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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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“This is not the time for perfection” and other brilliant ideas from Beth Kanter

post by Beth Kanter Virtual Meeting Check-Ins & Icebreakers During A Pandemic blog post by Beth Kanter, Ways To Use Zoom Breakout Rooms To Increase Meeting Engagement blog post by Beth Kanter The Secret To, to Boost Resilience During a Pandemic blog post by Beth Kanter My top ten remote working tips blog post, by John Fitzgerald, SCVO How to stay connected while working remotely blog post by Chris Thorpe, The,Catalyst Useful digital alternatives if you miss post-it notes Web whiteboard to draw and write together

https://scvo.scot/p/37698/2020/04/27/brilliant-ideas-from-beth-kanter

New world, same rules: safeguarding and privacy

SCVO Digital are producing a series of blogs in response to questions and challenges the voluntary sector,Staying safe online is a massive topic, and we can’t cover all of it in this blog.,See Alison's detailed blog on privacy and security issues to keep in mind when using Zoom.,And you’ll want to ensure that young or vulnerable people you are supporting with online services are,- A beginner’s guide to adding online support to your young people’s mental health and wellbeing service

https://scvo.scot/p/37150/2020/04/02/new-world-same-rules-safeguarding-and-privacy

Safeguarding online: How Young Somerset digitised their 1-to-1 therapy service in just one week

Their digital infrastructure could best be described as ‘fledgling’.,How to keep young people engaged and supported in the immediate short-term - so they know support is,This is what gave me the energy to approach digital head on.,and are developing a protocol for digital open access youth work.,therapeutic work in the long-term future” Nik Harwood For more information on using Zoom, see the latest blog

https://scvo.scot/p/37269/2020/04/08/safeguarding-online-how-young-somerset-digitised-their-1-to-1-therapy-service-in-just-one-week

10 no-cost, high impact digital changes you can make today

Right across the voluntary sector, organisations have moved faster and further than ever with digital,Digital services are only useful when they meet user needs.,Digital tools are very flexible, but you need to be clear about your priorities and parameters to use,core content and repackage it in bitesized chunks that meet your user’s needs (that’s how I wrote this blog,When you feel behind the curve with digital, it can feel like you need to fix everything at once.

https://scvo.scot/p/42583/2021/03/02/10-no-cost-high-impact-digital-changes-you-can-make-today

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

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

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

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