Funded Projects 2014-2020
Project i2i
| Project Acronym | i2i |
|---|---|
| Project Title | iSolutions to Isolation |
Summary
iSolutions to Isolation will create innovative, cost-effective and transferable solutions to tackle Social Isolation and associated health issues in remote and sparsely populated communities in NPA area. The main target group to benefit will be older people socially isolated at home in these challenging settings by building resilient and connected communities supported by technology enabled and co-created home-based service solutions that avoid residential care settings.
The project will build on partners expertise and experience in a multi-actor based service approach that integrates evidence, policy, practitioner experience and technological innovation in designing transnational solutions to social isolation in remote contexts. Examples of iSolutions to Isolation may include Smarttext social support services, Social Networking Advisory tools and online Social prescribing resource tailored to target groups. Inter-generational activity will be a key theme in iSolution for Isolation design to encourage community connectedness and help address the NPA area challenges of youth depopulation and the carer crisis among ageing populations.
Objectives
The objective of the preparatory project is to develop a high quality main project application.
Lead Partner
- National Health Service Western Isles
Scotland
Martin Malcolm
phone +44 1851 708055
e-mail: martin.malcolm@nhs.net
Partners
- University of Eastern Finland
Finland
Project Info
| Theme Demographics (youth, senior, women, indigenous), social inclusion |
| Priority 1 Innovation |
| Objective 1.2 Increased innovation in public service provision |
| Project duration 08-05-16 to 29-11-16 |
| Total budget 45 000 EUR |
| NPA co-financing 29 250 EUR |
| Target groups General public infrastructure and (public) service provider |
| Joint Secretariat Desk Officer Rachel Burn |