Local Learning Partnerships
Iriss is pleased to be a national partner in the Local Learning Partnerships initiative led by the Scottish Government.
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on 17 Feb 2026
A coaching approach
Asking new questions, hearing new things
Last Autumn I started a coaching course with the Institute of Coaching Studies. Over six weeks, a small group of us from all over the world spent two half days a week online together. Led by an excellent tutor, we worked through the course and practiced coaching from the very first session. I thought I knew what coaching was but I soon realised the depth of skill involved in what seems like having a natural conversation.
Published on 10 May 2024
Iriss is looking for partners!
Iriss is continuing its work implementing innovation and change in social work and social care, and is looking for project partners for 2024/25.
We work alongside our partners to tackle existing issues, facilitate positive change, and help services to innovate.
If you, or your organisation, is experiencing a problem or you need some help implementing an idea, get in touch!
To learn about some of our work with our existing partners, see here.
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on 15 Jan 2024
'Working together apart' during Covid-19
Work is underway to create a course that supports partnership working in times of social distancing.
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on 2 Jun 2020
Supporting social care students
The 'What Matters to Us' conference was held on 20 March to support HN social care and early years students.
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on 26 Mar 2019
Exploring cross-sector collaborations
Attend Creative Scotland's free event, focusing on partnership working across the arts, social, community and justice sectors.
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on 11 Mar 2019
Planning a partnership?
Partnerships & CO, a tool to support those planning a partnership or wishing to reflect on and take stock of an existing partnership.
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on 16 Jan 2018
Commissioning foster care services in Falkirk Council: a Public Social Partnership approach
Report summary
This report is about a Public Social Partnership (PSP) pilot in Falkirk, which focused on foster care services. Public Social Partnerships (PSP) are an innovative model of public service delivery, which is based upon the public sector and third sector working together to design and deliver public services.
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on 13 Mar 2013
Shaping the choreography of care and support
Iriss Forum, Designs for the future 2011
Alison Petch (Iriss Director), Lisa Pattoni and Gayle Rice (Iriss Project Managers) and Ian Grout (Glasgow School of Art) explain the background to this project which involved students from the Glasgow School of Art working with practitioners and people who use services to consider how to reshape care and support. There were four themes: reablement, partnership working and communication, social isolation and anticipatory care.
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on 21 Dec 2011
