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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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Work needn't be a four-letter word

Fiona Brown on what makes Penumbra a special place to work.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/work-neednt-be-a-four-letter-word

The 4 Rs of good trusteeship – relationships, responsibilities, reminders and rewards

Sandy Macdonald ponders what it takes to be a good board member during Trustee's Week, and comes up with 4 Rs

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-4-rs-of-good-trusteeship-relationships-responsibilities-reminders-and-r

How we designed change

Dyslexia Scotland, a small Scottish charity, has just been ranked 130th most awarded advertiser in The World Creative Rankings - sharing space with multinationals like Kraft Heinz and Apple. And no, they don’t have Don Draper on staff. Katie Carmichael tells us how they did it...

https://tfn.scot/opinion/designing-change

Meetups the One Digital way

As my colleague Eilidh mentioned in her last blog, the One Digital team are hitting the road again this,I’m not sure whether I need to go into the positives of this one.,Rest assured, whichever One Digital meetup you decide to attend, some tasty beverages and morsels will,Our Making Digital Everyday participants noted some different priorities, choosing hooks (how to get,Sign up now to become part of an inspirational network of change makers!

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

The war on the Commonweal: taking a stand in 2014

Control of Information First of all we have a digital communication revolution that has changed our whole,We need to know what these people are doing, what is really going on and we need to hear many different,Making a stand, inspires others and it does take courage and imagination.,Iceland, for example, has become an inspiration for many – the way it dealt with one of the worst banking,Research Unit London School of Economics and Political Science June 2012 [15] http://www.democracynow.org/blog

https://scvo.scot/p/2963/2014/01/08/the-war-on-the-commonweal-taking-a-stand-in-2014

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

Instead, they are intended help develop a regulatory system that truly inspires trust and confidence,Some involve the public, some are aimed at particular individuals and some involve organisations such,This name change provides a step in the right direction toward some much needed clarity.’ 4.2.4 Membership,Whilst the original recipient of a digital ‘ask’ might be based in the charity’s regulatory area, the,(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

#OneDigital Action Learning Sets

Action Learning Sets and lead on Lifelink’s digital connectivity projects.,Sound’s great but what does digital connectivity for Lifelink really mean?,needs of our clients and offers customer choice; enhanced communication across our sites; streamlined,So what’s been happening since joining the action learning set in February: I’ve met some really inspiring,I’ve just written by first ever blog!

https://scvo.scot/p/12478/2016/05/09/onedigital-action-learning-sets

Getting involved through Good HQ

Over the past few months, we’ve been working away at SCVO to develop Good HQ, a new digital platform,Through this process, we collected over 200 inspiring stories from supporters across Scotland.,Head on over to Good HQ to check out what people said about some of the 2016 Charity Awards winners,,our aim was to bring in new functionality to start connecting more volunteers to organisations who need,some help.

https://scvo.scot/p/12745/2016/06/14/getting-involved-through-good-hq

Getting to know GoodHQ

The time has flown by in a whirlwind of meetings about our brand new digital platform Good HQ.,As my colleague David said in a recent blog, Good HQ was piloted at the Scottish Charity Awards.,It was a big success, with 200 inspiring stories added to the site about how a range of charities have,local charity, and that 20% of people learned about a local charity only when a family member or friend needed,We’ve already seen fantastic feedback left about some of the work taking place across the country.

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

Digital participation: research, reports & blogs

There have been a plethora of events and subsequently blogs around digital participation this last couple,this week, I think it’s a pretty good starter for ten that we can galvanise around Yes, soon – we just need,Blogs: A really neat blog from Carolyne Mitchell @Cal444 summing up the National Digital Leaders 2016,Some takeaways applicable to all of us.,Not exactly a ‘how to’ but for inspiration here are the 150 best nonprofit websites (US focused).

https://scvo.scot/p/12777/2016/06/29/digital-participation-research-reports-blogs