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Adult Support and Protection : Improving Involvement Getting to know each other and sharing ideas: Report on sharing workshop
Those involved in the project met for the first time on Friday 25 January, often fighting their way through snow to reach Stirling University.  The aims of the day were: Getting to know each other Share experiences and ideas The day involved a mix of...
28 Jan 2013
Adult Support and Protection : Improving Involvement Bringing Together What We Know About Effective Working Together in Adult Support and Protection
Kathryn Mackay (University of Stirling) and Beth Cross (UWS) have produced a briefing paper pulling together what we know so far about effective working together in Adult Support and Protection. Briefing paper for improving involvement in ASP The purpose...
18 Mar 2013
Alison's Musings A Sense of Belonging
Last night I was at a celebration of the Sight and Sound Project, a research project led by Stirling University and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.  At the end of a long day (including a PhD viva in the morning) an invitation to hear...
01 Feb 2013
Alison's Musings For the common good…
I always said this blog would be sporadic!  Just to show I haven’t entirely gone to ground, here are two for the price of one.  The first can be found at http://conversationsinhsc.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/guest-post-collaboration-and-integration –...
03 May 2013
Asset Mapping Mapping Torrance
Our world tour of East Dunbartonshire continues on schedule with a visit to the Torrance Caldwell Halls where we were assisted and supported by the Caldwell Hall Champions Cathy and Rona.  The Caldwell halls are a charitable organisation run by the local...
26 Jul 2012
Asset Mapping Meeting young people at Kirkintilloch Skatepark
The asset project was invited to hold an asset-mapping event on Wednesday August 1st with the children and young people who attend the skatepark initiative in Luggie park. It was a cracking day attended by over 76 people of varying ages.  The resultant...
22 Aug 2012
Asset Mapping Mapping Bearsden and Milngavie
Regular blog readers will know that over the coming months, there are a number of events happening across East Dunbartonshire designed to engage residents in a conversation about living in their local communities and finding out what assets are the most...
05 Jul 2012
Asset Mapping Mapping Twechar
On 20th July, Twechar Healthy Living and Enterprise Centre hosted our most recent asset mapping workshop. We were fortunate to talk with 9 local people (age range from 4- 70  years old) to find out what assets they have at their disposal and how they...
23 Jul 2012
Asset Mapping Mapping personal assets with an iPad
As part of this project we’re going to develop an iPad app that will add value to the process of mapping a persons assets.  We’re in the early stages of development but any feedback on the prototype would be most welcome. Download Personal...
24 Aug 2012
Asset Mapping Personal asset mapping – feedback session 3
On 6th September, practitioners got the opportunity to view the early prototype of an electronic version of a personal asset map programme. There was much interest with many questions asked and also useful feedback and ideas on how it can be improved (...
11 Sep 2012