Posts Tagged ‘human rights’
NBC Planning Day
NBC Planning Day For the last 18 months or so Outside the Box has been providing support to New Beginnings Club (nbc) members. nbc is a member led charitable organisation, offering friendship, activities, fun and adventure to people with disabilities throughout East Lothian. The ethos of nbc has always been about using people’s talents, skills,…
Read MoreRecycling and climate action
Recycling and climate action Recycling For the last couple of months, we have been looking for responses to a survey to gauge people’s knowledge and habits around climate action. To date 40 people have responded to the survey from Moray down to Dumfries & Galloway and many areas in between. All age groups over 16…
Read MoreConnecting Equalities in North Ayrshire
Connecting Equalities – North Ayrshire Working in partnership with The Ayrshire Community Trust (TACT) we delivered two Connecting Equalities training sessions in North Ayrshire in September. The first session asked, ‘what does a good life look like in North Ayrshire to support good mental health and wellbeing?’ and was attended by 24 participants who lived,…
Read MoreEast Renfrewshire Equalities Forum Open Days
East Renfrewshire Equalities Forum Open Days Outside the Box has been contracted by East Renfrewshire Council to establish a new Equalities Forum. We will be working with community groups, organisations, and service providers across East Renfrewshire to encourage and support local people to participate in this new forum. This community-led group will bring people together…
Read MoreYour right to complain resource
How to make a complaint We have recently been hearing from people across Scotland about the difficulties they have complaining to different organisations. People have said that they often don’t know how to raise a complaint or what to put in their complaint. Earlier this year we made a resource about how to contact your…
Read MoreSummer sessions and Marie McNair MSP visit
Summer sessions and Marie McNair MSP visit At our latest Moments of Freedom session we met again in the fantastic Centre 81. This also happened to be last day of the summer kids camp and the centre was full of excitement and laughter. Group session The women have been working on bunting and a banner…
Read MoreCoastal Connections update
It has been a great year for Coastal Connections, though we did have to adjust our plans a bit to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and Covid recovery. We have been working closely with Zero Carbon Moray (ZCM) and their plans for community energy – they had a second great energy fair in Elgin Town Hall…
Read MoreCould you be a Borders Buddy?
Could you be a Borders Buddy? Do you have a few hours to spare to support someone to get out a bit more? Maybe you could be a volunteer Buddy for Borders Buddies. Borders Buddies is a project of Outside the Box, which after running a pilot project now has Lottery funding to work for…
Read MoreNorth Ayrshire New Scots
Spike Wheat Scots Outside the Box is excited to start working with Spike Wheat Scots. They are a community group of Syrian New Scots who have resettled in North Ayrshire. Over the next year we will be working alongside the women from the group to explore meaningful integration, their valuable contributions to community life, shared…
Read MoreMoments of Freedom community coffee afternoon
Moments of Freedom community coffee afternoon The women of Moments of Freedom were delighted to host a community coffee afternoon on Tuesday 20 June in the amazing Centre81, Clydebank. This was also coincidentally World Refugee Day! The women invited local elected members, council representatives, community members and representatives from other Scottish organisations. Around 60 people…
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