-production, Mental Health, Self Directed Support
