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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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Fife Council launch workforce digital skills support network

It is a mammoth task to support almost 18,000 staff with their digital skills to ensure a digitally confident,to embed digital skills support for all employees across the council.,digital nudges to support everyone’s digital skills.,Working out the digital skills strengths and gaps in your own workforce is easy with our workforce digital,Suggested additional reading on this topic is our report on Supporting workforce digital skills in local

https://scvo.scot/p/60127/2023/06/06/fife-council-launch-workforce-digital-skills-support-network

Scots to benefit from funding to support essential digital skills

Three new funds have been announced to help boost digital participation in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-to-benefit-from-funding-to-support-essential-digital-skills

Workforce digital skills

Organisations need to be able to articulate what digital skills are needed, and support their teams to,We can offer one-to-one sessions on workforce digital skills, as well as helping you undertake a workforce,digital skills audit and take action to address gaps.,Organisations have a responsibility to support their staff to do their jobs, and to support their services,organisation is embedding digital skills.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/digital-inclusion-support/workforce-digital-skills

The five challenges

digital skills.,Access to support to develop foundation and essential digital skills is least available where it’s needed,Organisations tackling poverty and inequality should include digital skills assessment and support as,Face-to-face digital skills support based in local communities (for example, in libraries) should be,Organisations should use the range of existing online digital skills support available (for example,

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/roadmap/the-five-challenges-4

Recruiting Digital Champions

Digital Champions are the most valuable resource a digital skills programme can have.,Digital skills are more likely to be developed when the learner is supported through a trusted relationship,Is it to support the digital skills of your workforce?,skills, whether it's a formal update of job descriptions or whether it is embedded in the core support,and the current level of digital skills of the people you intend to support (intensity of support). 

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

Scotland's Digital Participation Charter Fund

Getting people online and developing basic digital skills in Scotland’s communities is key to tackling,Over the past three years, the Digital Participation Challenge Fund and Charter Fund have supported 126,projects across Scotland to get people online and develop basic digital skills.,Supported by the Scottish Government and BT, the new Digital Participation Charter Fund is now open for,, social isolation and other forms of inequality to embed basic digital skill development work into their

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/charter-funding

Making change happen

Not understanding the importance or relevance of digital skills for the workforce or for supporting user,people don’t need digital skills support.,digital skills.,workforce, either through learning new digital skills or acting as a Digital Champion to support others,Digital Skills for Work will also help you with your Digital Skills for Life.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-motivators/making-change-happen

The role of the Digital Champion

It’s likely you already have the soft skills to be a Digital Champion.,Being a Digital Champion is more about people skills than it is about digital skills.,You may have most of the digital skills to offer support to others, but if you’re not sure, it’s important,Top Tip You can use SCVO’s Essential Digital Skills Check-up to help measure these skills.,She is supported by the community centre staff and provides digital skills support every Wednesday between

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

Your Digital Champions

We're more likely to learn a new skill when supported by someone we already know.,They are also likely to have most of the digital skills to offer others support.,This will help you to identify key digital skills for life and work they need more support to develop,Learners will often return to someone they trust for more digital skills support.,Digital Champions often provide support to their colleagues too.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-champions-2

Scotland's Digital Participation Challenge fund

Our Digital Participation Challenge Fund, supported by the Scottish Government, the ERDF and BT, invests,The projects that we’re supporting will enable groups and organisations to digitise content, build digital,networks and improve the digital skills of their members, so that they can continue to thrive in the,The project must be about developing the basic digital skills of am organisation’s staff or the people,to fill out a short questionnaire to gauge their basic digital skills Provide regular progress updates

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/challenge-fund

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