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,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?

Become a digital activist What has previously been labelled as slacktivism, is actually a great example,Another great example of digital activism is Amnesty’s #TrollPatrol, where Twitter users are encouraged,What can you do to empower people to be digital activists? 2.,It provides a really easy way for supporters to volunteer their time to help spread the word about your,Add your organisation and ask your service users and supporters to write a review.

The sixth round of the Digital Participation Charter Fund will again focus on two specific themes: supporting,SCVO Digital can support your activity at every turn, tapping into our team “hive mind” for support and,referring to other projects such as the brilliant One Digital to give you additional support, training,Meeting your pledge is easy for Charter Fund projects – by receiving support from us to deliver the digital,plenty of time to check out our previous projects, keep an eye out for our forthcoming project guest blogs

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

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.

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.,Our Digital Pioneer case studies have highlighted changes organisations have been making.,” “How boards can make a difference” “What does digital mean for funders” The rest of the agenda will,confident third sector in Scotland and guide our work on digital evolution for the next twelve months

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

In my previous blog, I talked about the process of applying for Universal Credit online and the implications,for those without basic digital skills.,Digital Service’s exemplar programme.,The GOV.UK Digital Service Standard and the related Scottish Government Digital Service Standard outline,that works effectively for people in need of support.

By way of background, Universal Credit rolls six existing benefits (housing benefit, income support,,jobseekers allowance, employment and support allowance, child tax credits and working tax credits) into,Read part 2 of the blog, exploring the implications for digital public services.Please join us at our,skills, and encourage a discussion around the support available in communities to engage with ‘digital,for projects to support people to develop basic digital skills.

There's been loads going on all across the UK in recognition of the amazing work done by trustees to support,Here at SCVO we've had blogs on a range of topics, from being a trustee in the digital world to the importance