Falkirk Falls Management project wins Gold Excellence Award (Scotland)

The Falkirk Falls Management project was recognised in the COSLA Excellence Awards ceremony on March 5th 2009 in St Andrews where it won the Gold Excellence Award in the category for Advancing Community and Citizen Wellbeing. The project links closely with the local Chubb-based telecare service and it is claimed that since 2002 the rate of falls has been reduced by around a third and many thousands of falls have been prevented. More info in press release.