News (Ageing and Older People)

Learning from the Rural Wisdom project - Highlights from 2 interviews with members of the project team from Outside the Box in Scotland, Volunteering Matters in in Wales and NDTi's evaluation team member Vicky.

Interview with members of Volunteering Matters working on the Rural Wisdom Project in Wales.

Interview with members of Outside the Box working on the Rural Wisdom Project in Scotland.

On International Day of Older Persons Paul Gutherson discusses his thoughts on what matters to older people

Blog on Experiencing Loneliness and Social Isolation

After many adventures, Bilbo moved from his independent life at Bag End to a retirement home. The House of Elrond in Rivendell provided him with a welcome and a safe space to age, write his memoirs and build his friendships before taking ship to the Undying Lands. It was his Last Homely House.

We are excited to be sharing a range of documents that highlight the key insights, lessons and stories from the Rural Wisdom evaluation as the project comes to the end of its first stage in the five rural communities in Wales (Milford Haven, Leeswood & Pontblyddyn) and Scotland (Eaglesham, Highland Perthshire, North Angus).

As part of this year's Mental Health Awareness Week and it's focus on body image we spoke to 5 people with lived experience to explore their differnet perspectives of how self image had an impact on their mental health.

#Mentalhealthawarenessweek: The fifth and final anonymous blog in our series. This one exploring the experience of againg on our mental health.

Our recent Housing Round Table in Newcastle discussing people’s equal rights to live independently in communities brought together a great range of voices of those living in supported housing as well as those providing and regulating it.