Resources

Handy Hints and Tips for avoiding Scams and Financial Harm

Published 2018. In December 2018, the Brechin Information Hub received a visit from two members of the Trading Standards team at Angus Council who gave people some information around protection from scams and financial harm and how to reduce door to door cold calling and nuisance phone calls. North Angus Rural Wisdom Community Worker, Shona has produced a short summary of what the group learned. 

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Can Self-Directed Support Work in Community Justice Settings? (Project Evaluation Report)

Published 2018. Moving Forward was set up as a partnership project involving Turning Point Scotland, Outside the Box and Glasgow Community Justice Authority (now Community Justice Glasgow) in 2015. The project was funded by the Scottish Government and monitored and evaluated by Inspiring Scotland as part of the national strategy implementation for self-directed support (SDS) in Scotland. It concluded in September 2018. This report evaluates the project and it's impact

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Older People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing: Summary

Published 2018. Outside the Box is working with a wide range of older people and organisations to find ways for older people to get good support for their mental health and wellbeing. This report brings together what we have been hearing through several projects. This is a shorter version of the full report which goes into more detail on each point.

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Older People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing: What older people are saying

Published 2018. Outside the Box is working with a wide range of older people and organisations to find ways for older people to get good support for their mental health and wellbeing. These conversations have been going on over several years and we expect they will continue. This report brings together what we have been hearing from people across Scotland.

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Parents and teenagers – March update

Published 2018. We are working with families and other organisations across Scotland to develop peer support for families (the project is funded by the Scottish Government through the Children, Young People and Families Early Intervention Fund). We looked at what support is available for parents and teenagers, and sent out a discussion paper in 2017. We now have an update on it, including responses from organisations we contacted.

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Families Supporting Families Discussion Note

Published 2018. In July 2017 we put together a discussion paper on what can help families, especially when people welcome some additional support. We sent the report to 121 organisations, the majority of which have also been funded by the CYPFEIF fund. We got a lot of very interesting feedback about the report which we have summarised in this discussion note.

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