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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Could the Digital Participation Charter Fund be your perfect match?

seventh round of the Digital Participation Charter Fund is now open and SCVO Digital looks forward to,supporting further development of essential digital skills across Scotland.,With 85 projects funded over the past 3 rounds, the Charter Fund has supported some excellent digital,We are passionate about supporting the development of essential digital skills across Scotland and take,We will also be bringing you weekly project guest blogs over the duration of the application window which

https://scvo.scot/p/29979/2019/02/14/could-the-digital-participation-charter-fund-be-your-perfect-match

Digital bookmark: Notes from digital inclusion research

This work has recently taken me to Stirling to meet with the team, and to Glasgow to meet with Victim Support,which supports individuals to achieve economic outcomes and while this remains important, it doesn't,necessarily develop meaningful digital understanding nor support folk in engaging with wider social,We don’t just want to support individuals to fill out a form, nor to be able to find their way around,teams from Our Connected Neighbourhood and Alzheimer Scotland, I’d request that everyone reading this blog

https://scvo.scot/p/27066/2018/10/16/digital-bookmark-notes-from-digital-inclusion-research

A new hope

What we do have is a candidate digital solution for an identified user need, which we are rapidly crafting,Make it digital This is where digital comes in, and in particular platform thinking and open feedback,Platform thinking is about taking a fresh look at how we operate, with a view to providing a supportive,Open feedback isn't new, but digital tools make it far easier for people to share their stories, celebrate,Happily the bulk of this is nearly done, and alongside the upcoming call for pilot users we'll also blog

https://scvo.scot/p/24641/2015/06/10/a-new-hope

AI and the third sector

Not only can chatbots be used by charities for all kinds of interactions with customers and supporters,information an individual is presented with will dictate which organisations are able to reach potential supporters,Hosted by SCVO Digital Director David McNeill, you can book your place here.

https://scvo.scot/p/23628/2018/01/19/ai-and-the-third-sector

The Charity Digital Skills Report 2018

SCVOs digital evolution programme focuses on supporting organisations to understand how digital technologies,So, I guess we’d be being a bit hypocritical if we didn’t support the Charity Digital Skills Report 2018,What better way of helping us to help you than telling us exactly the support and development opportunities

https://scvo.scot/p/24106/2018/01/31/the-charity-digital-skills-report-2018

How do you ask people to write reviews?

Digi-tale There are lots of digital opportunities to encourage people to share their charity tales.,For example when Stirling Soup first joined Good HQ, they asked their supporters on Facebook to share,You might also want to consider doing a regular blog post, sharing reviews from Good HQ as well as other,It’s not all about digital Asking people for reviews isn’t all about being digital – don’t forget your

https://scvo.scot/p/21688/2017/11/09/how-do-you-ask-people-to-write-reviews

Under construction

more advanced, effective, or usable state This is the start of something big – a project to improve digital,Hi, I'm Calum I recently started working at SCVO and head up the Web Team within Digital.,I'll be using this blog to document the development of all our web properties to help colleagues within,On this blog, we'll be writing not only about what we're doing but also how we're planning and organising,and the public to quickly find and share content curated by the organisation – as well as providing support

https://scvo.scot/p/24689/2016/03/08/under-construction

Digital inclusion and the circular economy

All your systems are digital.,concentrate our efforts and provide the support our sector really needs.,Old laptops are being converted into Chromebooks and used to support more people online.,Digital inclusion is so important. It changes lives.,Read our report ‘Natural Allies: Digital inclusion and the circular economy’ here.

https://scvo.scot/p/61858/2023/08/31/little-green-shoots-digital-inclusion-and-the-circular-economy

The power of a shared journey

Katya Allcott of Scottish Mentoring Network blogs about her organisation’s digital journey It’s April,for students about to enter the workplace, to staff members of a bakery – would be looking to us for support,Our priority was to try and support our members – and I realised quite quickly that we couldn’t generate,So where are now on our digital journey? In many ways we are at the most exciting stage.,will be interrogating all our digital assets to ensure that they are still fit for purpose.

https://scvo.scot/p/60524/2023/07/03/the-power-of-a-shared-journey

Tackling social isolation through digital drop-ins

This week we’re opening our 12th Digital Drop-In , funded by the Digital Participation Charter Fund.,Through the Drop-In we provide people with friendly, informal help and support with basic digital skills,real focus on tackling social isolation and loneliness, benefiting our volunteers and the people they support,We then love to SHARE LEARNING through blogs like this, and this autumn we are running a series of events,Have a digital project idea?

https://scvo.scot/p/25165/2018/04/27/tackling-social-isolation-through-digital-drop-ins

Our work to help organisations grow their digital capacity is supported by: