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South East Winter Newsletter
[1.3MB]Published 2020. A winter 2020/21 newsletter from our South East team sharing what they have been working on recently.
Creating Inclusive Communities Topic: Co-production, Families, Older People, Participation | Format: Newsletter
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Setting Up Friendship Groups
[15.2MB]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.
Creating Inclusive Communities Topic: Co-production, Disabled People, Older People, Participation
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Community Gardens – Peebles and Innerleithen
[461.1KB]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.
Creating Inclusive Communities Topic: Children and Young People, Co-production, Families, Participation | Format: Flyer
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Rural Wisdom – Response to Citizenship & Civil Engagement Select Committee
[518.4KB]Published 2017. A response, from a Rural Wisdom perspective, to a call for evidence from the House of Lords committee set up to explore the issues of citizenship and civic engagement in the twenty-first century.
Creating Inclusive Communities Topic: Co-production, Older People, Participation | Format: Discussion Paper
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Notes & Ideas from Galasheils Rural Wisdom Get-together, August 2017
[624.5KB]Published 2017. Notes from the discussions which took place at the second Rural Wisdom get-together, held in Galasheils on 23rd August 2017 - keys topics covered: Transport, Communication, Positive Risk Taking
Creating Inclusive Communities Topic: Co-production, Older People | Format: Discussion Paper
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Hearing Loss and Older People
[137.4KB]Published 2015. A set of Hints and Tips from our Wisdom in Practice project. It has advice to help you make your group more welcoming to older people with hearing loss.
Creating Inclusive Communities Topic: Co-production, Older People | Format: Hints & Tips