mPower in the Southern Trust are delighted to be supporting the WAVE project, launched earlier this month by the Confederation of Community Groups (CCG). WAVE which stands for Weekly Audio Visual Engagement is the next generation of the Good morning call that the…

We are delighted to share that the project has been extended for a further 7 months. This will enable us to continue the work in serving older people in our communities to live well and independently, in their own homes for longer. We have had some fantastic resul…

The mPower  team in the Western Isles has purchased a small number of KOMP  devices to help support people facing the challenge of social isolation. This is proving a specific challenge for many just now during the Corona Virus pandemic and is often felt by those…

We are delighted to announce that our application to the Connecting Scotland programme was successful and as a result the D&G mPower team will receive 30 iPads to distribute to mPower beneficiaries. The iPads will be connected with 4G for two years and beneficiari…

Care homes across Dumfries and Galloway have received dozens of devices to help keep residents connected with loved ones. The iPads have been given thanks to NHS Dumfries and Galloway’s IT Department in collaboration with the mPower Project to help ensure that res…

mPower and specifically, our Shared Learning part to the project, were an integral part of DigiFest 2020 and we couldn’t be happier with how it went. The virtual event saw over 3500 registrations attendees from over 50 countries, 75 sessions and 30 poster submissi…

mPower has been involved in supporting the work being done by the Scottish Government as part of the Connecting Scotland programme to connect digitally excluded households, many of which include older people. We estimate that together through the Connecting Scotland progr…

mPower team based within Southern Trust uses tech to connect Care Home residents The team have worked hard to provide most of the Care Homes within the Trust’s region with a pre-loaded digital device allowing residents to stay connected to family, to clinicians and to the…

mPower are delighted to host a webinar with Lynsey Stewart on Raising awareness of Autism in Older People Lynsey is the Team Capacity Builder and Network Co-ordinator at Autism Network Scotland (ANS).  ANS is based at the University of Strathclyde and works in collaborati…

A VIRTUAL PROGRAMME FROM 1-11 DECEMBER 2020 – Scotland’s Annual Digital Health and Care Event. Registration is now open for Scotland’s largest annual health and care event which for the first time will be delivered virtually! Digital health and care solutions have…