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Iriss 2024 conference

Iriss Conference June 2024 - A day working with Iriss

We invite you to bring your social services problem, idea or hope for change along and work with us to do something about it. This will be a day of useful tools and practical workshops designed to help you: grow your early ideas lead change Work effectively with the complex and complicated…
Published 17 Apr 2024 in Events

Storybank: resources on storytelling

Robert McKee, a screenwriter and lecturer, is quoted as saying 'Stories are how we remember, we tend to forget lists and bullet points'. We all at some time have been subjected to busy and / or…
Published 23 Jan 2014 in Features

Imagining the Future. Animation and reports published

What might social services look like in 2025? In 2013 Iriss ran a series of workshops to help us understand the technical, medical and cultural forces that will shape the future. These workshops…
Published 17 Jan 2014 in News

Food for Thought

The routines and rituals that surround food - shopping, preparing, cooking, serving, cleaning up - are important parts of our lives, yet often we fail to recognise their symbolic or hidden meanings.
Published 10 Dec 2013 in Features

Food for Thought: resources on food and care

Food for Thought is an ESRC-funded project led by Ruth Emond, Samantha Punch and Ian McIntosh of the University of Stirling. A website of resources has been launched today as part of the project,…
Published 19 Nov 2013 in News

Make remembering easy with Evernote

Busy modern life can make it difficult to remember everything. And there always seems to be quite a lot to remember, not only in our daily working lives, but also in our private lives. It can be an…
Published 19 Nov 2013 in Features

Pilotlight resources: designing pathways to self-directed support

The Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 goes live on the 1st April 2014 and the implementation of the National Strategy is well underway across Scotland. Pilotlight is…
Published 8 Nov 2013 in News

Scoop.it

For the last four years, Iriss has been involved in creating a daily social services news feed and email newsletter. We like to keep up to date with what's new in social media and are very open to…
Published 7 Nov 2013 in Features

Embedding ideas to nurture innovation

Since 2010, the Innovation and Improvement programme has worked with several partners to develop and test innovative ways of working, as well as developing service innovations designed to improve…
Published 25 Oct 2013 in News

Life Changes Trust

The Life Changes Trust (LCT) has been founded to transform the life chances of:
Published 5 Sep 2013 in Features

Why can't I access stuff on the web? New report from Iriss

'It is essential that everyone has access to the right technology and are capable and confident in its use at home and at work' So says the Scottish Government in its aspirations for Scotland's…
Published 16 Aug 2013 in News

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