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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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Membership

Membership directory Our latest members Leuchie House We talked to Colin Leslie, communications and marketing,manager at Leuchie House who told us all about their organisation.,“Leuchie House provides short respite breaks and 24-hour care to people affected by neurological conditions,Brexit and the pandemic have left the social care sector facing some serious staffing challenges.,attracted to join SCVO as members because SCVO is a driving force within Scotland’s charity sector, championing

https://scvo.scot/membership

Reports and news

All the latest insights from our Digital team Reports Supporting workforce digital skills in local government,Throughout 2021 SCVO Digital worked with 19 local authorities to support workforce digital skills programmes,Workforce-Skills-in-Local-GovernmentDownload Place-based digital inclusion Our Digital Inclusion team,in social housing Since 2019 our Digital Inclusion team have been working with the social housing sector,SCVO Social Housing Digital Champions Network Evaluation (2020)

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/research-and-resources/reports-and-news

Measuring impact

Manage the demand on your Digital Champions.,Digital Champions keep a tally or how many learners they’ve supported, and at the end of the week they,How confident do you feel as a Digital Champion?,What further support would be helpful in your role as a Digital Champion?,housing sector.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-motivators/measuring-impact

Evaluating success

Understanding the impact and progress of your digital inclusion support is important.,Three key actions Engage with your service users, staff and volunteers Capture Digital Champion interactions,Get them to complete the digital skills checklist at the start and after a period of support.,Digital Champion interactions Capture the type and frequency of support Digital Champions give and who,Your website, social media or online service interactions may increase.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/impact/evaluating-success

Planning your digital inclusion support

Who will be your Digital Motivator and Digital Champions? ,An informal social approach or a focus on personal goals could be best.,This could be staff training, funding, equipment or digital champion resources.,Let your service users and wider networks know about your digital inclusion support.,.”Chris Morrison, Business Support Officer, Hebridean Housing Partnership

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/understanding-digital-inclusion/planning

Essential digital skills

Digital Champion Every year, Lloyds Bank publishes its Essential Digital Skills Report.,Credit Helper (Hyde Housing/Connecting Scotland) Essential Digital Skill: Problem-solving Problem-solving,The top tip for digital champions to is to bring online safety into every session and help it become,Digital Champions can use a risk assessment process to review online safety considerations.,Champion Guide.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/understanding-digital-inclusion/essential-digital-skills

£2m to create an army of digital champions

Digital champions will help older people, the disabled and unemployed people who are not skilled at using the internet

https://tfn.scot/news/2m-to-create-an-army-of-digital-champions

Scottish Charity Awards winners 2023

voluntary sector and this year’s shortlist included 32 individuals and organisations from charities, social,Community meals, cookery lessons, English classes and a homeware shop run alongside financial and housing,This isn't the end of our digital journey, in fact we've only just got started.",Champion.,enterprises, all championing good causes, providing vital support and making our communities better

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2023

SCVO Impact Report 2021/22

We’ve grown and improved our services, championed the voluntary sector in many places, built partnerships,, as well as supporting voluntary organisations to be more digitally engaged themselves.,As a champion of Fair Work in the sector, we want to lead by example and highlight the things that get,Justice, Housing and Local Government, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland and leading,In 2021/22, thousands of charities and social enterprises: Used our digital resources to progress on

https://scvo.scot/about/work/impact-2021-22

Helping Scotland to get connected

Gareth Jones learns more about the Connecting Scotland programme, which aims to tackle digital exclusion

https://tfn.scot/features/helping-scotland-to-get-connected

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