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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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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,There are different types of Digital Champions (referenced in our Digital Champion Guide), and you should,your Digital Champions have the freedom to create and curate resources to support their learners Providing

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

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

The role of the Digital Champion

It can also feel like a big responsibility and this guide is here to help support you.,In this guide we will use the term ‘Digital Champions’ to cover all these terms.,Jim’s excited at the idea of getting online but he doesn’t know where to start.,Example:Brenda wants to spend some of her free time supporting people to get online.,to help out and ensure everyone gets the support they need.

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

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.,friends, family and loved ones is a very popular motivator for getting a device and learning to use.,– 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/understanding-digital-inclusion/essential-digital-skills

Enter the Scottish Charity Awards 2017

Charities and voluntary organisations can now enter the Scottish Charity Awards 2017

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

Self-isolation, social distancing and digital inclusion

, or use these guides from Digital Unite.,provider and to get a link.,Self-isolation Usually our approach is to use Digital Champions to help build skills and confidence through,able to take advantage from your digital inclusion, without close contact.,To help share ideas and best practice we have set up a Digital Champions workspace on Slack.

https://scvo.scot/p/36063/2020/03/17/self-isolation-social-distancing-and-digital-inclusion

Digital Champions in social housing network - reflections during coronavirus

Champions supporting tenants across the social housing sector. ,Combined with an urgency to help people get online to access life-line services, your own network of,So, we recently had a virtual meetup with several of our social housing Digital Motivators (DMs) from,Person-centred support – The DMs all agreed that another digital inclusion guiding principle of ‘keeping,Champion support, how to get in touch and signposting to other relevant services is important.

https://scvo.scot/p/37649/2020/04/23/digital-champions-in-social-housing-network-reflections-during-coronavirus

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