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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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Cost of living crisis: SCVO and Volunteer Scotland briefing for MPs

Our specific calls on the Scottish Government to act to support voluntary organisations through this,to charities and to the people we support.,and promoting and supporting innovation and improvement.,skills through training and useful volunteer development tools, policies and guidesoffer a one stop digital,organisations employ over 135,000 paid staff – a third more than the 100,000 staff employed in the digital

https://scvo.scot/p/55743/2022/11/29/cost-of-living-crisis-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland-briefing-for-mps

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

SCVO response to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24 - the impact of the cost of living and public service reform

Our submission draws on evidence from: SCVO support services (funding, digital, membership support, and,Delivering better digital public services is also essential to meeting the public's expectations in the,The people most likely to be supported by public services are also those most likely to be digitally,A robust assessment of the impact of digitisation on digitally excluded people, and the development of,SCVO’s thought-leadership blog series highlights the economic return on investment generated from public

https://scvo.scot/p/52616/2022/08/19/scvo-response-to-the-finance-public-administration-committee-scotlands-public-finances-in-2023-24-the-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-and-public-service-reform

Agile Working and Risk Management

planning for digital inclusion in communities.,“Our Digital Champions might suffer from stage fright.”,Some of this takes time and trust, with the organisation that is supporting them, with the learners they,If in doubt, reach out to Volunteer Scotland for more support and resources.,Our How to Guide for Digital Inclusion is a great resource for this!

https://scvo.scot/p/49309/2022/03/15/agile-working-and-risk-management

Kids Company: What lessons can we learn?

This is supported by the new digital SCVO Good Governance Checkup which guides you through the principles

https://scvo.scot/p/48978/2022/02/18/kids-company-what-lessons-can-we-learn

Digital wellbeing for the workforce: part one

In this joint blog our Digital Participation Project Manager Aaron Slater and Digital Inclusion Development,Officer Claire Sharp explain their approach to digital wellbeing.,we approach the end of January there’s one big topic that has dominated discussions in our team – Digital,conversation about remote working culture, our behaviours and changes we want to make to be better at supporting,Digital tools have enhanced how we work, but we now need to consider how we make the culture of remote

https://scvo.scot/p/48461/2022/01/24/digital-wellbeing-for-the-workforce-part-one

Digital wellbeing for the workforce: part two

In part one of this blog my colleague Aaron Slater and I talked about the changes we were trying within,our team to improve our digital wellbeing.,To support one another to stick with these changes, we introduced a ‘diary review’ at our stand-ups to

https://scvo.scot/p/49234/2022/03/09/digital-wellbeing-for-the-workforce-part-two

Digital checkup learning – does size matter?

In this second blog on our digital checkup learning, I’m looking at whether organisation size has a big,And some areas of digital and technology require a bit of investment, which can be easier for larger ,We’ve drilled into Tools & equipment in an earlier blog post, so we won’t say more here.,Finally, the one area that every organisation needs to work on is staff digital skills.,Find out more about the Digital Check-up!

https://scvo.scot/p/44851/2021/08/27/digital-checkup-learning-does-size-matter

Digital checkup in charts

This is only a small proportion of the organisations we support, but it’s still a useful snapshot of,This blog draws on checkup results from the last 6 months, covering just over 50 organisations.,In our next blog, we’ll look at checkup results by organisation size and area of work.,Again, the technology to support this has become much simpler and more flexible.,When organisations complete our digital checkup, they have the option to book a free one-to-one support

https://scvo.scot/p/44582/2021/08/03/digital-checkup-in-charts

Six reasons to apply for the SCVO Digital Senior Leaders Programme

digital evolution project is fear.,are and where people with extra skills and confidence can support their colleagues.,Be clear where digital will bring benefits and to whom.,Sometimes digital is not always the answer.,This blog was originally written for Blackbaud Digital Futures, a deep dive on digital transformation

https://scvo.scot/p/44508/2021/07/26/six-reasons-to-apply-for-the-scvo-digital-senior-leaders-programme

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