Multiply sessions in Eyemouth Our LINKS Eyemouth project has been very fortunate to receive funding from the Multiply Programme, which is a UK Government funded programme, launched as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to run a series of courses supporting adult learners to improve their numeracy skills through cooking! So far, we think…

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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,…

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outdoor team 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…

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By leaves we live

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,…

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Training and evaluation support

Outside the Box evaluation and trainings At Outside the box we believe that sharing good practices and ideas plays a part in building strong, caring, equal communities. We work together with communities, supporting them to address the challenges they face – and take steps to positively transform society! We also support community groups, services and…

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Supporting families resources - inclusion and support for LGBTQ+ families and Mums Retrning to Work

Resources for creating a Mum-Friendly Workplace Here you can find our Mums Returning to Work resources, including our new Support Pack for employers and training videos! Mums Returning to Work grew from our experience supporting different groups of Mums, parents and employers to develop equal policies, an inclusive culture, and the space and skills for…

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We visited Neighbourhood Networks at their office in Govan to deliver our Human Rights training to their team. It was a really interesting session for us as we got to hear about how human rights plays a part in the work Neighbourhood Networks does every day with their communities. We looked at our existing ideas…

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