ALISS

With the new year now underway, we wanted to give you a little update on what we have been working on over the past few months, as well as what is coming next. We are looking forward to another year of connecting with communities across Scotland!

ALISS Asset Mapping Toolkit relaunch

We are pleased to relaunch our Asset Mapping Toolkit. The refreshed toolkit explains what asset mapping is, why it matters, and how it can support community wellbeing. It also shows how ALISS can be used to record and share information about local assets. The newest version includes a simple, four-step approach, along with practical tools and templates.

Development update

Last year, we invited users to share their experience of using ALISS in our annual survey. While most people rated their overall experience as good, some highlighted issues with the website's user interface. We ended 2025 by addressing this feedback through improving the homepage and search results, making the website easier to use on all devices. 

ALISS Strategy 2025-2028

We have published our revised strategy setting out how we plan to build on our strengths and continue to deliver value across Scotland from 2025 to 2028. The strategy focuses on five core pillars: more data, better data, better experience, more users, and better insights - and outlines our priorities for the upcoming years. 

Upcoming event: ALLIANCE Annual Conference

Join the ALLIANCE on 23 March 2026 in Glasgow for the ALLIANCE’s Annual Conference 2026: “Hope to Action.” This milestone event marks the ALLIANCE’s 20th anniversary and invites you to reflect on two decades of progress in the third sector while focusing on how to turn shared hope into meaningful, collective action for the future.

Keep your information up to date!

We are committed to ensuring that people searching for health and wellbeing services can trust the information they find. To help us do that, we send an annual reminder to users to review and update their listings. Taking a few minutes to check your information helps to keep your service easy to find!

Stay in touch

If you got any questions for the ALISS team or would like us to come along to one of your events, please get in touch at hello@aliss.org.

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