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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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Community groups benefit from digital funding

​SCVO have launched a funding scheme to help get more people online

https://tfn.scot/news/community-groups-benefit-from-digital-funding

Spring Statement Briefing from SCVO and Volunteer Scotland

However, the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme offers significantly reduced support. £18.4bn over 6 months,Volunteer Scotland and the STUC launched an updated Volunteer Charter in 2019 which sets out the key,cost-of-living crisis on volunteers and volunteer involving organisations has found that volunteer participation,Another practical barrier to volunteer participation that has become more acute during the current crisis,organisations employ over 135,000 paid staff – a third more than the 100,000 staff employed in the digital

https://scvo.scot/p/58267/2023/03/13/spring-statement-briefing-from-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland

Call for Affordable Internet

Affordable Internet Campaign 04 December 2017 Our position The Scottish Government will shortly make,divide New technology and the internet continues to radically change how we live, learn and work.,participation.,Participation Charter to tackle digital exclusion, including some providing free WiFi in public places,our governance and membership structures are democratic and accountable – with an elected board and policy

https://scvo.scot/p/22875/2017/12/06/call-for-affordable-internet

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

Volunteer Scotland and the STUC launched an updated Volunteer Charter in 2019 which sets out the key,New analysis also estimates that the £5.7 billion of total donations made to charities across the UK,Reduction in volunteer participation The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on volunteer participation,there was an oversupply of volunteers compared to demand, especially in response to the Scotland Cares campaign,In addition, we believe that the proliferation of negative news stories in recent months could be further

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

Why IRISS signed the Digital Participation Charter

Ian Watson, Knowledge Media Programme Manager, explains why IRISS have signed up to the Charter and highlights,the importance of digital participation in the workplace.

https://scvo.scot/p/6709/2014/11/11/why-iriss-signed-the-digital-participation-charter

Digital participation: what's next

It's been a busy summer for Team Digital. Here's what's coming up and who's doing what.

https://scvo.scot/p/5694/2014/09/03/digital-participation-whats-next

DigiScotFest – next stop Dumfries and Galloway

The next leg of the DigiScotFest tour finds SCVO's digital participation team in Dumfries and Galloway

https://scvo.scot/p/6419/2014/10/16/digiscotfest-next-stop-dumfries-and-galloway

Employability, social justice and contribution discussion paper

to start with people: People deserve a strategic and better connected approach to supporting them to participate,It also includes support for digital spaces There is a danger that the Scottish approach to new powers,Ultimately, this approach isn’t, as some will undoubtedly be quick to categorise it, a charter for layabouts,Politically, Scotland is in the perfect policy environment within which to re-think, re-design and re-create,How should we get support to all citizens to contribute, making best use of new digital technologies,

https://scvo.scot/p/10004/2015/08/27/employability-social-justice-and-contribution-discussion-paper

SCVO response to the Scottish Government’s Social Security Consultation

SCVO’s Right Approach campaign has shown the breadth and depth of human rights expertise within the third,As well as the inhumane ATOS assessment process, charities and campaigners have long criticised other,and the new agency must avoid a digital by default approach, which has caused significant anxiety and,of benefits, as well as providing governance and policy direction.,barriers to participation in society.

https://scvo.scot/p/14097/2016/11/29/scvo-response-to-the-scottish-governments-social-security-consultation