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Iriss Conference, June 2024: a day working with Iriss

We invite you to bring your social services problem, idea or hope for change along and work with us to do something about it. This will be a day of useful tools and practical workshops designed to help you: Grow your early ideas Lead change Work effectively with the complex and complicated…
Published 17 Apr 2024 in Events
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Launch of 'Fit for the Future' resource

Fit for the Future is a joint Iriss and Scottish Care project that has been working to inspire better outcomes for older people in Scotland through working with providers from the independent sector…
Published 21 Jan 2015 in News

Blogging as creativity

So. Blogging has (almost) come of age. Twenty years ago, a software developer in California ushered in a new era of communication. Dave Winer published his first blog post on 7 October 1994. He…
Published 19 Jan 2015 in Features

Integration and the arts

Integration is at the top of many social care, housing and health professionals agendas which made me wonder about the role of the arts and artists the integration debate. In my mind there are two…
Published 12 Jan 2015 in Features

Get involved in 'The View from Here' project

Iriss is trying to understand practitioners' experiences of delivering care and support in Scotland. Part of this project will be to undertake a survey in partnership with the Guardian to reach a…
Published 6 Jan 2015 in News

DIY (Development Impact and You)

At Iriss we believe that innovation is not a practice reserved for 'the creative' or 'the experts' and that people innovate all the time. We focus on how to blend and adapt ideas to support social…
Published 5 Jan 2015 in Features

More ideas on encouraging storytelling

More and more of my work revolves around storytelling. I lead Swansea Digital Storytelling (see swanseastorytelling.com ) and at least one day a week I train staff to make stories for the health…
Published 5 Jan 2015 in Features

Relationships Matter JAM update

Congratulations to the five teams that have been selected to take part in the Relationships Matter JAM. Teams are from: Care Visions, Falkirk Council, Hot Chocolate Trust, Includem and Kibble.
Published 17 Dec 2014 in News

The importance of explaining yourself

There is a ‘Little Britain’ sketch that stands out for me and it is the one of the computer saying no, because it so cleverly and clearly explains what it can feel like for a customer/patient/user to…
Published 8 Dec 2014 in Features

Care Opinion

Care and support is something all of us will receive at some point in our lives. However, our experiences of that care are likely to vary. Some of them will be good and perhaps even excellent, and…
Published 8 Dec 2014 in Features

Brain Pickings

If you believe creativity comes from many places then you may be interested in Brain Pickings, a blog by Maria Popova that enquires into many different aspects of life. Maria dips into and weaves…
Published 4 Dec 2014 in Features

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