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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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Measuring impact

skills programme.,Some basic numbers you might want to keep a track of are: Number of Digital Champions recruited Numbers,of active Digital Champions each month Beyond these basic numbers, your can also collect some quantitative,This blog from Citizen’s Online explains the process they have developed.,This blog from SCVO highlights how we’ve adopted this approach and what we learnt from it.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-motivators/measuring-impact

Go digital or die, charities told

Call to action issued as charties told to embrace digital future

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-must-embrace-digital-or-they-will-die

The UK Growth Plan 2022 and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme

right conditions and removing barriers to the flow of private capital – whether taxes or regulation skilled,Government is committed to ensuring the immigration system works for business and encourages highly skilled,Digital Later this year, the UK Government will set out its plans on how it will further support digital,infrastructure projects that the government will prioritise for acceleration, across transport, energy and 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

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

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

Digital Participation: it's still for everyone

A Digital Champion is someone with good Essential Digital Skills who is passionate about what the digital,My colleague John Fitzgerald recently published this blog on safeguarding and privacy which is a useful,You may need to start with the basics of using a device – we call these Foundation Digital Skills.,it’s time to move onto Essential Digital Skills for Life.,to further skills and a more resilient digital citizenship.

https://scvo.scot/p/37449/2020/04/14/digital-participation-its-still-for-everyone

How to become a data-driven charity

research & analysis; and make recommendations on change or next steps• Think about your people and what basic,there might be people in your organisation who want to develop their skills. Find them!,A great place to start is with SCVO’s digital checkup tool.,This helps you assess your current digital maturity, benchmark how this compares to other organisations,This blog shows a student placement can have a huge impact on how your charity uses it’s data.Data Lab

https://scvo.scot/p/39244/2020/06/25/become-a-data-driven-charity

Supporting digital inclusion in Scotland’s social housing sector

in social housing are 20% less likely to have Essential Digital Skills Housing providers play an important,Essential Digital Skills and where to access resources to develop digital skills.,We don’t deliver digital skills; we nurture the meta-skills that a DC needs.,for basic human contact for those who need it most.,Read his blog here.

https://scvo.scot/p/34539/2020/01/21/supporting-digital-inclusion-in-scotlands-social-housing-sector

Digital kick-off

Blogging on their project, Craig Wilson from Big Hearts explained how they were embedding digital skills,equip themselves with skills to use digital mediums: “We have been bringing digital innovation into,Digital skills do not come naturally to everyone and with the internet and social media being such big,“We are planning to run a 6-month programme to help develop basic digital competencies among some of,learn new digital skills and benefit from being online.

https://scvo.scot/p/33152/2019/10/25/digital-kick-off

The UN Special Rapporteur is clear - let's just hope government is listening

people are more than 50% below the poverty line 5 million people are destitute and unable to afford even basic,The far reaching impacts of a digital welfare state, characterised by digital by default services, automated,Universal Credit is the first major government service to become ‘digital by default’.,In practice this means that Universal Credit is claimed online, assuming digital skills and competence,In the words of the Special Rapporteur, Universal Credit has been a nationwide digital experiment.

https://scvo.scot/p/27837/2018/11/27/the-un-special-rapporteur-is-clear-lets-just-hope-government-is-listening