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.
Last year SCVO supported a group of senior leaders from a wide range of organisations to launch a Call to Action for a Digitally Confident Third Sector in Scotland. More than 100 sector leaders discussed, debated and contributed their experiences, hopes and fears at an... Read more
Being cyber resilient is both the prevention of cyber breaches and also making sure that if a breach occurs you are able to respond without losing business continuity. A cyber breach isn’t necessarily a ‘hack’, but it is any incident in which data is lost or stolen, including... Read more
Here in Team Digital we recently had a discussion about exactly how secure public WiFi is (life in Digital can get pretty intense!). The debate centered around whether a public, but trusted, WiFi provider was essentially secure if you were only accessing sites with HTTPS enabled... Read more
During #DLweek, SCVO digital connected with charity senior leaders to celebrate and inspire digital change. Catch up with the key elements of the day via Sally's special recipe for success. Read more
"What new apps are you using?" (or a variant of this) is one of the most frequent questions that the @digiscot team is asked. So often in fact, that we started cataloguing the many apps and useful digital tools that came across our desks. Some we trialled, some we just logged... Read more
Skyscanner OneDay workshops At Skyscanner, we take one day each year to close down our 11 offices around the world and give everyone the chance to get involved with an activity that benefits their local community, we thought long and hard about what to call this initiative and... Read more
You could not fail to miss the coverage of the worldwide ransomware attack over the weekend which particularly affected the NHS. The scale of the attack, and its impact on public services, is unprecedented. However, similar attacks happen on a daily basis and third sector... Read more
Don't be afraid to embrace the possibilities Read more
Embracing digital has opened up the possibilities for doing more with less Read more
We can give ourselves a licence to do great things Read more
Incredible success of #myunfilteredlife campaign is beyond our wildest hopes Read more
First in a new blog series on why digital change matters, ahead of November leadership event Read more
Third sector organisations engaging in vital work around cyber security in Scotland are encouraged to apply Read more
One Digital meetups open for business across Scotland Read more
Part three of our digital participation special series Read more
After 8 months of the One Digital project Beth reflects on what it means to be a digital leader. Read more
Karen Herbert, CEO of CVS Falkirk explains in real terms what digital transformation means for a TSI Read more
Shelagh Young, Director of Scotland for Home-Start UK on third sector leadership and the Silicon Valley innovators Read more
Neil Clapperton, CEO of Grampian Housing Association explains the relevance of working towards organisational digital change within the third sector Read more
Find out how Fiona Lamont will embed digital skills with members of the Chill Out Club in Hamilton Read more
Jacqui Taylor, CEO of Lifelink explores digital connectivity projects as an Action Learning participant Read more
Annmarie from Stornoway describes how she went from technophobe to Digital Champion Read more
In the next of our One Digital blogs, find out how Lauren Gilmour from Engage Renfrewshire will use digital to triumph in her new job Read more
Vote for the Scottish Charity Awards People's Choice award and use Good HQ to tell the world why. Read more
Sally explains why Digital Leaders Salons are great events for third sector folk. Read more
An introduction to Team Digital's new Director and our exciting programme of activity Read more
With the One Digital training well under way, find out more about our initial findings and what the different sides to the project are offering Read more
One Digital are using Action Learning Sets to support third sector digital development Read more
Four reasons why action learning is key to charity digital leadership Read more
Seeking charity leaders for innovative new project to transform organisations Read more
Sally looks at how charity trustees can help their organisation make the most of digital Read more
Trustees & third sector leaders needed to help charities with digital Read more
Do you provide assisted digital or digital inclusion training services? Then this event is for you! Read more
It's a new beginning for the Milo database. Read more
A recap of the successful launch of Google for Nonprofits in Scotland Read more
Help us keep third sector organisations safe in cyberspace. Read more
The search is on for the best use of digital by a Scottish charity or social enterprise. What are you waiting for? Read more
Those nice people from Google came to our Edinburgh office this week to launch Google for Non-profits in Scotland. As a self-confessed Luddite, I went along to hear more about the range of free digital opportunities available to third sector organisations. https://twitter.com... Read more
We built ourselves a new website in a day. Here's how it's done Read more
Sue Scotland highlights the need for technological innovation in health and social care and your chance to get involved. Read more
How would you feel if your Marmite started talking to you? Read more
SCVO’s Let’s Get Digital project is set to help organisations across Scotland grow and increase their digital skills Read more
Digital is changing our world. Here are three big themes for third sector leaders to think about Read more
Here's a quick primer on an important part of Scotland's third sector digital infrastructure Read more
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: summarise this post in 140 characters or fewer Read more
It's easier than ever to get a great website up and running. Here are two excellent free tools to get you started. Read more