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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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Place-based digital inclusion

What is ‘place-baseddigital inclusion?,Place-based digital inclusion is about building sustainable solutions to digital exclusion which take,up to provide holistic support for supporting people online, taking a place-based approach to digital,In February 2022, we released our interim learning report ‘Taking a Place-based Approach to Digital Inclusion,Place-based digital inclusion is about building sustainable solutions to digital exclusion which take

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/place-based-digital-inclusion

The way forward

We also know that digital inclusion is not something that once achieved lasts forever; any one of us,By doing more, digital inclusion can be the key to unlocking life changing opportunities.,We need a response that provides the right support, at the right time and in the right place.,To help, our team can provide: Support to benchmark and grow the digital capabilities of your workforce,approach to embedding digital inclusion Support to develop partnerships and new place-based approaches

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/roadmap/the-way-forward

The five challenges

Link to poverty and inequality The profile of people who do not have essential digital skills is unsurprisingly,Therefore, we must be mindful of where time and resources are allocated in building digital inclusion,Organisations should consider their approach to digital upskilling and ensure that this forms a core,For beginners, community-based support (those trusted faces in local places) can be best.,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

The role of the Digital Champion

A good Digital Champion is: Friendly, approachable, and eager to help others learn new skills A good,Some places may use different language, for example Digital Buddies, Digital Helpers or Digital Heroes,They have their primary job to do, but they incorporate digital ‘nudges’ in this support.,a specific paid post to promote digital inclusion.,Work-based Work-based Digital Champions are people who tend to be more confident in navigating the different

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

The five challenges

There should also be consideration of the environmental cost in promoting digital inclusion.,Our digital inclusion infrastructure needs to provide options for people to access suitable devices to,The type of device would be based on individual need.,Across Scotland there are countless voluntary sector organisations doing amazing work to tackle digital,The shelf-life of devices also raises questions around the environmental impact of digital inclusion

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/roadmap/the-five-challenges-2

New service delivery models

, see our How To Guide: Digital Services SCVO in collaboration with Third Sector Lab are also supporting,A good approach is to try small projects over a short timeframe, then 'persevere' with what is working,Think about issues around social and financial inclusion.,contact page – with a shift to remote working, you will need to set up a divert to mobile or cloud-based,display a user's phone number to you so ensure you have the right privacy notices and user consent in place

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

Vulnerable Scots given a digital lifeline

Different services come together to deliver meaningful outcomes

https://tfn.scot/news/vulnerable-scots-given-a-digital-lifeline

SCVO Impact Report 2022/23

services that support our members and the wider sector to do what they do so well.,This emergency work took place alongside our continued support of digitally excluded households across,webpage views 60 organisations received Cyber Readiness Check support calls Digital inclusion SCVO’s,digital inclusion team has continued its work to build capacity for partnership working in the digital,base grow.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/impact

SCVO Impact Report 2021/22

We’ve been at the heart of improving digital inclusion for the most vulnerable people across Scotland,How to do our bit in tackling the climate emergency, how to improve equality, diversity and inclusion,IT support and workspace Our highly-skilled IT team supported the SCVO team, clients based at home, in,During the pandemic SCVO linked mPower into Connecting Scotland to maximise the digital inclusion needed,base grow.

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

Returning to the workplace

think about in relation to the physical workplace, and managing teams that might not all be in the same place,Workplace GuidanceDownload CIPD Returning To The Workplace PlannerDownload This section outlines how to approach,Supporting Occupational Medicine have multiple resources available, including a person-based risk assessment,dialogue between you and your employees for concerns to be raised will help to make your final plans inclusive,If you will be working with blended teams (remotely and in person), holding inductions digitally for

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/employee-engagement-culture/returning-to-the-workplace

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