Working with African families

Advocating for Cultural Safety: Join Us on the Journey

A Collaborative Effort for Cultural Safety: Your Role in Transforming Practice

For the past six months, we've had the privilege of partnering with Passion4Fusion (P4F). We've been working on a toolkit to help the social care workforce support African Diaspora families. Our focus has been on the African Diaspora community in Edinburgh and the Lothians - an area that P4F knows inside and out. They are familiar with the challenges faced by these families…

Working with African families

Published on 8 Nov 2023

Co-designing support

How we are harnessing workforce expertise to improve the experiences of black and ethnic minority families

At Iriss, we’ve been partnered with Passion4Fusion for nearly six months, working on the creation of a toolkit to equip the social care workforce with the understanding they need to best support black and ethnic minority families. Working with predominantly African diaspora in Edinburgh and the Lothians, this is an area that P4F know inside and out.

Working with African families

Published on 29 Aug 2023

Acknowledging anxiety

Getting started with Passion4Fusion

Here at Iriss we have been thinking about Mental Health Awareness Week, which ran from the 15th to the 21st of May. It got me contemplating the complexity of navigating emotions, health, systems, work, life, and everything in between…

Working with African families

Published on 22 May 2023