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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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Your users

When you move a service online you need to understand how your users already engage with the digital,connectivity see our guide to Digital Inclusion.,It offers two short checklists that users can complete with your support.,Foundation Skills- Check if your users can do simple tasks like connecting to WiFi Essential Skills -,If your users do not have access to any devices in their household then you might be able to build this

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/understanding-digital-inclusion/your-users

User insight

Gaining insight into what kind of support your users need is key.,These needs should guide your digital inclusion project.,Having a connected device is one part of the digital inclusion jigsaw.,You will need to evaluate their base level to understand what support they will need from you.,Motivation You will need to motivate people by keeping your digital inclusion support person-centred.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/understanding-digital-inclusion/user-insight

Our radical challenge: where does digital inclusion sit at a time like this? 

Since the decline of the pandemic, we’ve seen digital inclusion become deprioritised by services and

https://tfn.scot/opinion/our-radical-challenge-where-does-digital-inclusion-sit-at-a-time-like-this

New service delivery models

, see our How To Guide: Digital Services SCVO in collaboration with Third Sector Lab are also supporting,Key principles Start with user needs - spend time understanding what your service users need to do, and,You should do a bit of work to make things easy for your users.,Gathering user insight and feedback Embedding a short, easy survey in your outbound communication, for,Capturing user insight and feedback at key moments during their journey with you is much more meaningful

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

Digital Senior Leaders Programme

Digital is a journey, not a destination Why do you need to take this journey in 2024, and where will,The impact of digital confidence A digitally-savvy organisation can: Understand what its service users,Culture: Build a culture of inclusion, innovation, and collaboration that will support your organisation's,User-centred design: Understand your users, challenge assumptions, and redefine problems to create innovative,How do we make it happen?

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/senior-leaders-programme

SCVO Digital Call To Action 3

(for example removing PDFs and replacing them with structured web pages) Doing some user research to,understand user experience/user journey from a real perspective Early on it was obvious that barriers,A prototype and the insights from real-world users can make a compelling case for investment, too.,Three things you can do now to make progress Do an audit of user permissions and remove old logins where,collaboratively to understand digital development needs, and pool their investment so that the whole

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/call-to-action-3

Trustee Elections 2022

SCVO members support our communities and they do so better together, through progress enhanced by listening,Chuks OdodoBoard member, DataKirk I have over 10 years’ experience in marketing, community engagement, digital,I hope to share insight and learning with colleagues and partners, within and beyond SCVO.,I have a tenacious attitude and I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing to the very best of,I want to share some of my learning from many years interacting with service users.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/agm-2023/trustee-elections-2022

Digital is booming and charities are starting to join the revolution

Paul Cardwell looks at which charities are making the best use of digital technology to explore how your

https://tfn.scot/news/tech-special-digital-is-booming-and-charities-need-to-take-note

Taking a service design approach can help us all innovate

Renate Kriegler Edwards shares her story on how service design brought remote support practitioners together

https://tfn.scot/opinion/taking-a-service-design-approach-can-help-us-all-innovate

SCVO response to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery

to do so.,Research-based charities will have crucial insights to contribute to national discussions.,Whether concerning food distribution, digital inclusion or many other things, the response to the pandemic,Space must be created for true co-design, collaboration, and meaningful user involvement to give Scotland,in the organisation, what they do, how they do it, and how they can work best together to change outcomes

https://scvo.scot/p/38613/2020/05/29/scvo-response-to-the-advisory-group-on-economic-recovery

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