A brief update on digital policy in Scotland and the Digital Participation programme at SCVO. Presented at Social Housing Digifest, May 2014.

1. Chris Yiu
Digital participation
Director of digital participation, SCVO
14 May 2014
Digifest Scotland
The Lighthouse, Glasgow
The challenge of getting more people online

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

4. SCVO’s role
Help more
people in
Scotland
get basic
online
skills
Help the
third
sector
make best
use of the
internet

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

6. 1.3 million
People to reach
BBC Media Literacy, Ipsos, Tinder Foundation, SCVO analysis
£100 million
Resources required?*
*Excluding broadband and devices

7. Basic
online
skills
Digital
interns
Charter
action
Assisted
digital
support
Resources
for
champions
Baseline
and
evaluation
1 2 3
4 5 6

8. This is for everyone

9. scvo.org.uk/events

10. @clry2
scvo.org.uk/digital