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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Scotland's Digital Participation Challenge fund

Our Digital Participation Challenge Fund, supported by the Scottish Government, the ERDF and BT, invests,The projects that we’re supporting will enable groups and organisations to digitise content, build digital,digital world.,by posting content to your project page (here’s an example) Other terms and conditions will also apply,to identify additional in-kind support (e.g. donations of equipment and volunteers).

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/challenge-fund

The role of the Digital Champion

Volunteer Digital Champions will provide support through an organisation and will likely have a role,She is supported by the community centre staff and provides digital skills support every Wednesday between,They have their primary job to do, but they incorporate digital ‘nudges’ in this support.,a specific paid post to promote digital inclusion.,Example:Alison works as a Digital Inclusion Officer for a local community organisation, it’s a new post

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-champions/the-role-of-the-digital-champion

New service delivery models

, see our How To Guide: Digital Services SCVO in collaboration with Third Sector Lab are also supporting,Remember the need to protect privacy and support good safeguarding practice where users are sharing personal,Both platforms can be set up to send auto-replies and do some basic tagging of questions.,Pinned posts that stay at the top of your feed are useful for this. ,See also our blog post on questions about privacy and security when using Zoom.If you’re running a Zoom

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/service-delivery

eLearning and Virtual Learning Environments

You can also groups posts into learning units in Facebook groups, to create a course with topic folders,Charities using this tool Good Things Foundation have developed the Learn My Way platform to deliver digital,skills courses Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support Sunday use Zoom to run antenatal workshops.,CAST’s Design Hops use Thinkific to deliver training in designing digital services to charities

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/research-and-resources/tools-functionality/elearning

Essential digital skills

and media links I can log in remotely to my email and other work-related communication tools I can post,privacy and security is still one of the prevailing reasons people are offline, and so the importance of supporting,What support does this individual need to achieve the greatest benefits to them of being online, whilst,and guidance, such as in relation to a specific online risk; Offering additional technical safeguard support,, e.g. help setting up certain parental controls; Devoting additional time or resources to supporting

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/understanding-digital-inclusion/essential-digital-skills

The Gathering 2022: a round-up

We focused on speakers that can help to provoke new thinking, and topics to provide practical support,The programme included sessions on the climate crisis, institutional racism, fair funding, digital wellbeing,brought speakers from the ICO, legal firms, funders and the media to share their tips, and our own digital,(Read more about our Digital Evolution Manager, John Fitzgerald's reflections on hybrid delivery here,Feel free to like, tag and share.

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/round-up-2022

The Gathering 2023: a round-up

sexual health charity - took us through their journey of rebranding their organisation and undergoing digital,project plan to reposition the organisation to increase its reach and visibility; and crucially through digital,transformation develop digital services for people living with or at risk of HIV.This fantastic event,change' Niamh Barton-Maynard of Waverley Care leads a session on their organisation's re-branding and digital,Feel free to like, tag and share.

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/round-up-2023

Young Scots struggling to embrace consent online

Youngsters are not asking permission before posting, a study released to mark Safer Internet Day has revealed

https://tfn.scot/news/young-scots-struggling-to-embrace-consent-online

Digital evolution – a longer view

SCVO has been supporting the Scottish Voluntary Sector to make better use of digital for around ten years,support.,could make digital change happen.,Agile, responsive and impactful: reaching and supporting service users digitally will mean that the third,Secondly: Providing advice and support that takes account of the unique context of the voluntary sector

https://scvo.scot/p/43592/2021/05/11/digital-evolution-a-longer-view

How See Me benefited from taking a digital risk

charity leaders blog series, Lisa Cohen from See Me explains what happened when her organisation took a digital,and meaningfully with existing supporters.,We also use digital technology to promote our campaigns and key messages.,I am in awe of the people who have opened up with posts that are honest, raw and moving.,Check out some of the amazing posts yourself by follwing the #myunfilteredlife tag, follow Seemescotland

https://scvo.scot/p/13771/2016/10/03/how-see-me-scotland-benefited-from-taking-a-digital-risk

Our work to help organisations grow their digital capacity is supported by: