News and events

The Scottish Social Services Awards are now open for nominations and we encourage you to enter! Including 10 new categories such as ‘silo buster’, ‘the untold story’ and ‘head above the parapet’,…
Plans are underway to curate content for two public exhibitions of The View from Here in 2017 - one at the Grampian Hospital Arts Trust in Aberdeen (10 February - 10 March) and another at the…
The Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser at Scottish Government is seeking contributions from the social services workforce to a survey on how they access information and knowledge online. The…
To mark Co-Production Week, guest blogger Emma Barrett Palmer gives her take on co-production. In the aftermath of first Brexit and now Trump, 'co-production' is not at the top of the To Do list for…
It’s Co-production Week (14-20 November)  in Scotland! At Iriss we believe in active citizenship and involving people who access care and support in a meaningful way - a way that means people have…
David Wiseman has completed his term of office on the Iriss Board. David brought experience from his previous roles as Head of Older People’s Services, South Lanarkshire Council, Director of…
Social Services Knowledge Scotland (SSKS) is a website and digital library dedicated to social care. Content relates to policy, practice and personal development within social services in Scotland.…
This year, Iriss is excited to be working with women and practitioners in the criminal justice system to enhance relationship-based practice through co-design.
We're looking to capture and showcase inspirational examples from across the social services sector in Scotland on how the translation of evidence into action is being effectively supported within…
This week, at her party conference, First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon accepted the Who Cares? Scotland's pledge to listen to 1,000 care experienced young people over the next two years. We were really…