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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

'Breaking the mould' for the workforce of the future

A partnership project of IRISS and SSSC, Workforce of the Future aims to bring key people from across social services organisations to work up and implement a number of creative ideas for shaping the…
Published 15 Jun 2012 in News

Social services information landscape

In today's information rich world finding your way around can be daunting and you can easily become disoriented or lost. Here is quick guide.
Published 5 Jun 2012 in Features

Review of Talking Points and CCOF

Alison Petch, Director at Iriss, has authored a final evaluation of the Talking Points programme, an approach that focuses on assessing the outcomes important to the individual, planning how they…
Published 2 May 2012 in News

Find Me Good Care

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) is developing a website that will help people to make choices about care. It will cover all types of care and support for adults including regulated…
Published 30 Apr 2012 in Features

Mindreel: A mental health resource

As it's Depression Awareness Week (22-28th April), we thought it would be a good opportunity to flag up Mindreel, a joint initiative led by Iriss in partnership with the Scottish Mental Health Arts…
Published 25 Apr 2012 in News

Reshaping Care and Support Planning

Reshaping Care and Support Planning is a nationally approved, awareness raising resource for outcome-focused care and support planning within adult registered services in Scotland. It was devised,…
Published 2 Apr 2012 in Features

DirectScot

DirectScot is an experimental prototype of a public service website for Scotland. Developed by the Scottish Government, it is a response to the ongoing debate on how government services can be…
Published 2 Mar 2012 in Features

Why communication is key to social work

"One of the main things I became aware of during my studies was that when people were given tools that enabled them to visualise their lives, conversations became quite reflective, emotional and…
Published 2 Mar 2012 in News

Community Catalysts

Community Catalysts is a Community Interest Company established in January 2010 by and working in close partnership with the charity Shared Lives Plus, an organisation that promotes the effective…
Published 12 Jan 2012 in Features

bespoken

bespoken is a social media website dedicated to building a community that aims to include disabled people in the design of everyday household products from their own homes, and where they can share…
Published 1 Nov 2011 in Features

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