The SCVO Trustees Network in partnership with Aberdeen Standard Capital presents a series of good governance webinars where you can hear from experts and share your own learning and experience to ensure a sustainable future for your organisation.
Charities and voluntary organisations exist to create a better society, and with Glasgow the host of the UN Climate Change conference in November now is the time for trustees to consider their organisation’s environmental responsibilities.
This webinar will focus on why trustees should look strategically at climate change and environmental sustainability, and what might be the practical, financial and attitudinal barriers they face. Issues covered will include:
- Transparency and accountability
- Recycling and environmental management
- Contracts and suppliers
- Travel and transport
- Buildings and technology
- Social and ethical issues
- Campaigning
Questions can be submitted in advance and during the webinar.
The SCVO Trustees Network in partnership with Aberdeen Standard Capital presents a series of good governance webinars where you can hear from experts and share your own learning and experience to ensure a sustainable future for your organisation.
2020 saw boards challenged in new ways as trustees worked virtually to make difficult decisions and ensure their organisations were governed effectively. Board dynamics changed and some trustees saw relationships deteriorate.
Strong working relationships and good teamwork are key to good governance, so in this webinar we will look at how board behaviour is key to your organisation’s success and how trustees can build a positive board culture. Scottish Mediation’s May Millward will outline what trustees can do when tensions and conflict arise, and the role of mediation.
Questions can be submitted in advance and during the webinar.
Hosted by Alison Stone (Cyber Resilience Co-ordinator, SCVO) with guest speakers Steve Hodson (Head of Operations, Hey Girls CIC), Mark Riddell (Managing Director, m3 Networks) and Neil Furminger (Certification Technical Lead, IASME Consortium).
Cyber Essentials is a brilliant accreditation to demonstrate that your organisation takes cyber security seriously. The CE certification process will help you to protect your organisation against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks. This helpful session is aimed at charities considering undertaking CE certification AND at organisations already working through the process as part of SCVO’s CE grant scheme.
We are delighted to be joined by Scotland-basedHey Girls CIC, who gained CE certification themselves earlier this year. Hey Girls campaign against period poverty and are well known for their excellent “buy one, give one” UK-wide period product scheme. The scheme gives a box of period products to girls in low income families, for every one box that is purchased.
The CE expert speakers on our panel are from IASME, who are NCSC's appointed Cyber Essentials Accreditation Body and M3 Networks who are IT Managed Service experts.
Plenty of time to ask the experts questions and you are welcome to send questions in advance of the session to alison.stone@scvo.scot
This event is open to anyone to attend but is particularly suitable for third sector organisations. This event will be hosted as a Zoom meeting and is free to attend.
About Alison
Alison’s current role is to provide cyber security education and raise awareness of cyber resilience to the vast network of charities and voluntary organisations across Scotland, working closely with Scottish Government and the Cyber Scotland Partnership. She has extensive experience in business continuity management and GDPR compliance across the private sector, especially in industry. Her background is analysis of business risks, including cyber-related risks; producing business continuity strategies and embedding these within organisations’ culture. Outside of work Alison is a keen cook, passionate about food and has a Masters degree in the Science of Gastronomy.
About Steve
Steve is Head of Operations and a Director at Hey Girls CIC. He spent a lot of years with British Telecom in research and Product Management roles before joining IBM Global services in 2008. A stint in Australia with IBM managing programmes for large corporates followed. On return to the UK he volunteered with Hey Girls CIC while still working for IBM, finally joining Hey Girls full time in October 2019. Typically Steve deals with high finance, manufacturer orders and shipping as well as managing IT systems and stock-related matters with their third parties. He is well qualified in project management, and is also a Mental Health First Aider.
About Mark
Mark is the Managing Director of m3 Networks and one of the three founding directors that started the business in 2009. m3 Networks are Cyber Security specialists based in Perth but serving the UK. They provide the cyber security services and strategy needed to protect organisations from modern threats, consistently achieving over 99% customer satisfaction. Mark holds a BSc in Computer Networking and is an Approved Cyber Essentials (ACE) Practitioner. Away from business, he is a Dad to two kids, a keen cyclist and runner, and has a passion for all motorsports (except F1).
About Neil
Neil has a background as an IT Manager and IT support across a wide range of companies. He has a deep understanding of IT support, technical and real-life cyber security issues.He is currently IASME’s technical lead for the Cyber Essentials Scheme and works regularly with major IT providers to ensure IASME has the latest updates on issues likeend of lifefor commonly used software. Neil is also a key member of the IASME and NCSC Joint Technical Working Group for the Cyber Essentials scheme.
Is your organisational structure really the best way to help your community recover from Covid 19? You may think your charity is unique but others have found that the move through partnership to merger makes sense for everyone involved. SCVO campaigns manager Susan Smith will talk to Pauline Gordon, from Social Enterprise Network Scotland, which merged with Social Firms Scotland in 2020, and Lorraine McGrath from the homeless charity the Simon Community Scotland, which recently merged with Streetworks. They will discuss the challenges and opportunities merger has brought for them and give some tips on when and how to start having conversations with potential partners.
This is part of a series of #NeverMoreNeeded webinars, exploring the opportunities and challenges facing Scotland’s voluntary sector as a result of Covid 19.
Following the publications of theNo One Left Behind delivery planand theLocal Partnership Framework, this webinar will highlight examples of positive partnership working between local authorities (Dundee Council, Renfrewshire Council and Fife Council) and the voluntary sector in the field of employability. This event provides an opportunity to discuss shared learning with a view to develop a more aligned approach to national and local employability support in Scotland.
A lightning introduction to adaptive agile methodologies with simple steps your organisation can take to begin working smarter. This free 90 minute workshop will be run by Maddie Stark, SCVO Digital Development Officer.
This introduction is the first in a series. Following on from it will be four 45 minute masterclasses looking at specific adaptive agile methodologies. You can book for all of these sessions, or just for specific ones as they will be run as standalone classes.
- Masterclass 1 – Sprints- Thursday 11th March
- Masterclass 2 – Standups- Thursday 18th March
- Masterclass 3 – Testing- Thursday 25th March
- Masterclass 4 - Retrospectives- Thursday 1st April
Book now for the lightning introduction...
Want to know and understand how to highlight blockers, team progress and build a stronger team in 15 minutes?Then this Standups masterclass is for you!
Standups is part 2 of a series of four 45 minute masterclasses in which Maddie Stark will give you a lighting introduction to some key adaptive agile techniques that you can use today.Begin to increase staff capacity and service resilience, ultimately ensuring that the service you are providing is the best one you can.
This 45 mins will cover:
- What it is
- How to
- When to
- Tools
- Top tips
You can book forall four workshops, or just for specific ones as they will be run as standalone classes.
A Cyber Scotland Week Event, hostedby Alison Stone (Cyber Resilience Co-ordinator, SCVO) with guest speakers Mike Smith and James McGoldrick (Cyber Protect Officers,Police Scotland) and Kirstie Steele (Cyber Resilience Community Lead, Scottish Business Resilience Centre).
In 2020, many small charities were forced to take their communications, management, accounting and other activities online for the first time. Whilst rushing to embrace new technologies, and to adopt new ways of working, how many of you took the time to consider the new risks you may face – and how to deal with them? Cyber 101 aims to provide a concise but comprehensive summary of the main threats faced by small charities online, the key steps that can be taken to help defend against them and to provide an awareness of the resources and organisations that are available to help you on your journey to becoming a truly Cyber-Resilient organisation.
This event is open to anyone to attend but is particularly suitable for small charities. This event will be hosted as a Zoom meeting and is free to attend.
About Alison
Alison’s current role is to provide cyber security education and raise awareness of cyber resilience to the vast network of charities and voluntary organisations across Scotland, working closely with Scottish Government and the Cyber Scotland Partnership. She has extensive experience in business continuity management and GDPR compliance across the private sector, especially in industry. Her background is analysis of business risks, including cyber-related risks; producing business continuity strategies and embedding these within organisations’ culture. Outside of work Alison is a keen cook, passionate about food and has a Masters degree in the Science of Gastronomy.
About Kirstie
Kirstie has up-skilled thousands of workers across the country and raised awareness of key cyber resilience practice and guidance. She is the editor-at-large for the Cyber Scotland Bulletin for Scotland which provides information about the latest threats, scams, news and updates covering cyber security and cyber resilience topics. Kirstie works closely with partners, including Police Scotland and Scottish Government, to provide organisations with the latest information to protect people, places and processes to help manage businesses risk and make Scotland a safer place to work.
About James
James is a Detective Constable working with Police Scotland’s Cybercrime Unit based in Glasgow. James’ current role is that of a digital forensics analyst, providing expert technical and investigative support to Police Investigation teams in the West of Scotland in relation to Cyber-dependant and Cyber-enabled crimes. James has also worked on key business change projects within Police Scotland and has experience managing organisational risk at corporate level. In his spare time, James is a keen musician, photographer and media producer and enjoys spending time with his family and (weather permitting) enjoying the Scottish countryside!
About Mike
Mike has worked in the police for 30 years, with 6 of those in Cyber Security and Internet Safety. As a Cyber Protect Officer he provides training to business and the third sector across Scotland, often with partners such as Scottish Government Cyber Resilience Team, SCVO or SBRC. Mike is also responsible for the training and up-skilling of officers within Police Scotland and creates and delivers the cyber content for the Crime Prevention Officers course. Away from work, for 2021 Mike has decided he is going to take up a new hobby – Paragliding or Paramotoring – when restrictions permit.
Want to know and understand how to make projects more manageable, allow teams to work faster whilst giving them more flexibility to adapt to change? Then this Sprints masterclass is for you!
Sprints is part 1 of a series of four 45 minute masterclasses in which Maddie Stark will give you a lighting introduction to some key adaptive agile techniques that you can use today. Begin to increase staff capacity and service resilience, ultimately ensuring that the service you are providing is the best one you can.
This 45 mins will cover:
- What it is
- How to
- When to
- Tools
- Top tips
You can book forall four workshops, or just for specific ones as they will be run as standalone classes.
Want to know and understand a great way for your team to reflect on work that was done, the goals achieved, and generate ideas for improvement? Then this Retrospectives masterclass is for you!
Retrospectives is part 4 of a series of four 45 minute masterclasses in which Maddie Stark will give you a lighting introduction to some key adaptive agile techniques that you can use today. Begin to increase staff capacity and service resilience, ultimately ensuring that the service you are providing is the best one you can.
This 45 mins will cover:
- What it is
- How to
- When to
- Tools
- Top tips
You can book forall four workshops, or just for specific ones as they will be run as standalone classes.