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Man seated in bedroom fill with disordered clutter

Hoarding Disorder: Towards a unified approach beyond disciplines

This Insight explores how transdisciplinary collaboration across health, social work, social care, housing, environmental health, emergency services, third sector support and other related professionals can transform practice and reduce low-value interventions for people with hoarding disorder…
Published 19 Jan 2026 in Insights

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Reshaping care for older people - Students from Glasgow School of Art

Iriss Forum, Designs for the future 2011

Students from Glasgow School of Art will present highlights from their work with Iriss on service design projects, focusing on Reshaping Care for Older People
Published 21 Dec 2011 in Videos

Designing the practice of design

Iriss Forum, Designs for the future 2011

Joe Heapy (Director of Engine) leads the work with the public sector at Engine Service Design. He collaborated with Demos to research and publish 'The Journey to the Interface', setting out the role…
Published 21 Dec 2011 in Videos

Iriss Forum 2011: Angela Constance

Iriss Forum, Designs for the future 2011

Minister for Children and Young People, Angela Constance MSP introduced 2011 Iriss Forum held in Glasgow on 6th December 2011. She has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Livingston…
Published 21 Dec 2011 in Videos

Case study: Embedding evidence at Includem

Benefits, barriers and lessons learnt

Includem is a third sector organisation supporting some of Scotland's most vulnerable, high risk and challenging young people. It provides relationship-based support to help troubled young people…
Published 14 Dec 2011 in Case studies

Decision-making and social work in Scotland

The role of evidence and practice wisdom

This report presents the results of a small qualitative study undertaken between February and March 2011. It considers the role of evidence in decision making around risk in social work and what…
Published 22 Sep 2011 in Reports

Supporting desistance from crime: reconfiguring penal practice

A screencast by Fergus McNeill

A screencast from Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work University of Glasgow, in which he explains what is meant by desistance.
Published 19 Sep 2011 in Videos

Empowering vulnerable children and their parents using Talking Mats

Case study

This case study describes the use of Talking Mats at Stenhouse Child and Family Centre (Edinburgh City Council) with very young, vulnerable children and their parents.
Published 7 Sep 2011 in Case studies

Experiences of the young people in community research

Speak Out magazine article

An article written by Who Cares? Scotland and the young people involved in the community research project Working with young people, which evaluated Who Cares? Scotland's advocacy services in two…
Published 31 Aug 2011 in Reports

Young people's research findings

Working with young people

A presentation of their research findings by the young people involved in the community research project Working with young people, which evaluated Who Cares? Scotland's advocacy services in two…
Published 31 Aug 2011 in Reports

Working with young people

Community research

A report detailing our experience and outcomes of a community research project working with young people who were, or had been, in care to design and run their own research. The project evaluated Who…
Published 31 Aug 2011 in Reports

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