Resources

Mums Supporting Mums: Our Story So Far

Published 2014. A review of the 'Mums Supporting Mums' project - developing peer support to mums living in rural areas. This attractively produced report describes the background to the project and explains why developing this sort of activity is important. It should also give you ideas about what you can do in your own area.

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Older People and Co-production – NDTi Review

Published 2014. Outside the Box worked with NDTi on this paper to pull together the evidence, outcomes and key characteristics of effective co-production involving older people.

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Older People and Co-production – Edinburgh event report

Published 2014. This report brings together ideas and practice around co-production as a way to create better services and community supports and opportunities for older people. It is part of the Wisdom in Practice project which is based at Outside the Box. We held an even in Edinburgh in November 2013 to look at what people are doing in Scotland and what we could learn from the experience of people in other parts of the UK. This report includes many of the points discussed on the day.

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Seton Care Befriending Report

Published 2014. Report by Outside the Box about the development of the Seton Care Befrienders project and the impact it had over the first 2 years from October 2014. Seton Care Befrienders helps vulnerable older people to feel less isolated by providing company and friendship and someone to do things when this was becoming harder.

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