Category: Support that older people want

Pupil serving a plate of food at an intergenerational lunch club

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…

Scottish Borders Transport – Transport & Medical Appointments
By 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…

Support Choices Event: How Does Highland Perthshire Care?
By Categories: Highland Perthshire, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Support that older people want

Support Choices is a project that helps people living in Perth and Kinross get the social care and support that they need. One of the things we have been doing is getting people together to talk about are and share information. On Friday 23 August, the Support Choices team for Highland Perthshire hosted ‘How Does…

Out and About in the Scottish Borders
By Categories: Rural Wisdom Scotland, Scottish Borders, Shared learning, Support that older people want Leave a comment

Hello, Christine here and I will be working on Rural Wisdom in the Scottish Borders. Rural Wisdom is a 5 year community development and shared learning project that explores the impact of community-based activities that are led by older people living in rural areas in both Scotland & Wales. It has been designed to benefit…

Handy Hints and Tips for avoiding Scams and Financial Harm
By Categories: North Angus, Rural Wisdom Scotland, Shared learning, Support that older people want

 In December 2018, the Brechin Information Hub received a visit from two members of the Trading Standards team at Angus Council who gave people some information around protection from scams and financial harm and how to reduce door to door cold calling and nuisance phone calls. North Angus Rural Wisdom Community Worker, Shona has produced…

Milford What’s On – The Power of Community (Information)
By Categories: Active & connected, Milford Haven, Older people having a voice & leading change, Rural Wisdom Wales, Support that older people want

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…

Getting started in North Wales
By Categories: Leeswood and Pontblyddyn, Rural Wisdom Wales, Support that older people want

An August / September update from our Rural Wisdom Development Worker in Flintshire – Shereen Devine I have been working with the community of Leeswood & Pontblyddyn for two months. These are two small rural villages in Flintshire nestled between Wrexham, the largest town in North Wales, and the smaller market town of Mold. Although…