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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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Hundreds of new digital champions will help vulnerable people in Scotland get online
Press release
9 September 2015
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SCVO media release 9 September 2015 The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisation (SCVO) has received investment of more than £500k from the Big Lottery Fund to help more people connect with the online world by training hundreds of people in charities across Scotland as digital... Read more

Situation report, Sprint 5
Chris Yiu
8 September 2015
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Here's the latest roundup of progress over the last fortnight. A pre-release edition of the product is online under the working title Good HQ, and we've started to roll out a small number of test accounts. Done (technical): Improved user pages showing more useful summary... Read more

Start with needs
Chris Yiu
2 September 2015
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We've been clear from the outset of this project that we're going to put our users first. Of course, when you're running product development it's easy to get carried away with the build and to lose touch with what your users actually need it to do. The team - and the people... Read more

Employability, social justice and contribution discussion paper
John Downie
27 August 2015
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People contribute to society in different ways at different times. They are driven by a need to support themselves and their families, share things with other people around them and do something meaningful with their lives. Sustainable and meaningful paid employment is the single... Read more

Situation report, Sprint 4
Chris Yiu
26 August 2015
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Here's the latest roundup of progress over the last fortnight. Pretty much all of our MVP features are in place, and we're starting to send out invites to our sandbox environment for a small number of people to begin exploring. The next sprint is mainly technical consolidation to... Read more

Funding available to help people get online
Press release
21 August 2015
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SCVO media release 21 August 2015 The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is inviting community groups to apply for funding to help get people online. The Digital Participation Challenge Fund will allocate £325k to community projects across Scotland to help people... Read more

Situation report, Sprint 3
Chris Yiu
10 August 2015
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Here's the latest roundup of progress over the last fortnight. We've had a big push to get the minimum feature set in place, and by the end of the next fortnight we should be ready to open up a sandbox environment for a wider group of users to begin testing. Done (technical... Read more

Fundraising review to maintain public trust in charities
Press release
30 July 2015
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SCVO media release 30 July 2015 The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations has launched an informal review of fundraising in Scotland to assess whether or not the current system of public charity fundraising self-regulation is working. The review, which will report back by... Read more

Things I learned
Hoyam Mahmoud
28 July 2015
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Sadly my internship has come to an end! :( It feels like I was only taken on a few weeks ago, so these three months have gone by very quickly. I am very grateful to have been given the opportunity to work for SCVO. Here are some of the things I've learned from the experience... Read more

Podcast with Stephen Boyd, STUC
Jenny Bloomfield
28 July 2015
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Politics, the new budget and the 'National Living Wage' with Stephen Boyd, STUC In the latest SCVO Policy Podcast, Policy Officer Jenny Bloomfield talks to Stephen Boyd, Assistant Secretary at STUC. Listen below to find out: What Stephen thinks of the performance of SNP MPs so... Read more