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Getting ideas off the ground: what supports change?

Big ideas and bold visions for change are everywhere but making them work in practice is often the hardest part. Why do good ideas struggle to take root? And what does it really take to move from intention to impact? This interactive session - led by Iriss Head of Programmes Ellen Daly -…
Published 9 Mar 2026 in Events
Scottish Social Services Awards

Scottish Social Services Awards 2018

The Scottish Social Services Awards 2018 are now officially open.
Published 7 Nov 2017 in News
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Can we pick your brain?

As valued stakeholders of Iriss, we would really appreciate your insight and advice as we plan our work for 2018/19. To help ensure our work plan responds to the needs and priorities of the…
Published 3 Nov 2017 in News
Care and support

Integrated Care Matters webinar series

We're really pleased to be supporting The International Foundation for Integrated Care's (IFIC) second series of free webinars on people-centred integrated care in practice. The series will focus on…
Published 1 Nov 2017 in News
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Outcomes & CO: conversation openers - initial evaluation

This is a summary of what we know so far about the reach and impact of the Outcomes & CO tool based on information gathered between 8th May and 2nd October 2017.
Published 24 Oct 2017 in Features
Social media

Updated social media guidance

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has recently updated its social media guidance for the workforce. It's great to see and is welcomed by Iriss given that we've been promoting the use of…
Published 23 Oct 2017 in News
Mindreel

Mindreel - films on mental health

The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2017 kicks off this week until 29 October.  What better time to plug Mindreel, a valuable learning resource that provides access to over 100 films that…
Published 9 Oct 2017 in Features
Self Management

Self Management Week 2017

As part of Self Management Week 2017 (2-6 October) a cross-sector group of information and library service staff will be coming together to promote the various ways in which people living with long…
Published 21 Sep 2017 in News
Shamus McPhee

Travellers, human rights and social work's role

Reflections and resources from an event to discuss Travellers, human rights and social work's role in Scotland.
Published 12 Sep 2017 in Post-event summaries
Personal learning network

Grow your Personal Learning Network

Today we launch a ‘Grow Your Personal Learning Network’ online course / workshop for social services staff. It is for anyone interested in learning more about the web and social media to support…
Published 7 Sep 2017 in News
Community social work

Celebrating community social work

Do you know of a good example of community social work? If so, we'd love to hear from you – or colleagues you know. We want to celebrate community social work in Scotland, showcasing what it is and…
Published 5 Sep 2017 in News

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