# Reviewing our Christmas List It's nearly the end of the year so I thought I'd take a little bit of time to review what the team has achieved in the past twelve months so that we can come back refreshed and ready with our resolutions in January. Hopefully we'll also influence your resolutions too. This time last year there was a team of two, now we've grown to a fantastic nine strong. To match that expansion everything (well almost everything) that was a mere twinkle is now a reality. We hope that as the year has gone by we've inspired you to think differently or to contribute to our work. If you haven't had a chance with a busy day job to get that contribution to the top of your to do list - well, now could be the time. \* We've increased the number and range of organisations on the [Let's Get On Near You](http://digital.scvo.scot/directory/) directory. There's still room for more! \* We've launched a [Challenge](http://digital.scvo.scot/challenge/), and we're about to make some awards (watch out in the next bulletin). Our second round launches on January 12th. \* We've recruited almost 100 organisations who want to [improve the way they work digitally](http://digital.scvo.scot/internships/). We're recruiting interns and mentors to help them. \* We've increased the number of organisations supporting the [Digital Participation Charter](http://digital.scvo.scot/charter/) three fold - are you part of our gang yet? \* We've made the data available on more than 35,000 organisations across the third sector available through ALISS \* We've held five events in our [DigiScotFest](http://digital.scvo.scot/festival/) series. If you missed us catch us in in [Glasgow on February 25th](http://www.scvo.scot/events/the-gathering-2015-date-for-your-diary/). If you can't make it we'll be launching a new series of events in January. We've talked to hundreds of enthusiastic people across Scotland and beyond and know that there's a real appetite to help people get online. We hope you've had a really successful year and look forward to working with you in January! --- ## About SCVO SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) is the national membership organisation for Scotland's voluntary sector. Our role is to champion the role of voluntary organisations in Scotland and to support them to do work that has a positive impact. SCVO supports members and the wider voluntary sector with all aspects of setting up and running a voluntary organisation. SCVO represents the needs and concerns of the voluntary sector to the Scottish government in Holyrood and UK government and Westminster. Through our learning and events programme SCVO offers training and development opportunities to the sector. Members access an extensive membership benefits package including specialist, in-depth, 1-to-1 guidance from our Information Services team and from professional service partners. Access to exclusive membership networks (including comms, employers, governance and policy) supports members to grow their connections, stay up to date, exchange ideas and views with peers, and learn through tailored learning opportunities. SCVO members enjoy free access to Funding Scotland Premium to stay on top of funding opportunities to support their organisation’s financial resilience. Discounts and savings on SCVO products and services (including our HR service, managed IT support, payroll service and events and training) and partner offers provide members with support to allow them to focus on delivering their organisation’s goals. Further SCVO products and services include [extensive digital support](https://scvo.scot/support/digital), a climate action resource [Growing Climate Confidence](https://climateconfident.scot), a voluntary sector publication [Third Force News](https://tfn.scot) and a voluntary sector jobs and recruitment service [Goodmoves](https://goodmoves.org). For more information on SCVO membership, visit [SCVO membership](https://scvo.scot/membership)