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Seeking workshop contributions

You are invited to provide a workshop contribution to a national conference to share and promote best practice in service user and carer involvement in professional education.

The conference will be held on 26 April 2017 at the University of Stirling and bring together service users and carers, students, educators, professionals and policy-makers. It will be relevant to social work, health, education and other areas of professional education, at qualifying and post-qualifying levels.

Workshops should:

Published in

News

on 2 Feb 2017

PROP2 practitioner-research reports published

Six reports from the Practitioner Research: Outcomes and Partnership (PROP2) project have been published today. The project was developed by Iriss and the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) at the University of Edinburgh and built on the learning from the previous Practitioner Research: Older People (PROP) project (http://blogs.iriss.org.uk/prop/).

Published in

News

on 23 Nov 2015

Matter

Matter is an online community for young adult carers which has been created by Carers Trust. The Carers Trust works to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems. With its Network Partners, it aims to ensure that information, advice and practical support are available to all carers across the UK.

Published in

Features

on 12 May 2014

Life Changes Trust

The Life Changes Trust (LCT) has been founded to transform the life chances of:

Published in

Features

on 5 Sep 2013

Using vouchers to improve access to short breaks

Case study from Falkirk Council, featuring interviews with Margaret Petherbridge

Background

Iriss recently published a report, Rest assured? A study of carers' experiences of short breaks, which was undertaken to improve our overall knowledge and understanding of short breaks provision in Scotland.

Published in

Case studies

on 24 Apr 2013

Aberlour Bridges

This is where it starts

Aberlour Bridges is an early intervention model aiming to break cycles of poverty and deprivation and tackle the long-term cost implications of under-achievement. The overall aim of the service is to develop and deliver interventions with parents, carers and children in order to improve children's educational, health and wellbeing outcomes

Published in

Case studies

on 4 Mar 2013

Rest assured? A study of unpaid carers' experiences of short breaks - survey data

Iriss, Shared Care Scotland, Coalition of Carers in Scotland and MECOPP worked together to carry out research into unpaid carers' experiences of short breaks from caring.

Published in

Reports

on 11 Jun 2012

Here's a hand

Iriss Forum, Designs for the future 2011

Introduced by Catherine McCrae. Here's a Hand is an innovative service designed to connect people to their family, friends and neighbours, making it quicker and easier to ask for and offer a helping hand, a bit of advice or companionship. The service uses mobile phone texts, email, and online messaging to communicate across the group instantly and simultaneously, creating a real time, dynamic network of support.

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Videos

on 21 Dec 2011