Rural Wisdom Evaluation – What we are hearing from Scotland? By OTBJanuary 15, 2021January 20, 2021 Categories: 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
Our Journey so far in the Scottish Borders. By OTBJuly 29, 2020January 20, 2021 Categories: Contributing to age-friendly communities, Living well, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders Rural Wisdom is working to make rural communities work well for people as we get older and for other people who live there. We started working in the Scottish Borders in late 2018, and this video celebrates some of what we have achieved so far. For more information about our work in…
Rural Wisdom: How older people in rural communities are responding to the pandemic By OTBMay 7, 2020January 20, 2021 Categories: 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 Wisdom 2020 News By OTBJanuary 30, 2020January 20, 2021 Categories: 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…
Scottish Borders Transport – Transport & Medical Appointments By OTBJanuary 20, 2020January 20, 2021 Categories: Active & connected, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders, Support that older people want, Transport The final area we looked at during the event in Duns was issues around transport to and from medical appointments. Issues raised Travel time and/or access to transport is not taken into account when appointments are being scheduled. It also feels like those who are making the appointments have limited local knowledge of how…
Scottish Borders Transport – Bus Stops & Pavements By OTBJanuary 20, 2020January 20, 2021 Categories: Active & connected, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders, Transport Another area we looked at during our event in Duns back in November was Bus Stops & Pavements as a persons journey begins the minute they leave their home so that includes are the pavements even?, does the bus stop have a shelter? Or is their benches for resting? Issues raised Many of the issues…
Scottish Borders Transport – Bus Connections & Timetabling By OTBJanuary 20, 2020January 20, 2021 Categories: Active & connected, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders, Transport This is the 2nd blog from the Duns Transport event back in November, which looks at the Bus Connections and timetabling issues discussed. Issues raised The group had experienced many issues around bus connections and timetabling. Below is what we heard. It is common for the buses not to connect for onward journeys to destinations….
Scottish Borders Transport -Connecting Villages & Towns By OTBDecember 16, 2019January 20, 2021 Categories: Active & connected, Older people having a voice & leading change, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders, Transport Last month we were in Duns to talk about transport issues in the area. The Royal Voluntary Service and Living Streets came along to talk about the work they have been doing in the Borders. Four main themes came through from the discussions: Issues around connecting villages & towns through public transport Issues around pavements…
Multigenerational Activities in Borders – Session 1 By OTBNovember 14, 2019January 20, 2021 Categories: Active & connected, Contributing to age-friendly communities, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders Rural Wisdom started working in the Scottish Borders earlier this year, finding ways to make rural communities work better for everyone that lives there. The weather gods were obviously listening this weekend. Saturday afternoon was a beautiful autumnal, although very chilly day here in the Borders for the first of our multigenerational activity sessions. Glenkinnon,…
Community Gardening in Peebles & Innerleithen By OTBSeptember 12, 2019January 20, 2021 Categories: Contributing to age-friendly communities, Living well, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders We have been working closely with 3 community gardens, Peebles CAN, St Ronan’s Well & The Secret Garden in the Peebles and Innerleithen area of the Borders to make small areas of the gardens more dementia friendly with safer walkways, more stable furniture, high raised beds and clear signage. It is well researched and documented…