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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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Recruiting Digital Champions

If Digital Motivators are changemakers, then Digital Champions are the agents of change.,Champion you can check out 'The Role of the Digital Champion' Getting the right people to be Digital,about the positive impact digital can have on people’s lives Patient Before you start your recruitment,Is it to support the digital skills of your workforce?,There are different types of Digital Champions (referenced in our Digital Champion Guide), and you should

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-motivators/recruiting-digital-champions

Approach

it's time to start developing your approach.,We sometimes refer to these leaders as 'Digital Motivators'.,As a Digital Motivator, you'll need to think about how you bring people along with you.,Staff learning and development: does your organisation have a strategy to support digital upskilling?,But before we get there, it's important when you're designing your approach to digital inclusion that

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

Engaging with a new learner

Before you start supporting someone to build their digital skills and confidence you will need to invest,some time in understanding their motivations and fears about getting online.,Embedding digital inclusion support into your service can help.,This tells us that motivation is a key challenge for a Digital Champion.,As a Digital Champion, your goal is to keep your learner motivated and excited about being online.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-champions/engaging-with-a-new-learner

Measuring impact

Understand and respond to the needs of your Digital Champions.,Manage the demand on your Digital Champions.,data on the activities of your Digital Champions.,Digital Champions keep a tally or how many learners they’ve supported, and at the end of the week they,What further support would be helpful in your role as a Digital Champion?

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

Planning your digital inclusion support

Starting your digital inclusion journey Here are some key things to consider when planning your digital,Who will be your Digital Motivator and Digital Champions? ,Get the right people to drive and deliver your digital inclusion activities. It's vital to success!,This could be staff training, funding, equipment or digital champion resources.,Let your service users and wider networks know about your digital inclusion support.

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

Village halls as digital champions

Tips for turning your village or community hall into a digital hub Here are some top tips for thinking,That’s what makes them ideal places to host digital champions! What can a village hall do?,Support local volunteers to become digital champions.,Digital champions are anyone that helps someone get online.,The motivation to get online is all about making the internet appealing.

https://scvo.scot/support/village-community-halls/digital/digital-champions

Essential digital skills

You can use SCVO’s Digital Skills Check-up tool to measure your own or your learner’s digital skills.,Keeping in touch with friends, family and loved ones is a very popular motivator for getting a device,– Net Aware) Digital Communication (Barclay Digital Wings) Video Calling (Learn My Way) Getting Started,Safe Online) That's the end of the Digital Champion Guide.,Before you leave, you can check out the last part of the Digital Motivator Guide: measuring impact or

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

The role of the Digital Champion

That's what a Digital Champion does.,It can also feel like a big responsibility and this guide is here to help support you.,Could I be a Digital Champion?,listener Able to explain things in simple terms Understanding of people’s interests and motivations for,In this guide we will use the term ‘Digital Champions’ to cover all these terms.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-champions/the-role-of-the-digital-champion

Impact Report 2023/24

your organisation and to help you to save time, money and get expert advice. £64,000 saved for members,including our: New guide to closing down a charity Updated guide to finding funding New charity law,To support this new guidance, SCVO developed resources and guides, ran an exclusive Goodmoves special,We built relationships and championed the work of the voluntary sector to the media, influencers and,Get in touch

https://scvo.scot/about/work/impact

Enter the Scottish Charity Awards 2017

NEWS 10 March 2017 by Alex Turnbull
Management
Charities and voluntary organisations can now enter the Scottish Charity Awards 2017

https://tfn.scot/news/time-to-enter-the-scottish-charity-awards-2017

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