Posts tagged Digital

Many Scottish charities use Beacon CRM to manage relationships with donors, supporters, volunteers, and beneficiaries. On 3 August, Beacon informed their customers of a cyber security incident involving unauthorised access to copies of customer database backups. Beacon have set... Read more

I'm just catching up on the recently published R100 interim evaluation report and it's clear it's heading towards being an infrastructure success but not yet a full inclusion success...Scotland’s R100 programme is rightly recognised as a major infrastructure achievement... Read more

In recent weeks, I’ve been soaking up the sunshine and logging steps for our workplace step count challenge, all the while engaging in some really interesting walk-and-talks with staff and volunteers from charities, community groups, and social enterprises across Scotland. We’ve... Read more

Recently, we submitted our response to the UK Government’s Call for Evidence on the Digital Inclusion Action Plan—a new strategy from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) that sets out how digital exclusion will be tackled across the UK. You can read our... Read more

Sometimes when people ask me what I do for a living, my heart sinks. That’s not because I don’t like what I do, or I don’t think it’s important, but because a common frustration those of us working in digital inclusion have shared is the lack of public understanding about what it... Read more

Introducing our new digital strategy playbook, designed to help you lead your team in effective conversations about digital strategy. Read more

Digital is a tool—an enabler. When we stop using it more than it uses us, we have a problem. Read more

I’ve sometimes found working in digital inclusion to be frustrating. What we do, as a community, is often misunderstood. Digital exclusion can be a hidden inequality – and in our digital world few people can imagine what their lives would be like if they were disconnected. There... Read more

Why are we still talking about digital in 2024? Because change is a constant. Read more

According to the Bank of England, the prospect of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) introduces both opportunities and challenges. At SCVO one particularly opportunity and challenge identified is for individuals who have previously remained detached from the digital landscape... Read more