Posts Tagged ‘outdoors wellbeing’
Spike Wheat Scots women’s well-being walk
Spike Wheat Scots women’s well-being walk We met with the New Scots women of Spike Wheat Scots in Eglinton Park, Irvine for our latest session together. The women wanted to meet outside, in nature and show us their favourite spots. They told us that they spend a lot of their free time in the park…
Read MoreEyemouth Primary Outdoors 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…
Read MoreTeam Outdoor Day
Outside the Box Staff Outdoors Day Last week we had a wonderful outdoor team day in Peeblesshire. Christine and Ruth led the fantastic day to show us more about the work they have been doing in the Borders. The team learned how to carry out outdoors risk assessments, how to make hapazomes, how to make…
Read MoreSouth East Summer 22 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to our latest Outside the Box South-East Newsletter. Where has the year gone, it is flying by. It has been great being able to get out and see people in person again, it really does feel like some sort of ‘normality’ is returning. As always, we have been very busy here in…
Read MoreBy leaves we live: creating community in green spaces
By leaves we live Creating community in a green world ‘How many people think twice about a leaf? Yet the leaf is the chief product and phenomenon of Life: this is a green world, with animals comparatively few and small, and all dependent upon the leaves.’ This quote from Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) is equally,…
Read MorePaths for All – Dementia Friendly Health Walks
Paths for All – Dementia Friendly Health Walks Paths for All supports a network of over 650 health walks that take place in communities across Scotland. The majority of these walks are led by volunteers and are managed by a range of organisations including local authorities, NHS, leisure trusts and community organisations. People living with…
Read MoreHospital Homecoming – tackling delayed discharge in Acute Hospital Settings
Hospital Homecoming Hospital Homecoming aims to enable speedier discharge from Acute Hospital Settings for lonely and isolated patients who require help to allow them to be discharged. It is supported by community groups and volunteers. It is hoped that Hospital Homecoming will reduce delayed discharge and enable patients to recover quicker in their own homes…
Read MoreBorders Buddies Resources
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 MoreTips for inclusive family groups and buggy walks
Tips for inclusive family groups and buggy walks New Tips guide for family groups Read and download our new resource: Tips for inclusive family groups and buggy walks. This blog shares why we think informal social connections and support among families is powerful – and ideas for shaping inclusive groups. Family connections and supportive peer…
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…
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