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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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Briefing paper: Affordable internet

Over the past three years, with the support of the Scottish Government, BT and European Structural Funds,, the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has invested over £1m in 127 local projects,Our review of these projects, together with the wider evidence base on tackling digital exclusion, highlights,participation.,Participation Charter to tackle digital exclusion, including some providing free WiFi in public places

https://scvo.scot/p/25174/2018/05/01/affordable-internet

Digital kick-off

This year our Digital Participation Charter Fund had an incredible level of interest and the standards,The Digital Participation Charter Fund had significant interest from football foundations this year.,Big Hearts Community Trust received Digital Participation Charter funding in 2018 for their ‘Go Digital,about starting a digital participation project we have a directory of organisations and projects that,You can also make your own commitments by signing the Digital Participation Charter and learning what

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

Digital cafe is minister's cup of tea

Back in August we were delighted to welcome 19 new Charter Fund organisations on board, and earlier today,Following a successful application to the Digital Participation Charter Fund, the project kicked off,Participation Charter Fundwhich plays a huge part in tackling digital exclusion and helping people to,to the digital needs of the service users.,We are so thankful to SCVO for their support through the Charter Fund, both in terms of the financial

https://scvo.scot/p/33174/2019/10/29/digital-cafe-is-ministers-cup-of-tea

Digital for the analogue generation – tackling loneliness and social isolation

I’ve been lucky over the last few months to be a member of SCVO’s Digital Champions in Social Housing,project.,meet other people passionate about supporting our residents and our organisations to get better at digital,I’ve also been lucky enough to receive funding from the Digital Participation Charter Fund for a project,Every time someone asks me why we should invest in digital I now have my answer.

https://scvo.scot/p/33339/2019/11/05/digital-for-the-analogue-generation-tackling-loneliness-and-social-isolation

Over 3,000 Scots to benefit from digital funding

Participation Charter Fund over the past five years, supporting 169 projects across Scotland to get,The Charter Fund has already invested nearly £1.5 million pounds to support projects working with over,The Digital Participation Charter Fund gives organisations the opportunity to embrace new approaches,pleased to continue to work in partnership with SCVO for round seven of the Digital Participation Charter,“The achievements of the Digital Participation Charter Fund tie in with the Scottish Government’s vision

https://scvo.scot/p/32363/2019/08/27/over-3000-scots-to-benefit-from-digital-funding

Learning from the Charter Fund

We were delighted to recently announce the seventh round of funding for the Digital Participation Charter,known as the Digital Participation Challenge Fund.,The Charter Fund helps organisations to embed Essential Digital Skills in a sustainable way, digitise,All our funded projects are signatories of Scotland’s Digital Participation Charter, which is open to,Evaluation Brief Charter Fund 2019Download

https://scvo.scot/p/32379/2019/09/02/learning-from-the-charter-fund

Two years with CLASP Digital

CLASP (Community Led Action & Support Project) to deliver a digital participation project.,As a result, that summer I started as Digital Participation Officer to set up and run the CLASP Digital,project.,participation and essential digital skills to ensure the digital investment delivers a win-win.,Thanks to Charter 7 funding we will be spreading our wings further around North Ayrshire, reaching more

https://scvo.scot/p/32384/2019/09/02/two-years-with-clasp-digital

Essential digital skills for Scotland - charter briefing part 1

Scotland’s Digital Participation Charter encourages organisations (public, private and third sector),and built on one another Currently 654 organisations have signed the Digital Participation Charter,,which also makes them eligible to apply for Charter funding.,The Charter fund has funded and supported 48 organisations in the last three years to create a wide variety,of digital inclusion projects across the country.

https://scvo.scot/p/31648/2019/06/27/essential-digital-skills-for-scotland-charter-briefing-part-1

Essential digital skills for Scotland - charter briefing part 2

This is the second of our two-part report on the Digital Participation Charter pilot research - to read,Charter Commitments We asked participants to give us specific examples of how they had met, somewhat,An example of this is Melville Housing Association’s ‘Digital Kitchen’ project, based in their community,inclusion projects.,They said: “We received funding through the Digital Charter fund to purchase computers and tablets for

https://scvo.scot/p/31661/2019/07/01/essential-digital-skills-for-scotland-charter-briefing-part-2

A week in the life of a digital champion

members who participated, able to recognise the importance of digital inclusion by the end of the day,with us in a variety of ways, whether they have attended one of our practitioner events, applied for Charter,Funding, signed the Digital Participation Charter, taken part in our Senior Leaders Programme or have,In addition we have recently started work on a project to create a Digital Champions network within social,and will make this an essential requirement of project participation We will repeat this with our new

https://scvo.scot/p/30972/2019/05/09/a-week-in-the-life-of-a-digital-champion