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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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New service delivery models

Remember the need to protect privacy and support good safeguarding practice where users are sharing personal,A good approach is to try small projects over a short timeframe, then 'persevere' with what is working,give its tenants free WiFi, or a youth organisation might want to offer supported young people mobile data,If you’re capturing any personal data through a form or booking system, you will need a privacy statement,you want audience participation, Zoom is the ‘go-to’ option for larger groups, with lots of useful controls

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/service-delivery

Helping older people to live well at home

OPINION 25 January 2021 by Rab Campbell
Health & Social Care
Rab Campbell examines an initiative from Food Train and tech company SICCAR helps older people live well at home, potentially freeing up hospital beds

https://tfn.scot/opinion/helping-older-people-to-live-well-at-home

Self Directed Support failure is leaving people in despair

NEWS 18 October 2017 by Gareth Jones
Management
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The Scottish Personal Assistant Employers Network (SPAEN) has said that people are being denied their

https://tfn.scot/news/local-authorities-need-to-do-more-to-implement-social-care-reform

Digital wellbeing for the workforce: part two

OPINION 1 April 2022 by Claire Sharp
Management
Following up on last week's article, the team share what they learnt and what improvements they made to their working life.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/digital-wellbeing-for-the-workforce-part-two

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

NEWS 4 May 2021 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NeverMoreNeeded
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TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

Datawareness: focus on personal information

Maureen Falconer
22 November 2016
Posted in
Accuracy, retention, rights and the Data Protection Act

https://scvo.scot/p/14063/2016/11/22/datawareness-focus-on-personal-information

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

Jordan Ogg
23 September 2015
Posted in
A large proportion of respondents also reported personal experience of poor fundraising techniques.,The same is true for data protection legislation, an important element of the recent concerns over fundraising,Some saw donors as being expected to provide quality control by complaining.,Trustees should take greater strategic control over fundraising A sector-wide initiative is required,(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

The Internet of Things or "Is Your Marmite Watching You?"

Rebecca Stafford
1 September 2014
Posted in
over a network and therefore communicate.,In between the somewhat surreal comedy the show raised valuable questions over the benefits and potential,Who sets up the value data frame?,Both Google and Apple have come under fire for tracking and collecting personal data.,If technology is changing our behaviour and patterns of thinking who is really in control of it, the

https://scvo.scot/p/5651/2014/09/01/the-internet-of-things-or-is-your-marmite-watching-you