Flintshire March Blog

By OTBMarch 26, 2019March 26, 2019 Flintshire, Wales Leave a comment

by Shereen Devine You might remember, last year the Steering group were lucky enough to receive a grant of £150 from Age – Cymru. The award was to hold a winter celebration event, which wwould benefit older people within the community. The event had to be held before the end of March. We wanted to…

Relationships are what make the world go round – Milford Haven Blog

By OTBFebruary 19, 2019February 19, 2019 Milford Haven, Wales mental health, Milford Haven, MIND, Pembrokeshire, Rural Wisdom Leave a comment

Let’s face it, the more people you can work with and get to know, the more people there are to have a few laughs with in the week. Relationships are what make the world go round.

An Inspiring Visit: sharing ideas of care and support in rural Wales and Scotland

By OTBFebruary 14, 2019February 21, 2019 Events, Scotland, Wales Care, Libraries, older people, Pembrokeshire, Support Leave a comment

There are so many inspiring things happening in Wales to keep people connected with their communities and keep well – and people in Scotland can learn from their experiences.

A January Update From Rural Wisdom, Flintshire

By OTBFebruary 7, 2019February 7, 2019 Flintshire, Wales community centre, dementia, dementia-friendly, Holywell, Leeswood, Pontlbyddyn Age Friendly Steering Group, Time Credits Leave a comment

by Shereen Devine I am wondering if the end of the month it is far too late to wish people a happy New year; however as it is my first Blog of the year, I do feel it is appropriate, so Happy New Year. The Leeswood & Pontlbyddyn Age – Friendly Steering group have recently…

Sheeren’s December Blog – Flintshire

By OTBDecember 20, 2018February 7, 2019 Flintshire, Wales Leave a comment

by Sheeren Devine It has been a festive few weeks here in Leeswood and Pontblyddyn, the countdown to Christmas is often a busy time for people. However, the Torrential rain has not stopped customers from supporting our little Community Cafe. We opened today (20th December) for the last time this year, the Volunteers will be…

Rachel’s Blog – Rural Wisdom, Milford Haven, October / November 2018

By OTBDecember 12, 2018 Milford Haven, Wales community centre, HAfal, Knit and Natter, Lunch club, Milford Haven, MIND, older people, Older people wales, PAVS, Soup and Sarnies, Wales Leave a comment

by Rachel Evans This has been another varied and busy couple of months for Rural Wisdom in Milford. As you may have read in a previous blog, October saw the start of Soup & Sarnies at a Community Centre on one of the town’s estates, a collaborative effort with some enthusiastic local residents supported by…

Milford What’s On – The Power of Community (Information)

By OTBDecember 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Milford Haven, Wales community, Community Activities, listings, Milford Haven, older people, Wales, what's on Leave a comment

by Rachel Evans, Milford When Rural Wisdom and NDTI first got together with the people of Milford, a major theme that emerged from our conversations was communication. It seemed that there were lots of folk in the town missing out on information about things to do, places to go and people to meet – we reckoned…

Eco Heroes & an Intergenerational Community Soup in Flintshire

By OTBNovember 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Flintshire, Wales community, Community Activities, Community soup, Eco Heroes, intergenerational, older people Leave a comment

Written by Shereen Devine You might remember earlier this year, Kath from the allotment group joined me to plant pumpkins with the Eco-Hero group from Ysgol Dwerenfa. We chose to plant pumpkins as we thought it would be a good idea to have a Community Pumpkin Soup event at the end of autumn. We began…

Video From Second Scottish & Welsh Gathering

By OTBNovember 15, 2018 Angus, Eaglesham, Events, Flintshire, Highland Perthshire, Milford Haven, Scotland, Wales Leave a comment

Last week, those involved in the Rural Wisdom project – from Outside the Box, Volunteering Matters Cymru and NDTi got together for our second big gathering. We were fortunate to be joined by active members of the local community, council workers and Steve from Ageing Well in Wales. It was a brilliant chance to get together to discuss the future of…

Time To Connect – Connecting Care Homes and Rural Communities

By OTBOctober 29, 2018October 29, 2018 Scotland, Wales Ageing and Older People, Alternatives to Traditional Care, Big Lottery Funding, care homes, community, learning disabilities, NDTi, older people, Projects, Time To Connect Leave a comment

Time to Connect is a partnership project by the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) and Timebanking UK (TBUK), which aims to improve the lives of older people and people with learning disabilities who live in care. Below Carol Robinson from NDTI shares some fantastic examples of links between care homes and the community in rural places….