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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

Pilotlight self-directed support resources launched

Pilotlight set out to lead thinking on co-designing self-directed support for people across Scotland. Pilotlight has co-designed four pathways to self-directed support focusing on mental health,…
Published 18 May 2015 in News

Canva - a simple design tool

If you want to present information in a more creative, engaging and memorable way but have no design skills, Canva can help you. Canva is a really simple design tool that requires no experience or…
Published 5 May 2015 in Features

Timelines and stories

A big part of my job is running training sessions about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) identities for staff who work in older peoples’ services.
Published 27 Apr 2015 in Features

Relationships Matter - ideas that support relational practice

Over 2014-'15 the Innovation and Improvement programme ran a project called Relationships Matter which:
Published 22 Apr 2015 in News

Reconstructing Ourselves

Art projects do not normally seek ethical clearance – but when should they? Reconstructing Ourselves is an Arts Research project with patients and staff in complex breast reconstruction at Morriston…
Published 21 Apr 2015 in Features

The View from Here: a survey that aims to understand the experiences, attitudes and views of the Scottish social services workforce

Are demands on the social services workforce greater now than they have ever been? What are the views of practitioners about their work? The current climate poses both challenges and opportunities.…
Published 16 Apr 2015 in News

Failing better

I’ve been talking a lot about failure recently. We know that risk and failure are central components of innovation. Indeed, it’s been claimed that “success can breed failure by hindering learning at…
Published 7 Apr 2015 in Features

Wiggio

Communities of practice or enterprise social networks as they're also known are great for sharing learning, developing new connections and collaborating. The Knowledge Hub, Yammer and Socialcast are…
Published 7 Apr 2015 in Features

The View from Here: Analysis

Iriss wants to better understand practitioners' experiences of delivering care and support in Scotland and part of The View from Here project will be to undertake a survey in partnership with the…
Published 3 Apr 2015 in News

UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum 2015

The 2nd Annual UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum is being held on 13th-14th April 2015 at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. It will provide a space for knowledge producers, knowledge…
Published 23 Mar 2015 in News

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