One key area of work has been digital participation.,Round 8 will provide small grants of up to £10,000 to help a range of organisations tackle poverty, social,The Device Refurbishment Support Fund will provide grants of up to £15,000 to support projects operating,that have adapted their delivery models and are able to demonstrate their plans are sustainable and geared,We'll be bringing you guest blogs from a number of our past projects over the coming weeks which we hope

Part three of our digital participation special series

One month in, and things are starting to get exciting.,We'll post an online sign-up form for pilot users in due course, but if you want to register interest,a gear we also need to find new ways to help people and communities connect with each other and the,Make it digital This is where digital comes in, and in particular platform thinking and open feedback,Happily the bulk of this is nearly done, and alongside the upcoming call for pilot users we'll also blog

If you've heard me talk about digital participation recently, then you'll know that 3 in 10 adults in,already begun to update the data - and whilst there's no new figure for Scotland yet, we're hoping to see one,from work done by Lloyds Bank as part of their contribution to Go ON UK that only 1 in 5 charities are geared,up to accept online donations, and that three quarters are not investing in digital skills.,So when it comes to improving our understanding of digital participation in Scotland, although we still