Rural Wisdom Themes and Updates

By OTBApril 20, 2022April 26, 2022 Rural Wisdom Scotland, Uncategorised climate change, Older People, Rural Communities, sustainable communities Leave a comment

Over the last year, we’ve been sharing videos about good practice from the many projects Rural Wisdom has been involved in across Scotland and Wales since 2017. The ideas in these videos are intended to inspire and educate people to take action and make improvements in their own communities across the UK. Community Transport Transport…

What we’ve been up to: 5 videos highlighting Rural Wisdom recent projects!

By OTBJanuary 21, 2022 Uncategorised Leave a comment

Over the last few months, we’ve been sharing videos on the Outside the Box Youtube channel. Click here to visit our Youtube channel or scroll down to watch them right here and learn more about what we’ve been up to. Community Transport Transport has been raised as an issue in every community we have met…

How have rural areas been transformed by Rural Wisdom?

By OTBNovember 16, 2021November 16, 2021 Rural Wisdom Scotland, Rural Wisdom Wales, Support that older people want, Uncategorised Leave a comment

How have rural areas been transformed by Rural Wisdom? Bringing ideas to life Like many development projects in the UK, the aim of Rural Wisdom has been to reduce social isolation and loneliness for older people. However, Rural Wisdom differs from other projects of this kind, due to its unique blend to community development and…

A labour of love – the future of funding systems

By OTBAugust 26, 2021 Shared learning, Uncategorised collaboration, funding, sustainable communities Leave a comment

The future of funding systems for projects like Rural Wisdom A labour of love Getting funding to support community development projects, like Rural Wisdom, has often been an un-paid and precarious labour of love. Many hours are often spent shaping a project to meet a particular set of criteria, filling in forms, gathering evidence and…

Creating space for rural voices

By OTBAugust 25, 2021August 25, 2021 Active & connected, Housing & fuel poverty, Older people having a voice & leading change, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Rural Wisdom Wales, Shared learning, Uncategorised Leave a comment

Earlier this year we designed and hosted a series of online webinars that brought together individuals and organisations from across Scotland and Wales. Shared learning has always been an important part of Rural Wisdom and we’ve been learning new ways of doing this since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the lockdowns and…

Rural Wisdom driving policy change

By OTBAugust 18, 2021 Older people having a voice & leading change, Rural Wisdom Wales driving policy change, having a say, Rural Wisdom Wales Leave a comment

Rural Wisdom driving policy change Having a say about policies that affect us One of our aims is giving older people in Wales and Scotland more opportunities to influence policies affecting them. Rural Wisdom made strides in this direction before the pandemic, building connections with the Scottish Parliament, Older People’s Commission in Wales Office, and…

The mouse have landed in Solva!

By OTBJune 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Contributing to age-friendly communities, Rural Wisdom Wales, Support that older people want

We bring you today’s blog courtesy of our friend Lena Dixon from Solva Care. Solva Care is a registered charity set up by the community residing in the parish of Solva and Whitchurch in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Solva Care aim to improve the health and wellbeing of their community by enabling residents to stay in their…

How Rural Wisdom learned from Covid

By OTBApril 14, 2021June 23, 2021 Rural Wisdom Scotland, Rural Wisdom Wales

Anne Connor, Chief Executive, Outside the Box (lead partner) Rural Wisdom is exploring how rural communities in Scotland and Wales can work as people get older. Our outcomes include older people having a stronger voice, shaping the way their communities work, and influencing policies and practice. We began in early 2017 and our plans for…

National Rural Mental Health Forum – Reflections from Fi Thomson, Development Worker

By OTBApril 7, 2021April 7, 2021 Living well, Rural Wisdom Scotland

Jim Hulme is the convener of this lively and well attended forum underpinned by Support in Mind Scotland. It includes charities from all over Scotland. Those of us who live in the remoter parts of Scotland, either on the mainland or the islands, have the benefits of majestic views, space and a gentler pace of…

Rural Wisdom Evaluation – What we are hearing from Scotland?

By OTBJanuary 15, 2021January 20, 2021 Burghead, Hopeman and Cummingston, Contributing to age-friendly communities, Eaglesham and Waterfoot, Evaluation, Highland Perthshire, North Angus, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders

As part of the evaluation in Scotland, we have gathered people’s experiences and impacts from local areas. These are some of the things we have been hearing around the impacts for people