LINKS Friday after school club LINKS Eyemouth is a project for families in the Eyemouth area in the Borders. The focus is round healthy, lower budget eating and wider wellbeing as a means of promoting social connections. The project has helped strengthen community partnerships between different organisations, groups and small businesses, while sometimes making use…

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Glasgow School of Art and Outside the Box Back in May Fi from our north team was working with REAP, organising events together to raise awareness of renewable energy and fuel poverty. They put her in touch with a GSA Environmental Design Student called Aarya Kunte who was looking for people and organisations to talk…

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Drone Hill Community Benefit Fund success

Drone Hill Community Benefit Fund success  We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in receiving a grant from the Drone Hill Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund, administered by Foundation Scotland for our LINKS project. This grant is to support the delivery of a community health and well-being programme in and around Eyemouth…

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LINKS Eyemouth: Primary Outdoors Activity Day

Eyemouth Primary Outdoors Day  On Thursday 22nd June, we teamed up with local partners as part of our LINKS Eyemouth project, delivering healthy activities for children and families.   LINKS Eyemouth is a project for families in the Eyemouth area in the Borders. The focus is on healthy, lower budget eating and wider wellbeing as a…

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New peer-support resource for families. How to start or join a buggy walk

Buggy walks What is a buggy walk? Quite simply, it’s a semi-organised walk for mums (or others with babies) to bring their wee one along, meet other parents, have a bit of chat and share any hints and tips. Being a new parent can be challenging at the best of times, and many people feel…

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Intergenerational Climate Action - ideas and converations from the Intergenerational National Network at the Glasgow Science Centre

Intergenerational climate action Network meet-up at the Glasgow Science Centre It’s a sunny morning across Scotland – big blue skies, snowdrops and less snow than last week – and it really feels like Spring. The Intergenerational National Network meetup starts off with lots of hellos, co-ordinator Pat welcoming everyone and lots of interesting info shared…

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Thoughts on the future of human rights in Scotland - a blog from OTB board member, Pat Scrutton

The future of Human Rights in Scotland Where the conversation was A couple of years ago I attended a series of meetings on the review of SNAP (Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights). I was shocked to discover that food was not recognised as a human rights in Scotland; and was very disappointed to…

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