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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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New service delivery models

organisations to share best practice through regular DigiShift zoom calls, DigiListen podcasts and blogs, will need to set up a divert to mobile or cloud-based virtual switchboard. ,But you will need to add all the list members as WhatsApp contacts. ,See also our blog post on questions about privacy and security when using Zoom.If you’re running a Zoom,for details of upcoming DigiShift zoom calls, and this resource page for access to call recordings, blogs

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

Tailoring communications for the digital age

The secret of success is to make use of statistics, experts told Robert Armour at Comms Rewired

https://tfn.scot/features/tailoring-communications-for-the-digital-age

Charity urges workers to ditch the desk and get active

Long-standing workplace initiative

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-urges-workers-to-ditch-the-desk-and-get-active

SCVO response to the Finance and Public Administration Committee's National Performance Framework inquiry

Policy coherence is about joined-up thinking, but we are not seeing consistent links between strategy,It is unclear whether the Bank now uses the tool.,In announcing the inquiry to the Scottish Parliament on 1 March, the Convenor mentioned that in his blog,services start with the NPF and, if other frameworks are also needed, link them to the NPF to join things up,How will this bill be used to strengthen the requirements for all public bodies and local authorities

https://scvo.scot/p/49998/2022/04/14/scvo-response-to-the-finance-committee-inquiry-national-performance-framework-ambitions-into-action

Cost of living crisis: SCVO and Volunteer Scotland briefing for MPs

the long-term will be harmed by any UK budget that reduces the funding available and does not keep up,voluntary sector, and medium-sized organisations make up 16.5% of the sector.,Taking all this evidence into consideration, it is clear that volunteering is under considerable threat,Volunteering Action Plan, published earlier this year, to develop and deliver volunteering that is truly for all,measure the impact made by volunteersdevelop skills through training and useful volunteer development tools

https://scvo.scot/p/55743/2022/11/29/cost-of-living-crisis-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland-briefing-for-mps

Digital wellbeing for the workforce: part two

In part one of this blog my colleague Aaron Slater and I talked about the changes we were trying within,make some changes to our remote working culture and we were lucky that we already had a lot of the tools,minds and stop us slipping back into old habits, we Introduced a section into our weekly team stand-up,We all struggled to say no to meetings that took place in protected time or meant we’d be on Zoom for,To support one another to stick with these changes, we introduced a ‘diary review’ at our stand-ups to

https://scvo.scot/p/49234/2022/03/09/digital-wellbeing-for-the-workforce-part-two

How to be digital in community learning and development

Liz Green discusses new guidance to help community and learning development organisations make good and safe use of digital technology

https://tfn.scot/opinion/digital-technology-principles-for-community-learning-and-development-sector

Charities must face up to the digital brave new world to survive

Matthew Moorut says understanding online is key to charities' survival

https://tfn.scot/opinion/charities-must-face-up-to-the-digital-brave-new-world-to-survive

Team walking challenge aims to bring workmates together

Paths for All's popular Step Count Challenge is returning

https://tfn.scot/news/team-walking-challenge-aims-to-bring-workmates-together

SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making (Finance & Public Administration Committee)

Many voluntary organisations struggle to attract funding for core costs, and freeing up staff time to,As Sheghley Ogilvie from SCVO explained in a blog post last year: ‘I’ve often heard the Programme for,While the tools for involving the voluntary sector might differ across directorates/units/ teams, ultimately,It is integral to their purpose to speak up and act to draw attention to the challenges those people,‘Administratively, all the looking for funding and chasing Scottish Government decisions takes up time

https://scvo.scot/p/57213/2023/02/16/scvo-response-to-the-inquiry-into-public-administration-effective-scottish-government-decision-making