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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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The five challenges

digital skills.,Access to support to develop foundation and essential digital skills is least available where it’s needed,Organisations across all sectors can help narrow the digital skills gap by including digital skills training,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

Workforce digital skills

Organisations need to be able to articulate what digital skills are needed, and support their teams to,develop these skills.,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.,organisation is embedding digital skills.

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

Essential digital skills

The Essential Digital Skills Framework, launched in May 2018 after extensive consultation, and now hosted,We have now developed a new Essential Digital Skills Toolkit in consultation with over 60 organisations,, to support individuals, groups and organisations to measure their digital skills.,Digital Foundation Skills The framework also includes a section on ‘foundation’ skills, which are typically,For more information about each foundation and digital skill, visit our Digital Participation page.

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

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

The role of the Digital Motivator

Qualities of a Digital Motivator might include: Knowledge and passion about why digital skills matter,to your digital skills work.,They build support for digital skills development and recruit Digital Champions.,own digital skills and have a passion for helping others.,They are the vehicle for delivering digital skills support to other colleagues or to people who access

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-motivators/the-role-of-the-digital-motivator

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