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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.
Knowledge bank
The digital inclusion in health and care knowledge bank contains resources to help all levels of service design and delivery.
The 'pillars' papers outline a framework for embedding digital inclusion in health and social care. This is good background reading to establish a foundation for your work.
The Scottish Government’s Digital Inclusion Programme was launched in April 2023. It was delivered in partnership with the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
The Programme responded to a need to support access to and awareness of digital health and care services and initially focused on two specific areas:
- people using housing services and support
- people accessing mental health services and support.
The programme was independently evaluated by Blake Stevenson, and you can read their report here:
- 'Digital inclusion' programme evaluation by Blake Stevenson (2025)
- 'Digital inclusion' programme evaluation case studies by Blake Stevenson (2025)
The following resources are funding impact reports, sharing learning and insights from organisations delivering digital inclusion:
- Digital Pioneers Fund: Impact Report (2024)
- Digital Pioneers Progress Fund: Impact Report (2025)
- Connecting to Care: Impact Report (2025)
The following resources were created as part of this programme:
- Digital champion training co-design: mental health (Mhor Collective)
- Digital champion training co-design: housing (Mhor Collective)
- Digital inclusion stakeholder engagement summary: mental health (March 2023)
- Digital inclusion stakeholder engagement summary: housing (March 2023)
- Digital inclusion stakeholder engagement summary: mental health (November 2023)
- Digital inclusion stakeholder engagement summary: housing (November 2023)
- Embedding digital inclusion in health and social care: stakeholder engagement (November 2024)
In this section we have curated resources that will be of benefit to frontline health and social care practitioners:
Resources coming February 2026
Resources coming February 2026
Resources coming February 2026