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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

SCVO Digital team have used an approach called ‘snapshot week’ which was developed by Citizen’s Online,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.,A survey can be an easy way to gather data fairly quickly and it gives the person completing it a structure,Video recordings: Conversations on Zoom or Teams can be a really effective way of capturing stories.

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

New service delivery models

organisations to share best practice through regular DigiShift zoom calls, DigiListen podcasts and blogs,See also our blog post on questions about privacy and security when using Zoom.If you’re running a Zoom,Gathering user insight and feedback Embedding a short, easy survey in your outbound communication, for,for details of upcoming DigiShift zoom calls, and this resource page for access to call recordings, blogs,team to explore issues and priorities in a bit more detail.

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

Data ethics, risk, and privacy

an overview of your responsibilities and links to further guidance.For more on data ethics, see this blog,Here are a few key steps to take: Educate and support team members who are working with data on how to

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/data/data-ethics-risk-and-privacy

Don’t panic: charity storm clouds have a silver lining

Susan Smith says don’t panic about falling trust levels, be proactive and seize the opportunity to create good news

https://tfn.scot/opinion/theres-a-silver-lining-within-the-current-storm-of-bad-news

Come to this year’s Gathering

Alex Thomson on how he plans this year's Gathering to be one big charity love in

https://tfn.scot/opinion/love-charity-come-to-this-years-gathering

SCVO response to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24,- the impact of the cost of living and public service reform

Our policy team work closely with the voluntary sector, the Scottish Government, COSLA, and the Scottish,Our submission draws on evidence from: SCVO support services (funding, digital, membership support, and,Our funding team is engaging with independent funders to consider the contribution that they can make,SCVO’s thought-leadership blog series highlights the economic return on investment generated from public,The Third Sector Unit should have a role in gathering this information and publishing an accurate picture

https://scvo.scot/p/52616/2022/08/19/scvo-response-to-the-finance-public-administration-committee-scotlands-public-finances-in-2023-24-the-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-and-public-service-reform

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

Qualitative evidence was gathered through an online survey which elicited more than seven hundred and,stipulations, such as whether or not bags may be left on the pavement, or whether a non-fundraising team,However, the evidence that has been gathered is sufficient to identify the following improvements to,Foundation for Scotland John Brady: Head of Fundraising, St Andrew’s Hospice Alison Greig: Development Team,(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

Meetups the One Digital way

As my colleague Eilidh mentioned in her last blog, the One Digital team are hitting the road again this,autumn to reunite our Digital Champions and bring in new enthusiasts.,Meetups are informal meetings or gatherings.,One Digital meetups are for anyone in the third sector who has an interest in digital.,our One Digital meetup page.

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

How See Me benefited from taking a digital risk

In the second of our charity leaders blog series, Lisa Cohen from See Me explains what happened when,her organisation took a digital risk.,We also use digital technology to promote our campaigns and key messages.,The team at Something Something came up with the concept of #myunfilteredlife which goes against the,Will it gather energy and momentum? Will it get a reaction?

https://scvo.scot/p/13771/2016/10/03/how-see-me-scotland-benefited-from-taking-a-digital-risk