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

impact on Work Capability Assessments is urgently requiredensure that the principles of the Volunteer Charter,Volunteer Scotland and the STUC launched an updated Volunteer Charter in 2019 which sets out the key,Reduction in volunteer participation The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on volunteer participation,skills through training and useful volunteer development tools, policies and guidesoffer a one stop digital,grow volunteering through partners, funders, Government, and policy makerswork with others to support projects

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

Digital Participation Charter Development Fund: Support is still a priority

For me, that’s supporting our new Digital Participation Charter Development Fund.,We’ll be providing support to funded organisations who are either new to providing digital inclusion,to the fullest and hear from some of those leading in the digital participation sector.,Several of the projects are keen to deliver in a physical space where people can come in, get access,For a good number of our organisations, this was their first Digital Participation project post-pandemic

https://scvo.scot/p/48963/2022/02/16/support-is-still-a-priority

Agile Working and Risk Management

This session was a great opportunity for our Charter Development Fund cohort to share their concerns

https://scvo.scot/p/49309/2022/03/15/agile-working-and-risk-management

SCVO response to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee's low income and debt problems inquiry

This programme has included management of Scotland’s Digital Participation Charter and allied funds,,For example, research by the Good Things Foundation on projects supporting digital inclusion in health,Prior to the pandemic, we had supported hundreds of projects and trained thousands of front-line staff,Enabling her digital participation wasn’t the sole reason she was able to improve her situation, but,Scotland’s Digital Participation Charter: https://digitalparticipation.scot/resources

https://scvo.scot/p/49734/2022/04/05/scvo-response-to-the-social-justice-and-social-security-committees-low-income-and-debt-problems-inquiry

Spring Statement Briefing from SCVO and Volunteer Scotland

also risk losing skilled and experienced staff and volunteers, placing increased pressure on vital projects,Volunteer Scotland and the STUC launched an updated Volunteer Charter in 2019 which sets out the key,cost-of-living crisis on volunteers and volunteer involving organisations has found that volunteer participation,Another practical barrier to volunteer participation that has become more acute during the current crisis,organisations employ over 135,000 paid staff – a third more than the 100,000 staff employed in the digital

https://scvo.scot/p/58267/2023/03/13/spring-statement-briefing-from-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland

New staff, new resources & new plans ​

There is a promise of fresh potential and new beginnings - all reflected in SCVO's digital participation,And with the promise of spring in the air comes an injection of new blood to the digital participation,Signatory projects (more soon from Lynne).,The Basic Online Skills fund has been something we’ve been working away on and we’re now waiting for,So, over the next few weeks we are getting ready to launch the new Digital Participation Charter and

https://scvo.scot/p/3871/2014/03/18/new-staff-new-resources-new-plans

Digital Participation: Three weeks, three strategies...

April was a big month for digital participation (a.k.a. digital inclusion) policy.,The UK strategy introduced a new UK digital inclusion charter, whilst the Scottish Government reaffirmed,its commitment to the Scottish digital participation charter first introduced in 2011.,basic online skills award for Scotland Getting ready to underwrite digital participation projects across,Scotland, working with organisations that have signed Scotland's digital participation charter and a

https://scvo.scot/p/4665/2014/05/06/digital-participation-three-weeks-three-strategies

Digital participation: what's next

Look out for: Let's Get Digital, a new business growth project to boost the digital capability of charities,and voluntary organisations in Scotland The official relaunch of Scotland's Digital Participation Charter,participation Challenge Fund that we will be using to support community projects A new searchable directory,(Glasgow): leading our work on the digital participation charter and challenge fund Bev Maclean (Inverness,our Lowlands & Uplands digital business growth project Gavin Bell (Glasgow): managing our Milo third

https://scvo.scot/p/5694/2014/09/03/digital-participation-whats-next

Digital participation in Scotland: the strategy is delivery

inclusion by signing our Digital Participation Charter.,Funding and support We're challenging communities across Scotland to help people get the confidence and,skills to do things on the internet, and are opening up a new fund - including financial support and,We know that digital inclusion is best done locally, and that one size doesn't fit all, so tell us what,Over the next year we'll be backing over 100 interns to take on digital projects for Scottish charities

https://scvo.scot/p/6293/2014/10/13/digital-participation-in-scotland-the-strategy-is-delivery

More projects receive funding to help people get online

This is the third instalment of the Digital Participation Challenge Fund which will allocate £325k to,community projects across Scotland to help people improve their digital skills.,Chris Yiu, Director of Digital Participation at SCVO, said: "This is great news for all these projects,Participation Charter.,These projects will help ensure even more people across Scotland can start their digital journey.”

https://scvo.scot/p/10632/2015/11/17/more-projects-receive-funding-to-help-people-get-online