Posts Tagged ‘coronavirus’
Morayshire – Be Active Lifelong groups (B.A.L.L)
Morayshire – Be Active Lifelong groups (B.A.L.L) These are friendly groups bringing together over 700 older people across Moray who enjoy gentle exercise, hosting events, speakers, outings with coffee and chat and are supported by Health and Social Care Moray. There are over 20 groups helping older people experience place-based activities as well as green…
Read MoreCollaborative Commissioning Resources
Collaborative Commissioning Resources The Independent Review of Adult Social Care 2021 recently published recommendations for the reform of commissioning and procurement of social care and the Improvement Service also published a briefing report on participatory budgeting. These new published resources contain lots of information about commissioning that community and third sectors organisations could find useful;…
Read MoreCommunity Solutions – helping people get the care they need and taking pressure off health and social care
Community Solutions – helping people get the care they need and taking pressure off health and social care There is increasing coverage just now noting the pressures on the NHS and social care, the number of people waiting for care in the community so they can leave hospital and growing numbers of those waiting to…
Read MoreIntroducing Borders Buddies
OTB South-East are very pleased to announce the official launch of our Borders Buddies project! Thanks to funding from Scottish Borders Council Community Fund for Tweeddale, we are able to deliver this important new project to support people to start to get back to normal activities. We know that not everyone will feel comfortable…
Read MoreDigital Buddies in the Scottish Borders
Digital Buddies is a project funded by Independent Age to get older people in the Scottish Borders connected digitally to friends, family, groups, their communities & the wider world. We thought other groups may be interested in how this is working, to help you with your plans for older people to become more digitally connected.…
Read MoreFood Buddies: Thinking Outside the Box During Lockdown
Nobody could have predicted what would happen in March 2020. The best-laid plans of everyone fell by the wayside. It was a matter of going back to basic survival strategies – a key one being how to get food. Our Food Buddies project was at the stage of drawing to a close, having fledged a…
Read MoreCommunities are Committed to Good Support
Communities are Committed to Good Support Approaches to Community Support in lockdown Since lockdown started it has been amazing to see and hear all the good support that communities, volunteers and individuals and community groups have created and delivered. Responding quickly and simply to the emerging crisis and then developing new ways to support each…
Read MoreCommitted to Good Support Resources
Lots of groups and people across the country have been stepping up and doing what they can to make life easier for other people in their communities during the past few months, and it looks as if this is going to continue for some time to come. Committed to Good Support is here to help…
Read MoreCommunity support – knowing and showing that you are doing a good job
Lots of groups and people across the country have been stepping up and doing what they can to make life easier for other people in their communities during the past few months, and it looks as if this is going to continue for some time to come. In many ways this is an increase of…
Read MoreFamily Wellbeing in North Glasgow
Through our ‘Families Wellbeing’ project we’re hearing from a range of different families across Scotland about the impact of COVID-19 on their wellbeing and what they have found to be helpful. This blog shares the experiences of New Scots families living in Royston, North Glasgow and how accessing safe, socially distant outdoor play sessions has…
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