Posts Tagged ‘covid19’
Collaborative 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 MoreBorders Buddies Blog – getting back!
Borders Buddies – Getting Back! The Purpose of Borders Buddies The Borders Buddies project in Tweeddale supports people in their journey of returning to what they used to do before the pandemic. There is no ‘one size fits all’ method for this; each case is taken on an individual basis. Borders Buddies knows that everyone…
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Borders Buddies Resources Posted September 9th 2021 by Christine Borders Buddies is a project by Outside the Box, funded by the Scottish Borders Tweeddale Community Fund. The broad aims of the project are to support people and groups to reconnect and start getting back to doing things they enjoyed doing before the pandemic. This little…
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 MoreOutdoors for Wellbeing #4 – Walking with Kindness
Outdoors For Wellbeing #4 – Walking With Kindness Walking is great for your own physical and mental wellbeing, but how could you use kindness to spread the benefits to others on your walks? Here are some examples of things you could try: Acknowledge others you see while out walking. It could be a smile,…
Read MoreFamilies Wellbeing videos: storytelling
Families Wellbeing Videos Families Supporting Families: wellbeing in the pandemic Earlier in the Covid19 pandemic, Families Supporting Families worked with local creators to find new online solutions for family wellbeing. With support from the Scottish Government Wellbeing Fund, these projects were able to run engaging online sessions and create families wellbeing videos. These sessions were…
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 MoreA Busy Start for Fiona
It has been a busy first month for our newest member of the team Fiona. Fiona is a member of the South East team working in her own village of Newtown St Boswells as a project worker one day a week supporting our Rural Wisdom and Families Supporting Families project. Fiona has hit the ground…
Read MoreOur Response to Covid-19
When we entered the new decade I don’t think any of us would have believed what 2020 had instore for us. We have all had to adapt and learn new and different ways of working in a fast moving and changing environment. Here is a little insight into what we have been doing to respond…
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