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Iriss on…A chance to redesign the homelessness system

8 Jul 2020

What is homelessness? ‘Homelessness is about more than rooflessness. A home is not just a physical space, it…

10 Jun 2020

What is social isolation? The Scottish Government (2018) refers to social isolation as the quality and quantity of…

15 Apr 2020

What is Making Recovery Real? Making Recovery Real brings people and organisations together to identify and prioritise what should…

27 Mar 2020

What is self-care? There are many definitions of self-care posited, one of the most recognised being from the…

18 Jan 2020

What is the Buurtzorg model? Buurtzorg, Dutch for ‘neighbourhood care’ is a nurse-led model of holistic homecare that…

18 Dec 2019

What is co-production? Co-production is a way of working with, rather than doing to, people and communities to…

18 Nov 2019

What is transformational change? To use The King’s Fund definition, ‘transformational change is the emergence of an entirely…

16 Oct 2019

What is Safe and Together? Safe and Together, originally developed in the USA, is a suite of tools…

7 May 2019

“When he took his son to his new school, the principal told him, ‘Don’t worry, our number one…

10 Oct 2017

Key points Electronic Monitoring (EM) seeks variously to reduce the use of imprisonment, monitor compliance, reduce reoffending and…