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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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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,Workforce-Skills-in-Local-GovernmentDownload Place-based digital inclusion Our Digital Inclusion team,In March 2022 we published our interim report "Taking a place-based approach to digital inclusion: the,SCVO Digital - Taking a place-based approach to digital inclusion - the story so farDownload For more

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/research-and-resources/reports-and-news

Digital inclusion sessions

Digital inclusion is about making sure that people have the opportunity to be online and have the skills,We will tailor our bespoke support specifically to help you approach digital inclusion sustainably.,inclusion support you understand digital inclusion and know how to do it we will tailor our support,(how to recruit, train, support and retain Digital Champions) Workforce digital skills (undertaking,a workforce digital skills audit, and taking action to address gaps) Internal resource mapping (understanding

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

The five challenges

So much literature on digital inclusion focuses on the individual who is digitally excluded with skills,This extends to understanding the digital skills of the workforce.,The approach should seek to include support to upskill the workforce, as well as having mechanisms in,This can include in-kind or financial support, with a focus on supporting people to develop their digital,skills, and a knowledge of other resources that can be used to provide support.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/roadmap/the-five-challenges-5

The five challenges

Therefore, we must be mindful of where time and resources are allocated in building digital inclusion,This in-turn enables the workforce to support people accessing our services.,skills and building a digitally confident workforce.,Face-to-face digital skills support based in local communities (for example, in libraries) should be,Organisations should use the range of existing online digital skills support available (for example,

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

Making change happen

Not understanding the importance or relevance of digital skills for the workforce or for supporting user,people don’t need digital skills support.,workforce, either through learning new digital skills or acting as a Digital Champion to support others,Digital inclusion and digital skills are at the heart of the Scottish Government and COSLA's digital,from the wider workforce include: Not understanding the relevance of digital skills to their work.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-motivators/making-change-happen

Planning your digital inclusion support

This section gives you an overview to follow for any digital inclusion project.,Starting your digital inclusion journey Here are some key things to consider when planning your digital,inclusion support journey: What do your services users need? ,They could help provide extra or niche support. How will you use the Digital Skills Toolkit? ,Let your service users and wider networks know about your digital inclusion support.

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

Fife Council launch workforce digital skills support network

to embed digital skills support for all employees across the council.,digital nudges to support everyone’s digital skills.,Working out the digital skills strengths and gaps in your own workforce is easy with our workforce digital,, please do contact us at digital@scvo.scot for our bespoke digital inclusion support service.,Suggested additional reading on this topic is our report on Supporting workforce digital skills in local

https://scvo.scot/p/60127/2023/06/06/fife-council-launch-workforce-digital-skills-support-network

Digital inclusion in the UK: how are things for 2023? 

We know that digital inclusion is not a static state – and so it’s heartening to see there are now fewer,The crisis is reinforcing inequalities and barriers to digital inclusion, widening the gap between the,Skills for Work. 97% of our workforce has skills, but only 53% can complete all tasks.,that drive and push for digital inclusion.,We believe that digital inclusion is everyone’s responsibility, and that’s why we launched our Digital

https://scvo.scot/p/86988/2023/12/01/digital-inclusion-in-the-uk-how-are-things-for-2023

SCVO Digital Call To Action 3

skills and high demand for employees with digital skills at all levels Pandemic pressures have led to,The voluntary sector workforce should become confident users of responsive, reliable technology.,Our evidence shows that this combination of device, data, skills and support was very effective in helping,Organisations are able to articulate what digital skills are needed, and support their teams to develop,Encourage your team to keep building their skills, eg by supporting shared ‘learning hours’ once a month

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

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