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…
A group of local residents braved the icy conditions to come along to the first Community Tea Dance held at Inglis Memorial Hall on Saturday 20th January. They were treated to a variety of dance tunes and scrumptious home bakes, served on the finest china tea cups and saucers. Many commented on how much they…
We are sharing the following call out from Scottish Rural Action. If you have thoughts about this which you’d like to share, please read below and take this survey. The announced closure of 62 RBS branches across Scotland in the last week has kicked off debate from village shops to Holyrood and was also raised…
In November, over 35 people came together to explore how the communities of Eaglesham and Waterfoot can be better places to live for older people. Village residents joined representatives from community groups, community council, local businesses, voluntary sector and local authority at The Carswell Centre in Eaglesham. Together we discussed what was working well, what…
As one of the current Rural Wisdom local areas, we’re working with a range of communities west of the A9 in Highland Perthshire, these areas offer a wealth of history, culture, stunning landscapes and adventure. Here we give a bit of background about the particular communities that we’re working in. You can read more about what…
We were pleased to welcome six hardy but willing folk to our open event yesterday to discuss the possibility of taking forward the idea around developing a Hub for Older People in Brechin at the glorious Brechin Cathedral Hall. Discussions over a cuppy identified more groups operating than we thought all over different areas of…
A lot of what we’re hearing in our discussions with people unsurprisingly revolves around transport & rural bus services. The Scottish Government are asking for views about Scotland’s bus services which gives us all a chance to feed in what we think is working and what could change to make things better. The deadline for…
Over our first six months working in North Angus, we have been out and about chatting to as many local residents as possible, along with community group co-ordinators and volunteers to gather a sense of the issues that older people feel are important to them, what support will help them live independently to continue to…
We’re looking forward to hosting the third of our get-togethers which we’re touring the country with to engage with people about what we’re doing & hear ideas from different areas of Scotland. All welcome – come along! (If you would like one of our future get-togethers to be hosted in your area, please let us…
Rural Wisdom is working with communities in Scotland and Wales to create opportunities for older people to shape their community. Our aim is make communities work better for older people and the other people who live there. We’ve put together a report and a summary note of the work we have done in the Highland Perthshire area and the…