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Membership
Membership directory Our latest members Leuchie House We talked to Colin Leslie, communications and marketing,manager at Leuchie House who told us all about their organisation.,“Leuchie House provides short respite breaks and 24-hour care to people affected by neurological conditions,workshops, befriending calls and a suite of digital self-help resources which have all been a major,By adding these digital services, we have become more accessible to people living in rural communities
Reports and news
All the latest insights from our Digital team Reports Supporting workforce digital skills in local government,Throughout 2021 SCVO Digital worked with 19 local authorities to support workforce digital skills programmes,in social housing Since 2019 our Digital Inclusion team have been working with the social housing sector,The first phase of this project and its impact was formally evaluated by The Lines Between.,SCVO Social Housing Digital Champions Network Evaluation (2020)
Planning your digital inclusion support
This section gives you an overview to follow for any digital inclusion project.,Link up where possible.,The case studies from our supported projects have lots of useful good practice.,Let your service users and wider networks know about your digital inclusion support.,.”Chris Morrison, Business Support Officer, Hebridean Housing Partnership
New service delivery models
, see our How To Guide: Digital Services SCVO in collaboration with Third Sector Lab are also supporting,Youth Link Scotland have good resources on digital youth work. Be ready to test, learn and iterate.,A good approach is to try small projects over a short timeframe, then 'persevere' with what is working,For example, a Housing Association might need to give its tenants free WiFi, or a youth organisation ,might want to offer supported young people mobile data topup vouchers.
Engaging with a new learner
Before you start supporting someone to build their digital skills and confidence you will need to invest,Embedding digital inclusion support into your service can help.,This is a video from a tenant at West of Scotland Housing Association talking about the support she got,For example, you might ask them to find a YouTube video of their favourite singer and send you the link,Digital Champion Build digital skills support into everyday interactions You can help people to build
Scottish Charity Awards winners 2023
Climate Conscious - Climate Action Strathaven With no sustainable transport links between Strathaven,Community meals, cookery lessons, English classes and a homeware shop run alongside financial and housing,and also the women who shaped the project into something meaningful in helping them to stay well, stay,This isn't the end of our digital journey, in fact we've only just got started.",Pioneering Project - "Operation Protector" - Quarriers Operation Protector is the first initiative of
https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2023
Essential digital skills
You can link these activities to the Essential Digital Skills checklist.,Credit Helper (Hyde Housing/Connecting Scotland) Essential Digital Skill: Problem-solving Problem-solving,issues such as public health information I can use online productivity tools such as Trello to plan out projects,For example, explain to your learner that their device is just like their house: burglars would look,for easy access points (like open windows and unlocked doors) but won’t break into a secured house.
SCVO Impact Report 2021/22
, as well as supporting voluntary organisations to be more digitally engaged themselves.,annual survey Influential meetings with Deputy First Minister, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing,them. 60,000 devices awarded 1,047 organisations helped 4,917 projects supported https://www.youtube.com,Had the chance to learn directly from digital experts 76 Digital checkups 18 Topical digital training,During the pandemic SCVO linked mPower into Connecting Scotland to maximise the digital inclusion needed
Thousands of affordable homes to be built in Scotland
NEWS
25 April 2017
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Regeneration & Housing
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Housing group plans to create new homes for those on lower incomes
https://tfn.scot/news/thousands-of-affordable-homes-to-be-built-in-scotland
Funding for social housing initiative
NEWS
17 April 2018
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Regeneration & Housing
A Falkirk-based social enterprise is one of six innovative schemes selected for a Nesta ShareLab grant
