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Creative (re)presentation

‘Creative (re)presentation - Telling stories through a participatory and voice-led approach and the making of the film Healing Pitch' - is a free online session focused on including people's authentic experiences in creative ways that empowers people without exposing them to harm. If you are…
Published 1 Sep 2025 in Events

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

Serendipity and conference attendance

Narrative Practitioner Conference, Keele University, 2009. I asked audience members to bring objects with them. In the photo, they are exchanging them with someone whom they do not know.I remember…
Published 3 Aug 2015 in Features

Homelessness: Pathways and Prevention resource published

Between June 2014 and April 2015, Iriss led a project to explore the perceptions of, and approaches to, innovation in homelessness prevention in Scotland. Through engagement with a variety of…
Published 13 Jul 2015 in News

Leading change in supervision

Iriss's Leading Change in Supervision project aimed to explore the topic of supervision with six partners from across social services, and to highlight the challenges and enablers for changing…
Published 9 Jul 2015 in News

Weebly - simple website creation

An easy and affordable way to create a website without web design or development skills.
Published 2 Jul 2015 in Features

Living it Up

Living it Up describes itself as an online self-management hub, which aims to empower people to improve their health and wellbeing. Aimed at the over 50s, the resource is packed full of ideas and…
Published 4 Jun 2015 in Features

Ae fond farewell - some final thoughts from Alison

Yesterday (May 26th) I organised my last event for Iriss. It focused on Achieving A Better Life for People Living with Dementia and was based in part on the DEEP project (Developing Evidence-enriched…
Published 28 May 2015 in News

Curating social care digital content - learning from other industries

Keeping track of digital content, deciding what to read. listen to and watch can be daunting. In the music industry radio and the music press used to be how peoples listening and buying decisions…
Published 19 May 2015 in Features

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