Resources

Setting Up Friendship Groups

Published 2019. Friendship groups give people the opportunity to try new things, have a chat and most importantly, make new friends. Outside the Box has been involved in many friendship groups over the years. We have set up two groups for older people and we have seen lots of friendships develop through the project. We hope these hints & tips will enable you to set up your own.

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Community Gardens – Peebles and Innerleithen

Published 2019. It is well researched and documented that gardening is very good for your physical and mental health and can aid recovery from illness. In a community garden you get the added bonus of belonging to a like minded group of people, giving something back to the community, and the opportunity to make friends, learn from, teach, support and be supported by other people. It’s also fun, very rewarding and there is a great feel-good factor after working in the garden.

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Intergenerational National Network – Meeting at the Ecology Centre

Published 2019. The meeting was hosted by the Ecology Centre. Attendance included people from Police Scotland; Fife Council; the Centre for Stewardship; Alzheimer Scotland; and Partick Thistle Charitable Trust, as well as the Ecology Centre itself and a number of individuals.

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Tips for getting Conversations Going

Published 2019. Tips to help people in communities who want to get activities or groups started or develop what you are doing already.

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Moments of Freedom

Published 2019. Moments of Freedom is for Women and their families who came to Scotland through the Scottish Government’s Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.

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Outside The Box 2018 Annual Report

Published 2019. This is our annual report for 2018. We were 14 this year, so we planned to do the things that most teenagers do – make new friends, go to new places, come across new ideas, be passionate, change our minds, eat too much chocolate and stay up late talking about how to change the world.

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