We met Highland Hospice Helping Hands at our Rural Wisdom Inverness Get-Together and are always enthused to hear about organisations adapting their services in response to communities. We recognise the many challenges that people living in rural communities experience particularly around receiving palliative care and getting the right support for them. We asked Susan Smith,…
The development of the Community cafe continues here in Leeswood, these things often take longer than planned; however, I am confident that we are making progress. The Public Protection Team, have been out to give us some advice, so we now have a clear understanding of what we need to do to become an operational…
March was a busy month in Milford. I had spent some of February preparing for an important and much-needed event and wanted to be sure that as many people as possible had a chance to come. The purpose of this Community Planning Meeting was to give me a steer for this current 12 month period…
Brechin Community Singing Group began as taster sessions in February following feedback gained from attending different community events during Autumn 2017. The group is open to anybody who wants to sing. All are welcome and there are no auditions! The purpose of the group was to bring together local people who enjoy singing and share…
People living in rural areas need social care and other support to let them have a good life, just as people living in towns do. The arrangements are not perfect for people living in towns, but people living in rural areas often have a lot less choice and sometimes find it hard to get any…
We’re pleased to see the Institute of Health Equity and PHE’s new report examining how high streets are used to improve the overall health of local communities. The report focuses on reviewing the evidence on healthy high streets in urban settings, saying that “good quality design and furniture in local high streets that provide accessible, safe,…
Last Friday I had the pleasure of spending the morning with Edzell’s primary seven class where we were discussing age-friendly communities and beginning to plan our inter-generational film project. First we spent some time discussing a bit about the older generation and sharing perspectives: Can older people ‘floss’? (not the dental kind – it’s the latest…
We are looking forward to talking about Rural Wisdom at the next Intergenerational National Network sharing session, which will be held in Dumfries on the 5th April. We’ll be joining The Stove Network who will also be talking about their work- Stove run premises at 100 High Street in Dumfries as a fully accessible public…
Last week Rural Wisdom took up residence in the Edzell Community pop up shop to open up some conversations, gather ideas and give out jam. We really enjoyed meeting so many local-residents and feel we learned lots more about the local area, what’s important to folk and how we can contribute to ensuring Edzell thrives…
You’re welcome along to our fourth Rural Wisdom get together! Our Rural Wisdom project is exploring ways to make rural areas work better for older people. We’re holding a series of events across Scotland for anyone who is interested in this work to come together, to share thoughts, to hear from others and to build the Rural…