Resources

Surviving Christmas and New Year

Published 2017. Christmas can be a difficult time for lots of people for a variety of reasons. In this booklet we share some hints and tips for getting through the festive season.

Creating Inclusive Communities

Finding friends and coping with loneliness

Published 2017. We produced this booklet as part of our Angus McFlourish project where we are working with people from Angus Voice looking at ways of prevention social isolation and loneliness.

People Having More Choice in their Lives

We’re Here Too 2016 Report

Published 2017. In the autumn and winter of 2016 we held three We're Here Too events looking at how older people can have better links with their communities. We looked at this idea, alongside how to stay active and well as we get older and how black and minority ethnic (BME) older people can be more included in the decisions that affect them. This is the report we wrote up following the three events.

Creating Inclusive Communities

Supporting customers who live with dementia

Published 2017. Food Buddies is developing practical help for people living with dementia and other people who sometimes have problems around food. We are trying to make life easier for people on all aspects of eating and drinking, including shopping and enjoying going out for a coffee or a meal. Staff who work in food shops and catering establishments told us that it would help them to know more about dementia and how it can affect people to make life easier for their customers.

Creating Inclusive Communities

Keeping Well and Enjoying Ourselves

Published 2017. As a part of our Angus McFlourish project we produced this booklet to share things to do to stay well without spending a lot of money.

People Having More Choice in their Lives

Creating Conversations: What we’ve heard so far

Published 2017. Creating Conversations is a one-year project that is opening up conversations about older people’s mental health and wellbeing. These are some notes on what we have heard so far.

Having Different Conversations