This website uses cookies for anonymised analytics and for account authentication. See our privacy and cookies policies for more information.

SCVO
Funding Scotland
TFN
 




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.

Error 404

The requested page could not be found, it may have been moved or deleted.

Your Digital Champions

example support workers, advice officers or befriending volunteers.,They are also likely to have most of the digital skills to offer others support.,This will help you to identify key digital skills for life and work they need more support to develop,Learners will often return to someone they trust for more digital skills support.,Digital Champions often provide support to their colleagues too.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-champions-2

DigiHelp: doing digital in your organisation

Find out all about how SCVO can support you, from free 121 support to our Digital Checkup

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/digihelp

Getting your Digital Champions started

Let Digital Champions work in pairs of small groups to roleplay the Digital Champion and the learner,No Digital Champion project is without its challenges.,As the Digital Motivator, it’s your role to be responsive to your Digital Champions so they feel supported,Not everything will work first time, perseverance and support are key attributes to making it successful,Digital Motivator

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-motivators/getting-your-digital-champions-started

Creating the culture

A Digital Motivator is someone in management who leads on digital inclusion work.,They make sure the senior management team understand and support digital inclusion work.,They also motivate and support frontline staff.,This can include how to stay safe online to better inform how they support others.,Share the longer-term impact it's having for those you're supporting and for your organisation.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/understanding-digital-inclusion/creating-the-culture

Promoting your service

Promoting your digital inclusion will increase engagement.,as part of your support offer.,Increasing engagement Look for existing engagement opportunities or community settings to promote your support,Lead with the benefits to the individual rather than 'doing digital'.,your digital inclusion support too.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/impact/promoting-your-service

Webchat

Charities using this tool ‘We are with you’ offer a webchat service to support people dealing with addiction

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/research-and-resources/tools-functionality/webchat

Planning your digital inclusion support

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? ,Who will be your Digital Motivator and Digital Champions? ,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

Evaluating success

Understanding the impact and progress of your digital inclusion support is important.,Get them to complete the digital skills checklist at the start and after a period of support.,Digital Champion interactions Capture the type and frequency of support Digital Champions give and who,Activities Find out what others think of your digital inclusion activities with your service.,Follow up with service users you support to find out what difference it's made to their lives.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/impact/evaluating-success

The role of the Digital Motivator

They take a lead in role making their organisation more digitally confident, and support colleagues to,excellent Digital Champions Support Digital Champions to access learning opportunities Help co-deliver,They build support for digital skills development and recruit Digital Champions.,They are the vehicle for delivering digital skills support to other colleagues or to people who access,The Director of Customer Services initiates a Digital Champions programme to support adoption (Senior

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-motivators/the-role-of-the-digital-motivator

Your users

When you move a service online you need to understand how your users already engage with the digital,your users to get online, develop their skills or access devices and connectivity see our guide to Digital,Three key actions Measure the digital skills of your users Think about how your users will be accessing, your service Start with platforms (apps/software) that they already use Skills The Essential Digital,It offers two short checklists that users can complete with your support.

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

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