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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Supporting Families in the Digital Age

when offering family support.,Supporting parents and carers who are supporting young people?,All groups supported extensively by the third sector. We therefore have a duty of digital care.,So what can we do to support families in the digital space?,Further reading: *All* the blogs over here at Parenting for a Digital Future !

https://scvo.scot/p/35654/2020/02/24/supporting-families-in-the-digital-age

My top ten remote working tips

At SCVO we support lots of charities to grow their digital capability.,See my colleague Alison's blog on the privacy and security issues to keep in mind when using Zoom.Get,To support charities getting to grips with this situation, we are offering Scottish charities a free,15-minute chat with a digital expert to help you get started. 

https://scvo.scot/p/35969/2020/03/16/my-top-ten-remote-working-tips

Digital for Good: The Scottish community helping you achieve your mission through technology

Digital for Good have an awesome opportunity for your organisation to grasp those new digital opportunities,All of them eager to help support charities to be more digital and take advantage of all the benefits,Make 2020 the year that your organisation grasps those new digital opportunities, begins that new digital,for the community in his blog below… What is Digital for Good?,their skills to charities by collaborating on digital projects.Incubating and supporting community-initiated

https://scvo.scot/p/34223/2020/01/07/digital-for-good-the-scottish-community-helping-you-achieve-your-mission-through-technology

Supporting digital inclusion in Scotland’s social housing sector

, influence, shape and flex within their organisation to help make digital inclusion part of that support,Essential Digital Skills and where to access resources to develop digital skills.,Read his blog here.,Creating the culture that supports digital means we must listen to these fears so that they don’t become,for the Digital Economy.

https://scvo.scot/p/34539/2020/01/21/supporting-digital-inclusion-in-scotlands-social-housing-sector

The Essential Digital Skills Toolkit - a digital journey

Last month, visitors to this site may have enjoyed a blog about the journey SCVO has been on to create,a digitally confident third sector in Scotland by my colleague and Head of Digital, Sally Dyson.,As a Digital Participation Officer, a large part of my role is to support organisations on their digital,we advise organisations who would like to record data to build it in to an online survey and offer support,said the service users’ they support would be at foundation level, if not lower.

https://scvo.scot/p/34207/2020/01/07/34207

Cyber safe as houses!

And now, I've been asked to write a blog on cyber security.,On the face of it this is unlikely as me writing a blog on my first marathon or how I won Bake Off!,My own organisation provides housing advice and support to over 700 clients per year.

https://scvo.scot/p/34214/2020/01/07/cyber-safe-as-houses

Digital kick-off

Blogging on their project, Craig Wilson from Big Hearts explained how they were embedding digital skills,A huge part of what we do in the Digital Team at SCVO is sharing learning to support the voluntary sector,Andrew Todd, General Manager, West Lothian Youth Foundation “We will be using the funding to support,participation project we have a directory of organisations and projects that we’ve supported to draw,Our network of Digital Champions provide personalised and ongoing support to help people in their communities

https://scvo.scot/p/33152/2019/10/25/digital-kick-off

The continued journey of a Cyber Resilience Co-ordinator, now aged 3.5 months…

In my last blog I described how I had spent a large amount of my first few weeks trying to get to grips,with the cyber support landscape here in Scotland.,call of grants worth £1000 each, provided to the third sector as part of the Scottish Government supported,with compliance for future contract bids Encourage staff toward updating record-keeping practices to digital

https://scvo.scot/p/33079/2019/10/18/the-continued-journey-of-a-cyber-resilience-co-ordinator-now-aged-3-months

6 big questions charity digital leaders need to ask

They started with this problem and built a simple web chat tool for their website, supporting thousands,change it’s vital that they understand what support and training they need to get there.,tackle social exclusion by supporting people in communities to develop essential digital skills.,Whether it’s the CRM that tracks volunteer impact or the online support tool for your users – always,A version of this blog originally appeared on Charity Digital News.

https://scvo.scot/p/33081/2019/10/18/6-big-questions-charity-digital-leaders-need-to-ask

Taking a Holistic Approach to Digital Inclusion

Having joined the SCVO’s digital motivators group back in April, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting digital,inclusion initiatives and networks of digital advocates.,I’d like to clarify at the very outset of this blog post that, in my opinion, there is no ‘bad’ digital,How can each component be used to improve digital inclusion?,turn, to online information and resources; andSkills & knowledge: offers resources and coaching to support

https://scvo.scot/p/32575/2019/09/17/taking-a-holistic-approach-to-digital-inclusion

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