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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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What a difference a year makes

In late March lockdown showed that charities needed immediate help and support.,Our Digital Evolution manager John’s recent blog gives a brilliant summary of exactly this with his 10,Creating great content I learnt how to write smarter content, wrote case studies and blog posts, and,I learnt that I adore being in a support role, using my skills to enable my outstanding colleagues to,Team digi is the best, most supportive, curious team I have ever worked with.

https://scvo.scot/p/42840/2021/03/29/what-a-difference-a-year-makes

Digital Participation funding – helping us go the distance!

One key area of work has been digital participation.,Digital participation was gaining real momentum.,The Digital Participation Charter Fund has been operating for some years with the support of the Scottish,The Device Refurbishment Support Fund will provide grants of up to £15,000 to support projects operating,We'll be bringing you guest blogs from a number of our past projects over the coming weeks which we hope

https://scvo.scot/p/42551/2021/03/02/digital-participation-funding-helping-us-go-the-distance

Cyber Security - a how to guide

Working remotely means you need to find a balance between supporting your staff and volunteers to access

https://scvo.scot/p/38509/2020/05/27/cyber-security-a-how-to-guide

The storm before the calm?

promising my colleague and partner in Cyber Scotland Week crime Siobhan Mercer, that I would write a blog,Firstly, from the SCVO stable… Your digital footprint – what does the internet know about you?,The partnership is a collaboration of 10 organisations joining together to support one another and the,This blog has only just scraped the surface of the brilliant stuff available and, with only 17 more sleeps,Same time next week for another blog? Watch this space!

https://scvo.scot/p/42152/2021/02/05/storm-before-calm

Introducing the Cyber Catalyst Network

up of organisations who have committed at Board level to act as ambassadors for cyber education and support,but I am in awe of what the members of “MY” ;-) group do to support cyber resilience in the third sector,You may have read in my previous blog about the brilliant work by SightScotland which saw the production,This all-day event, titled “Housing now, Housing’s Future” has a theme of Digital Empowerment and Leadership,The Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS) are running a public event on cyber basics

https://scvo.scot/p/42313/2021/02/16/cyber-catalyst-network

Renewing Scotland’s full potential in a digital world

These efforts include managing Scotland’s Digital Participation Charter, supporting organisations to,We support a vision that tackles digital exclusion that takes account of: MotivationAffordability of,An ethical and confident digital Scotland needs to support citizens to understand the technologies they,to build capacity to provide digital skills support: “We would welcome support from other local organisations,Digital identity Stakeholders were also broadly supportive of a digital identity, but wary of certain

https://scvo.scot/p/42425/2020/12/24/renewing-scotlands-full-potential-in-a-digital-world

The UK Growth Plan 2022 and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme

To administer support, the UK Government has set a Supported Wholesale Price – expected to be £211 per,This will support almost 70,000 charities and is worth more than £300m.,Digital Later this year, the UK Government will set out its plans on how it will further support digital,infrastructure projects that the government will prioritise for acceleration, across transport, energy and digital,SPICe also published a blog considering the impact on Scotland. What’s next?

https://scvo.scot/p/54109/2022/09/28/the-uk-growth-plan-2022-and-the-energy-bill-relief-scheme

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

SES & SCVO submission to Economy, Energy & Fair Work Committee

We ask the Committee to seek to understand how enterprise agencies and SNIB will support the wellbeing,The sector has ensured that emergency funds and digital equipment could reach those at most risk of being,Citizens would have the means to communicate with service providers digitally and face to face, and citizens,The recent blog by Scottish Government highlights the reductions in friction, effort, risk and cost if,Not only is the investment needed to build these trusted connections, digital relationships and citizen-centred

https://scvo.scot/p/39842/2020/08/03/ses-scvo-submission-to-economy-energy-fair-work-committee

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