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Results for: Older people
“Better than Pills” Evidence of the benefits of volunteering
Last Updated: Tuesday 2 June 2020. This report produced by Edinburgh Volunteer Centre examines assumptions that volunteers provide a unique and special service to older people because volunteering creates an
“It’s good to go places” – Literature review of community transport
Through the ‘A Stitch in Time’ proramme practitioners and others have identified that community transport plays a key role in ensuring older people can access services, social and other opportunities
A model to explain the third sector contribution to Reshaping Care for Older People
This model has been developed to explain the third sector’s contribution to Reshaping Care for Older People. This resource was created as part of the ‘A Stitch in Time’ programme.
A model to explain the third sector contribution to Reshaping Care for Older People (The model alone)
This model details the third sector contribution to care for older people, download the model below. A more detailed explanation of the third sector contribution can be found here. This
Case study: A Stitch in Time? Involvement in a learning programme
Theodora Hidalgo, Pilton Equalities Project tells her story about her involvement in one of the learning sets for our learning programme A Stitch in Time?
Case Study: Age Scotland
This case study is about how a series of support sessions with ESS helped Age Scotland set organisational outcomes and create a new evaluation toolkit for the whole organisation.
Case Study: Carer organisations – explaining and evaluating their contribution
Last Updated: Monday 8 June 2020. The Stitch in Time? programme team worked with a range of carers organisations in Scotland to develop a model to identify their role in
Case Study: Community Connecting – Supporting older people to make connections in their community
Last Updated: Thursday 17 October 2019. The Stitch in Time? programme team worked with Community Connecting, an innovative project providing support for older people to reconnect or make new connections
Case Study: Edinburgh Leisure Steady Steps
In this case study Edinburgh Leisure Steady Steps focuses on a specialised intervention to engage participants who are rehabilitating from a fall or experiencing poor balance. This document looks at
Case Study: Evaluation in a community based organisation
This Evaluation document looks at the Pilton Equalities Project and their approach to evaluation.