Posts Tagged ‘Community Connections’
New funding success for Borders Buddies!
New funding success for Borders Buddies! Outside the Box South-East team are pleased to announce we have been successful with an application to the National Lottery Improving Lives fund to take our Borders Buddies project on to the next phase. Borders Buddies: the pilot After the first Lockdown, we were hearing from people and workers…
Read MoreRural Wisdom Scotland evaluation 2021
Rural Wisdom Scotland evaluation 2021 Download the Rural Wisdom Scotland evaluation 2021 You can read and download the Rural Wisdom Scotland evaluation 2021 here. Find all the Rural Wisdom resources on NDTi’s website. What Rural Wisdom’s about Rural Wisdom is about improving the lives of older people living in rural communities by listening and helping…
Read MoreAge-friendly place making
Age-friendly place making Learning from age-friendly leaders across the world A reflection blog from our Community Development Adviser Ruth N, on intergenerational ideas she’s been hearing and learning about. Recently I’ve attended several webinars on related topics. The themes were age, placemaking, and strengthening community connections, wellbeing and resilience for all. The first of these was…
Read MoreBuilding age-positive community (online)!
Building age-friendly online communities Online community connections in Covid-19 In the past year online spaces have become the heart of many local communities like never before. One of the few glittering gems of hope in Covid-19 is that we’re finally addressing digital inclusion as vital for social equality. But there’s still lots of room for…
Read MoreCelebrating International Day of Older Persons
Celebrating older people in our communities Passion for making a difference Today, on International Day of Older Persons, I’ve been reflecting on just a few of the different ways older people are contributing to their communities. Older people have helped shape every phase of thousands of community projects across Scotland and helped them to continue…
Read MoreLearning to use Sway for community projects
“Go On, Give it a Go, and Connect your Community”! Using new tools for community-building Local activist Kenny Mallard, a member of the Eaglesham History Society Committee, was telling me about how he uses a free Microsoft application called “Sway” to produce high quality presentations to share online. He swears it is really easy! Sway…
Read More“Go On, Give it a Go, and Connect your Community”! Trying out Facebook Live
Our man in Brechin, Derek, was thinking of a way to share a local community perspective on what was going on in Brechin, Edzell and the Glens. He wanted to listen and learn from the community and share information in an accessible way so everyone could take part. Building on digital experience Derek was well…
Read MoreKindness in Communities #3
Even more stories from Eaglesham & Waterfoot Read on for examples of community kindness from the communities in and around Eaglesham and Waterfoot! Books for everyone How fortunate are we to have such kind, community spirited people as Freya Young. Thanks to Freya, the community has access to books once again. Over 100 books have…
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