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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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DigiNext event content and speaker videos

By making canny investments, and focusing on what really matters, you can use digital to significantly,A good website can make it much easier for people to discover your organisation and engage with your,What Next - wrapping up the day John Fitzgerald gave a short talk on ‘Digital Next – your post-AI digital,And you can check out this blog post for more of our thinking on what you need in a good digital strategy,of Digital for Good, promoting the benefits of adopting lean and agile methodologies.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/diginext-event-information

Response to Social Justice and Social Security Committee Pre-budget Scrutiny: Third sector funding principles

SCVO support services (funding, digital, membership support, and information).,policy and public services across Scotland.,Ultimately, this creates needless inefficiency at the heart of public policy and public services.,and public services across Scotland.,Voluntary organisations are crucial to, and a partner in, the delivery of public policy and public services

https://scvo.scot/p/93311/2024/08/13/response-to-social-justice-and-social-security-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-third-sector-funding-principles

Don’t panic: charity storm clouds have a silver lining

Smith says don’t panic about falling trust levels, be proactive and seize the opportunity to create good

https://tfn.scot/opinion/theres-a-silver-lining-within-the-current-storm-of-bad-news

Making work easier with open working and reuse

Maddie Stark of SCVO's Digital Evolution team has been reflecting on reuse and working in the open.,collating resources, finding examples of our own work at SCVO, creating slides and developing content, what,I re-use other people’s and my own slides, other people’s blogs, other people’s videos, and other people,to make my own?,It is good to share… To read more about working in the open click here To find out how to do it click

https://scvo.scot/p/52689/2022/08/22/making-work-easier-with-open-working-and-reuse

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

Kids Company: What lessons can we learn?

England and Wales we now have a report into the failure of Kids Company and the subsequent, very public,Emma Maxwell, Senior Associate at Burness Paull, partners in the SCVO Pro Bono Service has already highlighted,This is supported by the new digital SCVO Good Governance Checkup which guides you through the principles,That’s why we’re planning some lunchtime webinars with our Pro Bono Service partners to look at trustee,We’ll cover what you need to know about charity law and good governance and what trustees can and can

https://scvo.scot/p/48978/2022/02/18/kids-company-what-lessons-can-we-learn

Is digital a human right?

If you’re reading this chances are you’re online. But did you know five billion others aren’t? Robert Armour investigates our right to get online

https://tfn.scot/features/is-digital-a-human-right

The UK Growth Plan 2022 and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme

services.,be put in place for transport services so that industrial action doesn’t make it impossible to get to,Claimants who do not fulfil their job-search commitment without good reason could have their benefits,Digital Later this year, the UK Government will set out its plans on how it will further support digital,SPICe also published a blog considering the impact on Scotland. What’s next?

https://scvo.scot/p/54109/2022/09/28/the-uk-growth-plan-2022-and-the-energy-bill-relief-scheme

SES & SCVO submission to Economy, Energy & Fair Work Committee

good, to the employability programmes charities deliver.,An agile and inclusive support system for the economy and public services in Scotland would mean citizens,Citizens would have the means to communicate with service providers digitally and face to face, and citizens,The recent blog by Scottish Government highlights the reductions in friction, effort, risk and cost if,CRDs) must also become more inclusive and broaden out from small constituencies involved in decision making

https://scvo.scot/p/39842/2020/08/03/ses-scvo-submission-to-economy-energy-fair-work-committee

Accessibility is more important than ever

Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web Accessibility issues To make our services,What is their language level?What is their skills ability? What about location? Or broadband speed? ,Good digital design removes barriers that many people face in the physical world.,There are regulations that apply to public sector websites and apps.,Further reading This blog post concentrates on making written online content more accessible.

https://scvo.scot/p/37482/2020/04/16/accessibility-is-more-important-than-ever