1. Sally Dyson
Digital participation
digital participation team, SCVO
March 17th 2014
Glasgow

2. Digital Scotland
Connectivity Digital
participation
Digital
economy
Digital public
services
Scottish Government

3. To be a world class digital
nation demands that we
achieve world class levels of
digital participation
Digital Scotland
Ambition
Scottish Government

4. Increase
digital
participation
throughout
Scotland
Build
digital
capability in
the third
sector
SCVO Digital Participation team

5. 30%Lack basic online skills
UK = 21%
BBC Media Literacy, Ipsos

6. UK / Oxford Internet Institute
No qualifications
60%
Disabled
50%
Retired
55%

7. 82%
Not
interested
5%
Too
expensive
3%
No
computer
7%
Too
difficult
UK / Oxford Internet Institute

8. 1 in 5charities have little or no
web presence
50%need help with web design
and social media
UK / Go ON UK

9. Public
sector
Private
sector
Third
sector

10. Influencing Policy Agenda
Facilitating & sharing best practice
Baseline and measuring impact
Increasing Resources
Where we go next

11. Increasing the depth and breadth of
our understanding
Developing a coherent evaluation
framework
Baseline and Measuring Impact

12. Our ethos:
• Work with people where they are at
• Use know ‘hooks’
• Work through trusted individuals
• Digital by Default or Desire
• Member of the RSE Inquiry into Digital
Participation
• Government Digital Service and Digital
Assist
Influencing Policy Agenda

13. • The Gathering
• Digital by default or desire
• Things all charities should know about
the internet
• E:bulletin
• Web Pages @ SCVO
• Blogs
• Attending events
• Gossiping
Facilitating and Sharing Best Practice

14. Direct Funding Bids
• Big Lottery – Basic Online Skills
• ERDF
• European Structural Funds
Maximising Current Capacity
• Digital Participation Charter
• Commonwealth Games Legacy
Increasing Resources

15. @scvotweet
@sallyld
scvo.org.uk/digital