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SCVO
Funding Scotland
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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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Best practice for funders

Intelligence Many funders are gathering intelligence and carrying out reviews to help inform strategic,produce research on coronavirus and its impact on the voluntary sector, such as our report from June 2020,or our review from September 2020.,Funders can ensure that funding made in response to the crisis can be tracked – and the best use of resources

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/never-more-needed/best-practice-for-funders

Good HQ

We built it to do three things: To help charities and good causes gather feedback about what they’re,the work they were doing, highlighting the desire to reach a new audienceDirectories require a lot of resources

https://scvo.scot/support/goodhq

Safety and security

about how to assess risk see the Catalysts step-by-step digital safeguarding guide DigiSafe in the resources,Informed consent You should gather consent before providing digital support, in the same way as you would,This standard wording for gathering consent can be adapted for your service Safeguarding vulnerable groups,in your safeguarding policies Having clear procedures to deal with concerns and complaints See the resources

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/digital-services/safety-security

User insight

You can use or adapt these questions to help you gather information.,For example, they may have a hobby that has useful free resources online.,Or, you can use and adapt these Confidence and Motivations questions to help you gather information:

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

Recruiting Digital Champions

Digital Champions are the most valuable resource a digital skills programme can have.,Start small with a pilot and gather learning around time spent providing support.,training – if your Digital Champions are delivering demo sessions or group training Developing learning resources,– if your Digital Champions have the freedom to create and curate resources to support their learners

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

SCVO Digital Call To Action 3

SCVO Digital Call To Action 3 A rapidly-changing context What changed from March 2020 Our ambition: everyone,In our previous call to action in 2018, we saw that digital change was already gathering a lot of momentum,All of this changed in March 2020.,Anti-racism, diversity and equality The 2020 Black Lives Matter protests mobilised millions of people,free up staff resource to focus on resource development and delivery.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/call-to-action-3

New service delivery models

Youth Link Scotland have good resources on digital youth work. Be ready to test, learn and iterate.,Gathering user insight and feedback Embedding a short, easy survey in your outbound communication, for,link More information See SCVO events calendar for details of upcoming DigiShift zoom calls, and this resource

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/service-delivery

SCVO Impact Report 2021/22

We’ve been there for our members and the wider sector, with resources, advice and support; we’ve told,helped to encourage good employment practices across the sector more widely by making a wide range of resources,Through this work, and through hosting events at The Gathering, TFN played a vital role in spearheading,We hosted more training events than in 2020/21, delivering 4,000 hours of learning to individuals!,In 2021/22, thousands of charities and social enterprises: Used our digital resources to progress on

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

(October 2020)

Between November 2018 and February 2020, we heard about the experiences of 637 people via a survey, interviews,pressing need for local and national public bodies to improve systematic and robust disaggregated data gathering,and use independent advocacy, advice and support organisations, and these services need sustainable resources

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/my-support-my-choice-major-report-on-peoples-experiences-of-self-directed-support-october-2020