As part of our Rural Wisdom project to support Scotland’s rural communities to work better for older people, we’re holding a series of Get-Togethers across the country which we hope will help build a nation-wide network to share ideas, enthusiasm and inspiration about age-friendly rural communities. They provide a space to come together, talk about what’s working, share any challenges and discuss ideas to overcome these.

The second of these get-togethers was held in Galasheils last month – the key discussion points which arose were how we can make it easier for people to get around their rural area, how information can be shared in the most effective & accessible way and how we can overcome the issues around decisions which are made to keep people safe but which can have the effect of reducing people’s independence and creating other problems.

Read the notes from the day for a summary of what came out of these discussions.