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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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New funding announced to increase digital skills

Since the Charter Fund opened in 2014 it has supported over 15,000 high-need learners to develop basic,The Welcoming is one of over 100 organisations who have benefitted from Charter Fund support.,skills to support their lives here.,who can support digital participation in unexpected ways.,*This blog originally featured on the Scottish Government's blog site on 5 April 2018.

https://scvo.scot/p/25048/2018/04/11/new-funding-announced-to-increase-digital-skills

Small actions can have a big impact

Become a digital activist What has previously been labelled as slacktivism, is actually a great example,Another great example of digital activism is Amnesty’s #TrollPatrol, where Twitter users are encouraged,What can you do to empower people to be digital activists? 2.,It provides a really easy way for supporters to volunteer their time to help spread the word about your,Add your organisation and ask your service users and supporters to write a review.

https://scvo.scot/p/25078/2018/04/18/small-actions-can-have-a-big-impact

Tackling social isolation through digital drop-ins

This week we’re opening our 12th Digital Drop-In , funded by the Digital Participation Charter Fund.,Through the Drop-In we provide people with friendly, informal help and support with basic digital skills,real focus on tackling social isolation and loneliness, benefiting our volunteers and the people they support,We then love to SHARE LEARNING through blogs like this, and this autumn we are running a series of events,Have a digital project idea?

https://scvo.scot/p/25165/2018/04/27/tackling-social-isolation-through-digital-drop-ins

Meetups the One Digital way

As my colleague Eilidh mentioned in her last blog, the One Digital team are hitting the road again this,autumn to reunite our Digital Champions and bring in new enthusiasts.,One Digital meetups are for anyone in the third sector who has an interest in digital.,One Digital meetups will explore how to increase communication with your supporters via social media,,our One Digital meetup page.

https://scvo.scot/p/13317/2016/08/05/meetups-the-one-digital-way

Be a confident online explorer on Internaut Day

I’m writing this blog on Internaut Day 2016, the 25th anniversary of Sir Tim Berners-Lee inventing the,Our research and resources blog is just one way of helping.,but only very slightly), here’s an interesting PDF report on focus groups with Girlguiding members, supported,Meanwhile, a recent doteveryone digizones blog talks about how they're encouraging neighbours to help,each other to develop basic digital skills.

https://scvo.scot/p/13412/2016/08/23/be-a-confident-internet-explorer-on-internaut-day

Great funding opportunity for non-profits

up to £35,000 to charities, not-for-profit organisations and state funded schools and colleges, to support,Here in SCVO's Digital team we know there are lots of organisations across Scotland working hard to help,people gain the digital skills they need to thrive in today’s world.,Perhaps you are part of a charity helping disadvantaged young people use technology to support their,If your organisation is looking for funding to support people to get online then keep an eye out for

https://scvo.scot/p/13420/2016/08/24/great-funding-opportunity-for-non-profits

A Call to Action: Agenda 2018

Last year SCVO supported a group of senior leaders from a wide range of organisations to launch a Call,to Action for a Digitally Confident Third Sector in Scotland.,Our Digital Pioneer case studies have highlighted changes organisations have been making.,” “How boards can make a difference” “What does digital mean for funders” The rest of the agenda will,confident third sector in Scotland and guide our work on digital evolution for the next twelve months

https://scvo.scot/p/16323/2017/10/18/a-call-to-action-unconference-agenda-2018

Under construction

more advanced, effective, or usable state This is the start of something big – a project to improve digital,Hi, I'm Calum I recently started working at SCVO and head up the Web Team within Digital.,I'll be using this blog to document the development of all our web properties to help colleagues within,On this blog, we'll be writing not only about what we're doing but also how we're planning and organising,and the public to quickly find and share content curated by the organisation – as well as providing support

https://scvo.scot/p/24689/2016/03/08/under-construction

Can you help support the development of basic digital skills?

The sixth round of the Digital Participation Charter Fund will again focus on two specific themes: supporting,SCVO Digital can support your activity at every turn, tapping into our team “hive mind” for support and,referring to other projects such as the brilliant One Digital to give you additional support, training,Meeting your pledge is easy for Charter Fund projects – by receiving support from us to deliver the digital,plenty of time to check out our previous projects, keep an eye out for our forthcoming project guest blogs

https://scvo.scot/p/24980/2018/03/28/can-you-help-support-the-development-of-basic-digital-skills

Tomorrow’s tutors: digital champions in Sutherland

Below is a blog by the team at Lairg and District Learning Centre, and their experience of the Digital,"We applied for the Charter Fund last year, keen not only to support our tutors with their own professional,development but, vitally, to support those who attend our courses with basic digital skills.,We wanted to support them to try things out in a supportive peer environment, to share their own learning,"In all, we’ve supported 113 students with basic digital skills so far – but this number will steadily

https://scvo.scot/p/25227/2018/05/14/tomorrows-tutors-digital-champions-in-sutherland

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