Category: Rural Wisdom Wales

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How have rural areas been transformed by Rural Wisdom?
By Categories: 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…

Creating space for rural voices
By Categories: 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…
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Rural Wisdom driving policy change
By Categories: Older people having a voice & leading change, Rural Wisdom Wales Tags: , , 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…
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Creating a butterfly garden
By Categories: Active & connected, Contributing to age-friendly communities, Holywell, Leeswood and Pontblyddyn, Living well, Milford Haven, Rural Wisdom Wales, The Dale Peninsula

By Shereen Devine and Rachel Evans We are six months in, and the pandemic continues to highlight loneliness, isolation and the frustrations that come with the lockdown. To address these issues, local colleagues are looking into reviving the Pembrokeshire Befriending Network. In the meantime, we continue to provide support for people who are still shielding…

Pembrokeshire & Flintshire COVID-19 Response Project
By Categories: Holywell, Leeswood and Pontblyddyn, Living well, Milford Haven, Rural Wisdom Wales, The Dale Peninsula

We hope you are well and adapting to the current way of living. It certainly has been a challenging few months. Like many projects, Rural Wisdom delivery has been hugely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  With the safety of community members, volunteers and staff in mind, we stopped our face-to-face activities the week before our…
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Rural Wisdom: How older people in rural communities are responding to the pandemic
By 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 Evaluation Key findings, January 2020
By Categories: 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…