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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
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Remote working

Digital tools have made it easier than ever before to work remotely and stay in touch with your team.

There are a few key points to keep in mind to make sure you work well when you’re not sharing a physical space with the rest of your team.

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Enable your staff to work from home

You should be thinking about how your staff will work at home and you will need to provide any equipment they need to best perform their job.

Tools for keeping in touch

You will need to plan how your team will keep in touch with each other.

Virtual meetings & video calls

Virtual meetings and video calls (sometimes called video conferencing) have rapidly become a common part of people's working lives. They will be an essential part of how your team works.

Work in the cloud

Working remotely as a team gives the perfect encouragement to move to the cloud if you haven't already.

Supporting your people while working remotely

All the technology we have at our fingertips today certainly makes remote working easier. However there's a difference between occasional working from home and a sudden shift to 100% remote working.
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The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The Robertson Trust
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The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises.
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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.