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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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Essential digital skills

, to support individuals, groups and organisations to measure their digital skills.,The Toolkit can be used by individuals and organisations running digital skills projects in their communities,required by those not currently using digital technology or using it in limited ways.,These foundation skills are needed in all circumstances before moving on to develop skills for life and,For more information about each foundation and digital skill, visit our Digital Participation page.

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

The five challenges

Moving on from the pandemic The pandemic was a period of intense digital upskilling, and the data reflects,However, as we move into a more mixed environment of online and offline activities, this may be likely,Evidence from the Digital Participation Charter Fund and other projects to build foundation and essential,Organisations tackling poverty and inequality should include digital skillsassessment and support as,Face-to-face digital skills support based in local communities (for example, in libraries) should be

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/roadmap/the-five-challenges-4

Delivering support

How we deliver Digital Champion support has changed throughout the course of the pandemic.,Digital Champion Remote support A key challenge for Digital Champions during lockdown restrictions has,Normally, a Digital Champion would support someone with their digital skills face-to-face in a setting,If you’ve already covered the Foundation Digital Skills you can move onto Essential Digital Skills for,Blended support One legacy of the pandemic is a move towards blended approaches to delivering support

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-champions/delivering-support

2021

Thank you to everyone who supported us and to the staff at our Centre for making such an innovative project,digital isolation and the pandemic has only reinforced that view.,of people with devices, digital skills and connectivity.,at home, in wards and waiting rooms continue through the tightest regulations and a hospital move.,Through the tightest Covid restrictions and a hospital move; ECHC was privileged to stand alongside those

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2021

2019

In 2018, the team took their Digital Orchestra to Singapore to perform on the international stage for,Pioneering Project Move On - Family Food Service Credit: Colin Hattersley Photography This project fights,By working with partner organisations, Move On have created a network in Glasgow which enables collaborative,Project.,Credit: Colin Hattersley Photography Demonstrating Digital: ENABLE Scotland ENABLEMe is a free assisted

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2019

SCOPE: skills recognition, capacity building and professional education for the voluntary sectorufeff

An innovative feature of the e-learning is the opportunity to gain validation through a digital badge,SCVO supported a two-year Erasmus+ project that kicked off in October 2018 with partners in Ireland,,The partners are all organisations whose purpose is to provide training, support, advice, and advocacy,This will allow us to move our training online so that we can reach more of our members in an easily,continue to develop and update in line with each of our organisations’ strategic objectives for improving support

https://scvo.scot/support/elearning/scope/project

Digital training for The National Lottery Community Fund supported organisations

Organisations right across the voluntary sector rapidly turned to digital during the pandemic because,SCVO’s digital team are offering a free training programme, funded by the National Lottery Community,Fund, this spring to support organisations to move forward on their digital journey.,Book 28 Feb This session will support you to:- make projects more manageable- highlight blockers, increase,She has 7 years’ experience at SCVO of developing and delivering training and support to support the

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/events/the-national-lottery-community-fund-digital-training

New service delivery models

For more detailed information of the main topics to explore when moving your services to digital channels,, 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,A good approach is to try small projects over a short timeframe, then 'persevere' with what is working,Housing Association might need to give its tenants free WiFi, or a youth organisation might want to offer supported

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

SCVO Impact Report 2021/22

, as well as supporting voluntary organisations to be more digitally engaged themselves.,devices enabled us to combat isolation while helping the most vulnerable to access services that had moved,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,webpage views 1,400 learners on our free Microsoft training sessions mPower The mPower project continued

https://scvo.scot/about/work/impact-2021-22

Essential digital skills

issues such as public health information I can use online productivity tools such as Trello to plan out projects,device is just the same – by maintaining strong passwords and ignoring suspicious emails, hackers will move,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

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