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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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Measuring impact

Understand what is and what is not working – and make changes. Comms to share your story. ,This blog from Citizen’s Online explains the process they have developed.,This blog from SCVO highlights how we’ve adopted this approach and what we learnt from it.,Qualitative data "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted,: Writing a blog is a great way to take some time to reflect on your learning and share it with others

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-motivators/measuring-impact

Analysing how Facebook changes will affect charities

Joe Freeman of Breast Cancer Now looks at the main changes announced by the social media giant

https://tfn.scot/opinion/analysing-how-facebook-changes-will-affect-charities

Emergency treatment saved my life

Robert Baldock, 53, has backed a charity campaign to ensure pioneering stroke treatment is used in Scotland, after having a thrombectmony saved him

https://tfn.scot/opinion/emergency-treatment-saved-my-life

Digital is booming and charities are starting to join the revolution

Paul Cardwell looks at which charities are making the best use of digital technology to explore how your organisation can become more connected.

https://tfn.scot/news/tech-special-digital-is-booming-and-charities-need-to-take-note

The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review

Few would, however, argue against the view that public trust and confidence is pivotal to everything,to the organisation or ‘cold’ lists that have been bought from agencies specialising in data sales Digital,Whilst the original recipient of a digital ‘ask’ might be based in the charity’s regulatory area, the,ease with which a digital ‘ask’ can be passed on to another person could lead to it being received in,(blog) [8] From OSCR’s Scottish Charity Surveys 2014 [9] As above [10] Rapidata (2015) Rapidata announces

https://scvo.scot/p/10161/2015/09/23/the-effectiveness-of-the-self-regulation-of-fundraising-in-scotland-an-informal-review

Getting to know GoodHQ

The time has flown by in a whirlwind of meetings about our brand new digital platform Good HQ.,s fair to say I know a bit about the reviewing process, how it affects organisations and encourages change,Well, if you don’t already know about the site, it’s a new digital platform that encourages people to,As my colleague David said in a recent blog, Good HQ was piloted at the Scottish Charity Awards.,To keep up with everything we’re doing, you can follow Good HQ on Twitter or register for an account

https://scvo.scot/p/12769/2016/06/23/getting-to-know-goodhq

A new hope

for charities and voluntary organisations, and this role at the heart of civil society isn't going to change,Make it digital This is where digital comes in, and in particular platform thinking and open feedback,success and change things for the better.,Postscript: discipline is everything It's easy to dream up additional features (we have a whiteboard,Happily the bulk of this is nearly done, and alongside the upcoming call for pilot users we'll also blog

https://scvo.scot/p/24641/2015/06/10/a-new-hope

Digital Scotland Festival 2014: we came, we saw, we conquered (nearly) all things digital

"I've learned some really neat ideas" and "I can't wait to get back to the ranch to make some changes,We rounded the day off with the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy which was a great reward at,Quite simply based on the vast array of topics we covered on anything and everything which touches on,the sphere of digital participation.,Here’s just a few of the issues I picked up on: Digital exclusion is everybody's problem and we need

https://scvo.scot/p/5035/2014/06/19/digital-scotland-festival-2014-we-came-we-saw-we-conquered-nearly-all-things-digital

Charities need to keep up with the pace of change

fantastic event recently with a clip from Hitchhikers guide: 42 is the answer to life the universe and everything,My colleague Rebecca’s blog covers the event the 2020 climate group event in more detail.,The world is changing fast, so the onus is on us to keep up.,Ian described himself as a digital non-native and explained how he often used technology first in his,The reason being, implementing regime change is difficult.

https://scvo.scot/p/8060/2015/03/02/charities-need-to-keep-up-with-the-pace-of-change

Supporting digital inclusion in Scotland’s social housing sector

They are catalysts for changing they way their organisation does things and provides services. ,A few sessions into this project we changed the running order of our surgeries.,We brought forward a session on fears and prejudices to give learners the opportunity to lay out everything,There are risks to being online, as there are risks to almost everything we do in the physical world.,Read his blog here.

https://scvo.scot/p/34539/2020/01/21/supporting-digital-inclusion-in-scotlands-social-housing-sector