Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund

Currently Closed

The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund will help more people get online, drive economic growth and raise living standards. It aims to answer the question: How can technology help people overcome barriers to accessing key online services?Despite the success of programmes such as Connecting Scotland, many individuals still struggle to access essential services because of low digital skills, limited confidence, or a lack of access to devices and connectivity. This Challenge seeks innovative, user-centred solutions that focus on people who may have some access to devices or connectivity but face barriers in using digital services safely and effectively. Proposals should address varied user needs, helping individuals engage with services including financial tools, education and employment. Connectivity and devices matter - but skills and confidence are critical to unlocking meaningful digital inclusion.The impacts of this exclusion vary depending on the specific circumstances of individuals, but this challenge is focused on reducing the barriers for people identifying, accessing and engaging with essential digital services safely including;- Key public services such as access to online health services, benefits etc- Access to third-sector services such as Citizens advice - Access to banking services and financial services- Access to employment opportunities- Access to education and skills opportunities

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000007nYnhMAE/digital-inclusion-innovation-fund

UK's commitment to open government called into question

NEWS 4 March 2021 by Gareth Jones

Environment & International

The UK joins a list of nine countries that have been censured by the body in the past, including Bulgaria, Malawi, Malta and South Africa

https://tfn.scot/news/uks-commitment-to-open-government-called-into-question

Disabled People, Unpaid Carers and the Cost of Living Crisis: Impacts, Responses and Long Term Solutions

recommendations the report makes are: Emergency cost of living payments should be a priority for the Scottish Government,The UK Government should uprate reserved social security payments in line with inflation.,Both Governments take actions to address the root causes of the crisis by investing in renewable energy

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/disabled-people-unpaid-carers-and-the-cost-of-living-crisis-impacts-responses-and-long-term-solutions

Compact Baseline Survey 2009/10

The research was conducted with public bodies and government departments operating in England, with fieldwork,Generate a perception of Compact working practices in government departments and NDPBs in England 3.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/compact-baseline-survey-2009-10

Equally Well Review 2010

During 2008 and 2009 the Scottish Government and COSLA published jointly three linked social policy frameworks,Action should therefore continue at Scottish Government and local level on all of the frameworks?

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/equally-well-review-2010

Improving Ethnic Minority Workforce Data Collection - learning exchange workshop 2022

Scotland delivered this learning opportunity for the public sector, in partnership with the Scottish Government’s,Further, it provided a means to inform the development of the Scottish Government’s ethnicity pay gap

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/improving-ethnic-minority-workforce-data-collection-learning-exchange-workshop-2022

Scotland's rural third sector: breaking out of siloed policy

We set out to discover the intersections between two policy units in the Scottish Government theRural,intersect in a meaningful way to support a sustainable rural third sector or are the directorates of government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scotlands-rural-third-sector-breaking-out-of-siloed-policy

Reporting on Progress Towards Equality of Opportunity for Women and Men Made by Public Authorities in Scotland: Ministerial Priorities for Gender Equality - Tackling Violence Against Women

The research involved: an evidence review of research, statistical data and Scottish Government policy,(carried out in-house by the Scottish Government); a document review covering a sample of 72 public

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/reporting-on-progress-towards-equality-of-opportunity-for-women-and-men-made-by-public-authorities-in-scotland-ministerial-priorities-for-gender-equality-tackling-violence-against-women

Creative Lives

Membership number 2891
Charity registered in Scotland SC020345

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/2891/creative-lives

SPICe Briefing: Autism (Scotland) Bill

The purpose of the Bill is to place a statutory duty on the Scottish Government to prepare and publish,It outlines the recommendations made in the Scottish Government?

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/spice-briefing-autism-scotland-bill

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