Our governance

Scottish Government - Riaghaltas na h-Alba - gov.scot

Iriss is part funded by the Office of the Chief Social Worker (OCSWA) in the Scottish Government.


Strategic Board Members

John Burns
Head of Programme, Social Care Directorate, NES
Claire Cairns
Director of the Coalition of Carers in Scotland
Ewan Carmichael
Policy & External Relations Manager, Quarriers
Chal Chute
Chief Technology Officer, Digital Health Institute
Gordon Duff
Independent social care consultant / Adjunct Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Catherine Gibson
Mental Health Therapist, NHS
Nigel Henderson (Chairperson)
Independent Consultant/Adviser
Kate Hudson
Head of People and Community Wellbeing, Stirling Council
Martin Kettle
Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University
Claire MacRae
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Centre for Public Policy, University of Glasgow
Katy Martin
Head of Development and External Relations, Quarriers
John Patterson
Independent social care consultant
Becky Spires
Principle Social Worker, Senior Manager Governance and Practice, Westmorland and Furness Council

Annual report and accounts

Iriss publishes a yearly report with accounts for the twelve months ending 31 March.