We got outdoors, had great conversations, played bowls, and got muddy taking part alongside people in the programme of Get Outdoors projects funded by Life Changes Trust.

The projects involved people living with dementia, unpaid carers and health professionals, building accessible social spaces and enjoying the outdoors across Scotland. Learn about how we used ‘Magic Moments’ to evaluate outdoor inclusion and connection, getting to the heart of what mattered to the people involved.

A highlight was learning and illustrating how people living with dementia have been shaping community change, from gardening and men’s sheds to setting up Scotland’s first dementia-friendly woodland.

Since 2017 we have been supporting Moments of Freedom, a network led by New Scots women in Clydebank, with their work mapping and building community access and inclusion.

We recently facilitated the group’s evaluation, working in multiple languages and with our amazing illustrator to capture the changes everyone experienced.

The women in Moments of Freedom created a thoughtful, dynamic picture of where they are now, after several years and a huge amount of dedication. They’re now using it to imagine and plan for the change they can create in the coming years!

We’ve been supporting Neighbourhood Networks to evaluate their Agents of Change programme, which gives members the resources to be community leaders around human rights. We took a broad, every-day, experience-based approach to human rights, and explored the PANEL human rights framework with the Agents of Change leaders.

We used the Magic Moments evaluation tool online and in person, to produce an evaluation which shared the Agents of Change learning and its impacts.

We worked with the group so they could share their human rights insights and priorities, co-creating animations and digital mind-maps.

Bikes for Refugees provide New Scots with bikes - a free means of travel, supporting individuals and families to make new homes in Scotland, address disadvantage and become more connected.

We spoke with people and families who had bikes and gathered some short stories about the difference it made for them.

“It’s been absolutely brilliant, a really good experience. I didn’t know anything like this existed that gave bikes to refugees so I was really happy when I got in touch. My wife and toddler also got bikes and it makes them really happy. My toddler is only 3 and a half so she is still getting used to the bike and in the learning stages but the best thing is that we can cycle as a family, weh ave plans for the future to go to some good places for cycling like around Kelvingrove. It’s a really great initiative and the bikes really help in day to day life.”

"It gives me independence and freedom- I don't have to rely on buses or trains, I can go wherever I want whenever I want. Knowing how to repair the bike has given me more confidence and shown me I can do things I didn't think I could."