Publications
You can search here for reports and other publications from Outside the Box. You will also find the posters we have published here. All publications are listed below, or you can browse the A-Z or use the search function on the left.
We have also included publications from other organisations on topics which relate to the projects we are supporting.
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Title: Administrator May 08 - Application Questions
Summary:
Application questions for Administrator position.
Closing date for applications is June 25th 2008. -
Title: Administrator May 08 - Job Description
Summary:
Job Description for Administrator.
Closing date for applications is June 25th 2008. -
Title: Adults' Experiences of Self Harm - Final Report
Date: 03/03/2008
Summary:
Outside the Box has produced a report which looks at the experiences of people in Scotland around self-harm – when people intentionally hurt themselves. Self-harm is generally seen as an issue for young people and there are some services for people aged under 21 or 25 in some parts of Scotland. We wanted to find out about the experiences and views of people aged over 25.
People took part in an on-line survey. The contributions were from people who self harm relatives and friends and from workers in a range of services. The next steps and actions points were developed by people who took part in an event and we then checked these out through the website. The suggestions bring together the experience of people who are affected by self-harm, workers in a wide range of services and people with policy or management responsibilities. -
Title: Adults' Experiences of Self Harm - Final Report (summary)
Date: 03/03/2008
Summary:
Outside the Box has produced a report which looks at the experiences of people in Scotland around self-harm – when people intentionally hurt themselves. Self-harm is generally seen as an issue for young people and there are some services for people aged under 21 or 25 in some parts of Scotland. We wanted to find out about the experiences and views of people aged over 25.
People took part in an on-line survey. The contributions were from people who self harm relatives and friends and from workers in a range of services. The next steps and actions points were developed by people who took part in an event and we then checked these out through the website. The suggestions bring together the experience of people who are affected by self-harm, workers in a wide range of services and people with policy or management responsibilities. -
Title: Black and Minority Ethnic Recovery Group: report from the project
Date: 19/03/2008
Summary:
In December 2006, Glasgow Association for Mental Health (GAMH) and Outside the Box Development Support (OTB) began working with women from the black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in Glasgow to explore what recovery meant for them.
During 2007 a second project built on the initial work and began the process of developing a recovery group which was led by the women. Like the fi rst project, it was a partnership with the National Resource
Centre for Ethnic Minority Health (NRCEMH) and Scottish Recovery Network (SRN). The project was funded by NRCEMH and all the partners gave additional time and practical help to the project.
This report describes what happened in the second project and what we learned from it. We hope that the experiences and ideas set out here will be helpful to people across Glasgow and in other parts of Scotland when they are providing services and developing other opportunities for people from BME communities and in supporting everyone’s mental health and wellbeing. -
Title: BME Recovery Group - Report of the launch
Date: 12/12/2007
Summary:
On the 29th August 2007, the Black and Minority Ethnic Recovery Group
(BMERG) which is based in Glasgow launched their report. The BME
recovery group brings together women in Glasgow who have experience of living with mental health problems – for themselves or for people whom they care about.
This report was the culmination of the previous 6 months work of the group and an event that they held in 21st March 2007.
The initial project was a partnership between Glasgow Association for Mental Health, the National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minority Health (NRCEMH), the Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) and Outside the Box and the Women’s Group.
This short report describes how we organised the launch and what happened on the day. We have prepared this note to encourage other people to consider having events like this as part of their work. -
Title: Borderline - five years on
Summary:
Achievements of a telephone support service.
Borderline is a voluntary organisation which is located in Scottish Borders. It provides a telephone support service to people who are experiencing emotional distress – this includes people who have a mental health problem, people who are in crisis, people who are socially isolated and people who are looking for emotional support during a time of distress.Download: Borderline report (PDF/121KB) >>>
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Title: Borders Employment Workshop
Summary:
The Borders Finding Out project brings together people who have learning disabilities, families, people who work in services for people with learning disabilities and people who are interested in everyone having the chance to do what they want.Download: Employment Report (PDF/351KB) >>>
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Title: Borders Finding Out Project
Summary:
Some people in Borders have been finding out about opportunities and services for people with learning difficulties in other places. We are people who have learning disabilities, families, people who work in learning disability services and other people who are interested in people having the same opportunities as everyone else.
We wanted to find out about opportunities for people with learning difficulties to get jobs, have interesting things to do and be part of their communities. -
Title: Building Strong Foundations - Involving People in the NHS
Summary:
From the Scottish Executive Health Department.
Involving: meaningfully engaging with people at all levels - in
any aspect of health care planning, delivery or monitoring.
People: anyone - individuals, groups or communities or
populations - who has an interest in the National Health Service - patients, service users, potential users, staff.
In ‘Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change’,
particularly in Section 5 ‘Involving People’, it states that a patient centred NHS must not just be a slogan: it must become a way of life (p50). NHSScotland to ensure that listening, understanding and acting on the views of patients and carers, local communities or groups, is given the same priority as clinical standards and financial performance. A short section on involving people in Clinical Governance is included in this paper.Download: BSF Practical Guide (PDF/445KB) >>>
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