partnerships to leverage from and sharing case studies from other digital participation projects, there,The north Bootcamp’s inspiration was also aided by Libby Bligh from the Libertie Project who shared knowledge,their digital participation plans into action.,Seeking endorsement and funding, recruiting colleagues with great people skills who we will help to train,We’re excited to see where this commitment to their Digital Motivators role and digital participation

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.

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

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

The Digital Participation Charter Fund, allowed us to launch the ‘Develop a Habit with a Tablet’ (DAHWAT,The funding from SCVO allowed us to purchase smart phones and tablets for our Bureau and ‘Pop Up’ outreach,Uptake on the project was good, with clients reporting that they left feeling much more aware of how,with other types of enquires, such as council tax enquires or applications to the Scottish Welfare Fund,For me the project has been a great learning experience.

My late mother was fascinated by the digital age even though at that time it hadn’t gained the public,You did not have to be a digitally savvy individual to go about everyday tasks.,Again and again we were coming across a deficit in digital skills; people that were toiling with the,Enter stage right the Digital Participation Charter Fund, and thank you, thank you, thank you!,You can still apply for the latest round of the Digital Particiaption Charter Fund until noon on 30 April

Participation Charter Fund: 'The Universal Women project began in March 2018, initially as a way to,'With the funding from the Digital Participation Charter Fund we were able to purchase the necessary,This was a safe place where participants could access the internet, update their online UC journal and,attended since the beginning and are up for any challenge, such as taking part in the film making project,Without the support of the Charter Fund we may not have able to provide so much additional digital support

Our application sought funding to develop a new project ‘Go Digital’ which would support our Kinship,With support from the Charter Fund, over the last 6 months we have been bringing digital innovation into,Charter Fund.,We’re thrilled to be part of the Charter Fund – not only has it given us access to crucial funding to,Thanks again to SCVO and the Charter Fund for your fantastic support!

For so many of us being engaged digitally seems like such a natural part of our day.,When we saw the Digital Participation Charter Fund had re-opened for new applications in the summer of,The funding from SCVO allowed us to train a team of volunteers – including some great young folk from,The project has been an invaluable platform for WDCVS to build a greater level of digital awareness.,A big thank you to everyone at SCVO Digital and BT for their support.

seventh round of the Digital Participation Charter Fund is now open and SCVO Digital looks forward to,Roses are red, violets are blue – could Round 7 of the Charter Fund be the one for you?,With 85 projects funded over the past 3 rounds, the Charter Fund has supported some excellent digital,Looking at previously funded projects as an example, we’ve love you to use the Essential Digital Skills,a whole team approach to achieving the aims of the Charter Fund, and the overarching Digital Participation