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

Rural Wisdom: How older people in rural communities are responding to the pandemic

By OTBMay 7, 2020January 20, 2021 Burghead, Hopeman and Cummingston, Eaglesham and Waterfoot, Highland Perthshire, Holywell, Leeswood and Pontblyddyn, Living well, Milford Haven, National policies, North Angus, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Rural Wisdom Wales, Scottish Borders, The Dale Peninsula

Rural Wisdom is a joint project between Outside the Box, Volunteering Matters Cymru and the National Development Team for inclusion. It is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. It began in 2017 now operates in nine different communities across Scotland and Wales. We work with older people in rural communities to support community action…

Rural Housing Conference 2020 at Birnam Arts and Conference Centre

By OTBMarch 12, 2020January 20, 2021 Burghead, Hopeman and Cummingston, Highland Perthshire, Housing & fuel poverty, Older people having a voice & leading change, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Shared learning

by Fi Thomson, Rural Wisdom Community Worker, Moray Housing in Rural Scotland is a complex problem. Key issues such as land ownership, demographics and depopulation, holiday houses and tourism, rural enterprise and affordability were all discussed at this conference in the lovely surroundings in Birnam. The attendees included journalist and broadcaster, Lesley Riddoch whose talk was aptly named ‘Not Doomed…

Rural Wisdom Evaluation Key findings, January 2020

By OTBFebruary 11, 2020January 20, 2021 Eaglesham and Waterfoot, Highland Perthshire, Leeswood and Pontblyddyn, Milford Haven, National policies, North Angus, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Rural Wisdom Wales, Shared learning

The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI) are the appointed evaluation partners of the Rural Wisdom project. Following their visits and research, they have now published their key findings fo far, along with a number of case studies that highlight the varied and interesting work of the project: Rural Wisdom Evaluation Key findings, January 2020…

Rural Wisdom 2020 News

By OTBJanuary 30, 2020January 20, 2021 Burghead, Hopeman and Cummingston, Eaglesham and Waterfoot, Highland Perthshire, Holywell, Leeswood and Pontblyddyn, Milford Haven, North Angus, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Rural Wisdom Wales, Scottish Borders, Shared learning, The Dale Peninsula

In this issue, we celebrate some of the initiatives, projects, events and ideas set up with older people in rural communities. Download the PDF version here In October, community members and workers from Scotland and Wales came together to discuss Rural Wisdom. It was a chance to take stock and reflect on all the successes…

Support Choices Event: How Does Highland Perthshire Care?

By OTBSeptember 4, 2019January 20, 2021 Highland Perthshire, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Support that older people want

Support Choices is a project that helps people living in Perth and Kinross get the social care and support that they need. One of the things we have been doing is getting people together to talk about are and share information. On Friday 23 August, the Support Choices team for Highland Perthshire hosted ‘How Does…

So, what’s it like being a Project Worker at Outside the Box?

By OTBJuly 17, 2019January 20, 2021 Burghead, Hopeman and Cummingston, Eaglesham and Waterfoot, Highland Perthshire, North Angus, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Rural Wisdom Wales, Scottish Borders

As Project Worker for the North Team at Outside the Box, I am part of two smaller project teams. The Support Choices team is made up of 3 Community Workers all based in Dunkeld and in the community. With my support, the team help people understand the ins and outs of the Self Directed Support (SDS) process…

We are recruiting!

By OTBJuly 1, 2019January 20, 2021 Burghead, Hopeman and Cummingston, Eaglesham and Waterfoot, Highland Perthshire, North Angus, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders

Project Worker – North TeamMaternity Cover from early September Part-time: 20 hours each weekAnnual salary: £10,000 (pro rata on £20,000) Closing date: Noon, Monday 29th July 2019 We are recruiting maternity cover for our Project Worker to support the work we do over several projects: Support Choices in rural parts of Perth and Kinross and Rural…

Rural Wisdom – Spring Gathering 2019

By OTBJune 18, 2019January 20, 2021 Burghead, Hopeman and Cummingston, Eaglesham and Waterfoot, Highland Perthshire, North Angus, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Rural Wisdom Wales, Scottish Borders, Shared learning

“It’s important to take these events out to rural communities, to be in the communities where people live and work. At the start of the project we heard that most of the networking events happen in places such as Perth, Glasgow or Edinburgh which can create extra challenges and often means that older people from…

Rural social work in Scotland

By OTBApril 9, 2019January 20, 2021 Burghead, Hopeman and Cummingston, Eaglesham and Waterfoot, Highland Perthshire, North Angus, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders

The idea that social work in rural areas in Scotland might best be based on different approaches to those used in urban areas (where the vast majority of the population live) has received scant attention in recent years. There is a dearth of research on which to plan services that fit with such a notion. However, given the Scottish Government’s emphasis on community engagement, this is of interest.