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Iriss has published a ten year strategy

After a period of consultation, strategising and development, Iriss has released a document outlining the organisations strategy from 2025 to 2035.  Grounded in the current conditions of the sector, the strategy outlines the organisations priorities, goals and ambitions for the next ten…
Published 20 Jan 2025 in News

Medium - a simple way to create stories

We're all aware of the power, and the increasing popularity, of story to get a message across. And visual stories can be even more powerful. The quick creation of online, multimedia stories is…
Published 16 Nov 2015 in Features

New Pilotlight pathways get underway

Over the past three years, Pilotlight has brought together commissioners, deliverers and users of services to research and design some of the different pathways to self-directed support. With its new…
Published 5 Nov 2015 in News

'The View from Here' project findings

An event to launch the findings of The View from Here, a project designed to understand the working lives, attitudes and experiences of the social services workforce in Scotland, was launched on 28…
Published 27 Oct 2015 in News

Launch of the Scottish Care Leavers' Covenant

Today, 22nd October 2015, marks the launch of the Scottish Care Leavers' Covenant, which is being held at The Princes Trust in Glasgow. This coincides with National Care Leavers Week which runs over…
Published 22 Oct 2015 in News

Periscope - video streaming

Twitter is great for keeping up to date with what's happening, finding interesting information and sharing it with others. If you use Twitter and like it, you may be interested in Periscope, a live…
Published 7 Oct 2015 in Features

Preserving the history of social work: The Golden Bridge

In 2007, Iriss undertook a digital preservation project to share - and safeguard - the migration story of 10,000 "orphans, waifs and strays" who emigrated to Canada between 1869 and 1939.
Published 4 Sep 2015 in Features

Evaluation of Women's Community Justice Centres: findings published

Over 2013-15, the Scottish Government provided time-limited funding to 16 projects across Scotland to establish new and develop existing community services for women who offend. A national evaluation…
Published 31 Aug 2015 in News

Time to do things differently: let's collaborate

The relationships between decision makers, citizens and communities are currently being redefined in Scotland. We are in the grip of an exciting debate about social justice, values and community…
Published 20 Aug 2015 in News

Social reporting: a primer

Flipcharts and sticky notes are great for capturing thoughts and discussions at conferences and workshops ... until it comes to summarising and sharing. Social reporting is the use of social media…
Published 13 Aug 2015 in Features

Powtoon - create animated videos and presentations

A tool to support you create animated videos and presentations.
Published 7 Aug 2015 in Features

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