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Analysis and language use in social work writing

Join Stuart Muirhead online as he delivers the third Iriss Skills Session 'Analysis and language use in social work writing'. This session is designed to build and enhance your understanding of applying critical thought to written work, enhancing your messaging and understanding of textual…
Published 13 Oct 2025 in Events

Brain Pickings

If you believe creativity comes from many places then you may be interested in Brain Pickings, a blog by Maria Popova that enquires into many different aspects of life. Maria dips into and weaves…
Published 4 Dec 2014 in Features

'Social work meets the Hunger Games'

Imagining the Future has hit the Herald headlines today in an article published by Stephen Naysmith, Social Affairs Correspondent. Opening with the line 'It isn't often that I get to combine my role…
Published 26 Nov 2014 in News

Radical changes to social services imagined for Scotland in 2025

Social services in Scotland will not exist in 2025, according to a scenario published today at a special launch event at the Scottish Parliament.
Published 21 Nov 2014 in News

Going undercover

Undercover Boss is one of my TV guilty pleasures. The premise of each episode is simple: the head of a large organisation leaves their ivory tower to go ‘undercover’ to find out what everyday life is…
Published 17 Nov 2014 in Features

On encouraging storytelling

More and more of my work revolves around storytelling. I co-lead Swansea Digital Storytelling (see swanseastorytelling.com ) and at least one day a week I train staff and make stories for the health…
Published 10 Nov 2014 in Features

I’ll tell you what we really really want

The new miracle cure is . . .aspirin! No, wait, that was last week. Must be a heart pill then, it’s difficult to keep up with all these tabloid stories. Me, I’m waiting for the Daily Mail to report…
Published 3 Nov 2014 in Features

TodaysMeet

Face-to-face meetings can be hard on resources. Often there's just not the time or the money to bring people together. This is especially true for those working in rural areas or those who need to…
Published 3 Nov 2014 in Features

Creative Care and Support funds six projects in Pitlochry

We're delighted that Creative Care and Support has funded six wonderful projects in Pitlochry from its funding pot. As part of the project, we made a seed fund of £10,000 available to help people who…
Published 30 Oct 2014 in News

Green Juice

Everyone has an attitude towards eating greens. We may like them or not; but we all know that they are good for us. However, we don't always prioritise eating them or other healthy foods. We tend to…
Published 30 Oct 2014 in Features

Creative things happen when I see new things

For me creative things happen when I see new things, or old things in a new light, and need to make sense of what I have seen in order to act upon this new perspective.
Published 28 Oct 2014 in Features

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