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At ALISS, we are all about connecting you with the right local support and services to make life easier. Our news page is your one-stop shop for updates, tips, and stories about how ALISS is making a difference in communities across Scotland.

 

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Monthly Member Spotlight!

Each month, we are highlighting an organisation on ALISS that is part of the ALLIANCE’s Member Network.

The final Member Spotlight of 2025 is for The Donaldson Trust! The Donaldson Trust strengthens understanding of neurodiversity by shaping policy, promoting good practice, and ensuring neurodivergent voices are heard - creating a more inclusive Scotland. Find out more about their services on ALISS.

If you would like to speak to someone from The Donaldson Trust, get in touch at info@donaldsons.org.uk or call 01506 841900.  

Interested in becoming an ALLIANCE Member or being our next feature? Get in touch at membership@alliance-scotland.org.uk.  

Top left: image of a person with curly hair, wearing a blue cap and grey sweater. They are holding a flower and looking straight at the camera.   Top right: speech bubble with text reading: “We work across education and skills development, offering wellbeing-focused, individualised support for neurodivergent people in low-arousal environments."     Bottom: speech bubble with text reading: “For example, Gate offers tailored, neurodiversity-informed support that builds life skills and independence, confidence, social skills, and wellbeing for young adults in a safe, empowering, inclusive environment. Find out more about this service and others on www.aliss.org.”

 

An end-of-year update from the ALISS team

Earlier this year, we invited you to share your experience of using ALISS. Thanks to your feedback, we improved the homepage, made mobile navigation simpler, and introduced keyword search so you can find the right support faster. Read all the details here.

Two mobile phones against a pale green background. Phone on the left shows the old mobile site, phone on the right shows the new mobile site.


‘Our Health, Our Place, Our Voice’ Toolkit

In the past year, we have been working to refresh the ‘Our Health, Our Place, Our Voice’ toolkit. First developed in 2015, the toolkit has been reshaped to meet the changing needs of today’s young people and the evolving educational landscape, reflecting the importance of having young people’s voices heard. The updated toolkit  is designed to be practical, flexible and engaging, and introduces young people to using ALISS. Click here to view the toolkit. 

Blue and white graphic for the Our Health, Our Place, Our Voice Toolkit. Text is divided into four boxes and reads: Filled with fun, interactive activities. Easy to adapt for use in different learning settings. Links to national education and youth work frameworks. A great way to introduce young people to ALISS.

 

ALISS at the Scottish Young Carers Festival 2025

Amber and Sophie attended the Scottish Young Carers Festival. Amber wrote a blog post about the day and all the inspiring young carers, youth workers and organisations they met. Read the full story here.

A woman wearing a patterned top behind a display table. The table is covered with a blue ALISS tablecloth and on top there are flyers, pens, tote bags, and water bottles. Behind the table is a blue banner with hands typing on a laptop and colourful location pins. The text on the banner reads: "Connecting you to your community - ALISS".

 

Finding Long Covid Services with ALISS

Our Engagement Programme Manager Cameron, recently spoke at a webinar, joining Prof. Edward Duncan from the University of Stirling, who shared findings from their research mapping Long Covid services across Scotland. As part of the project, these services were added to ALISS.

Watch the video below to see Cameron demonstrate how ALISS can help you find and share information about health and wellbeing services, including those related to Long Covid:

 

Case Study: ALISS and Glasgow Community Food Network

Our Engagement Officer Amber, spoke with Mark, Sarah, and Rebecca from Glasgow Community Food Network (GCFN). ALISS and GCFN have been working together to develop a local food map showing Glasgow's free or low-cost community food services.

Find out how the map is helping GCFN to make fresh food more accessible by watching Amber and the team in this video:

 

Meet the ALISS team!

As we are all about connecting with communities at ALISS, we would love to meet you! Whether you want to learn more about how ALISS can support your work, see ALISS in action, or have a friendly chat, please visit our stand at these upcoming events.

  • No upcoming events. If you would like to connect with us, please get in touch — we would love to hear from you! 

 

News Archive

Explore our archive of past ALISS news to discover updates, announcements, and stories about the ALISS community.

ALISS News Archive

Last reviewed: December 2025

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