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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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Careful now! Your emerging AI strategy 

In this blog, I’ll highlight some of the areas you should cover.,In digital, we often talk about ‘failing fast’ – trying out a small pilot to gain insights and spot pitfalls

https://scvo.scot/p/84589/2023/10/19/careful-now-your-emerging-ai-strategy

Building trust and transparency: trustees and fundraising

Hazel Crombie, shares how trustees can go the extra mile to support fundraising within their organisation

https://scvo.scot/p/54910/2022/10/26/building-trust-and-transparency-trustees-and-fundraising

How to be digital in community learning and development

discusses new guidance to help community and learning development organisations make good and safe use of digital

https://tfn.scot/opinion/digital-technology-principles-for-community-learning-and-development-sector

Tailoring communications for the digital age

The secret of success is to make use of statistics, experts told Robert Armour at Comms Rewired

https://tfn.scot/features/tailoring-communications-for-the-digital-age

Applying for funding - TFN top tips

Here are a selection of TFN articles on how to start your trust and foundation funding journey

https://tfn.scot/news/applying-for-funding-tfn-top-tips

Cost of living crisis: SCVO and Volunteer Scotland briefing for MPs

Our specific calls on the Scottish Government to act to support voluntary organisations through this,to charities and to the people we support.,and promoting and supporting innovation and improvement.,skills through training and useful volunteer development tools, policies and guidesoffer a one stop digital,organisations employ over 135,000 paid staff – a third more than the 100,000 staff employed in the digital

https://scvo.scot/p/55743/2022/11/29/cost-of-living-crisis-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland-briefing-for-mps

Agile Working and Risk Management

planning for digital inclusion in communities.,“Our Digital Champions might suffer from stage fright.”,Some of this takes time and trust, with the organisation that is supporting them, with the learners they,If in doubt, reach out to Volunteer Scotland for more support and resources.,Our How to Guide for Digital Inclusion is a great resource for this!

https://scvo.scot/p/49309/2022/03/15/agile-working-and-risk-management

Kids Company: What lessons can we learn?

This is supported by the new digital SCVO Good Governance Checkup which guides you through the principles

https://scvo.scot/p/48978/2022/02/18/kids-company-what-lessons-can-we-learn

The UK Growth Plan 2022 and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme

To administer support, the UK Government has set a Supported Wholesale Price – expected to be £211 per,This will support almost 70,000 charities and is worth more than £300m.,Digital Later this year, the UK Government will set out its plans on how it will further support digital,infrastructure projects that the government will prioritise for acceleration, across transport, energy and digital,SPICe also published a blog considering the impact on Scotland. What’s next?

https://scvo.scot/p/54109/2022/09/28/the-uk-growth-plan-2022-and-the-energy-bill-relief-scheme

Digital wellbeing for the workforce: part one

In this joint blog our Digital Participation Project Manager Aaron Slater and Digital Inclusion Development,Officer Claire Sharp explain their approach to digital wellbeing.,As we approach the end of January there’s one big topic that has dominated discussions in our team – Digital,conversation about remote working culture, our behaviours and changes we want to make to be better at supporting,Digital tools have enhanced how we work, but we now need to consider how we make the culture of remote

https://scvo.scot/p/48461/2022/01/24/digital-wellbeing-for-the-workforce-part-one

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