Care Homes and Communities – our recent experience and what has helped

By OTBJuly 30, 2020 Rural News care homes, community, older people Leave a comment

The role of care homes has been so important over the past few months, and many communities have realised that they can help people who live there and staff who work in care homes. These are some of the things that we have been hearing about – both where the community helps the care home…

Our Journey so far in the Scottish Borders.

By OTBJuly 29, 2020 Borders, Scotland, Uncategorized community, older people Leave a comment

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…

Scottish Borders Transport -Connecting Villages & Towns

By OTBDecember 16, 2019January 20, 2020 Borders, Scotland, Transport older people, rural communities, Rural Transport, transport Leave a comment

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…

Placing Older People at the Centre of Rural Communities – A Review

By OTBJune 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Uncategorized Eaglesham, Evaluation, Moray, older people, rural communities, rural networks, Scotland, Scottish borders, Volunteers, Wales Leave a comment

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund ‘Accelerating Ideas’ fund, Rural Wisdom works with older people in rural areas in both Scotland and Wales. Partners Outside The Box (Scotland) and Volunteering Matters Cymru (Wales) have been working with rural communities on how to make them work for well for older people. This means supporting community…

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.

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…

Rural Wisdom in Scotland – One Year On

By OTBNovember 20, 2018November 29, 2018 Angus, Eaglesham, Highland Perthshire, Scotland Angus, community, Community Activities, Community Development, Eaglesham, Eaglesham & Waterfoot, Highland Perthshire, older people, Rural Wisdom Leave a comment

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. These are the outcomes we want to achieve: More older people, and a more diverse range of older…

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….