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Revitalising River Kids Charities Online Presence

In July 2023, River Kids Charity Manager Jack Christine sought support from the Scottish Tech Army (STA) to enhance their website. River Kids, a Scottish charity dedicated to helping underprivileged children and families in West Lothian, had recently undergone a brand refresh and sought a more professional online presence. The goal was to create a website that would clearly communicate their services, attract corporate sponsors, and inspire community support.

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Case Study, Tech for Good, Volunteering Charlotte Canham Case Study, Tech for Good, Volunteering Charlotte Canham

Mapping the stories of Scotland’s great Highland regiment.

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) Regiment was created under the Childers Reforms in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders (raised 1794) and 93rd Sutherland Highlanders (raised 1799) but traces its history back to the raising of the Stirlingshire Militia in 1639.

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Tech for Good, Volunteering Charlotte Canham Tech for Good, Volunteering Charlotte Canham

Celebrating the Return of Our Volunteer Reserves

At the Scottish Tech Army (STA), we know that volunteering is a journey, not just a one-time commitment. People step in, contribute their skills, take a break when they need to, and often return with renewed energy and fresh perspectives. That’s why we’re so excited to celebrate Volunteer Returners Week, shining a light on some of the tremendous volunteers who’ve come back to STA after some time away. Their stories reflect the flexibility, purpose, and sense of community that define our organisation.

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Tech for Good, Technology, Volunteering Charlotte Canham Tech for Good, Technology, Volunteering Charlotte Canham

Enhancing Accessibility to Historical Treasures through Modern Technology

The Tarbat Historic Trust is a charity that preserves and shares the history of the Tarbat Peninsula. It runs the Discovery Centre at Tarbat Old Parish Church, which is full of Pictish and Medieval artifacts. To make these treasures more accessible, the charity asked the Scottish Tech Army (STA) for help.

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Case Study, Charities, Tech for Good Charlotte Canham Case Study, Charities, Tech for Good Charlotte Canham

How the Scottish Tech Army supported a beloved grassroots charity to grow post-pandemic

The Daisy Project (Domestic Abuse Integrated Support for You) provides integrated domestic abuse advocacy and support services to families across the South of Glasgow. Originally named the Castlemilk Domestic Violence Project, the charity was formed in 2000 based on a need identified within the local community and is now run by a dedicated team of five qualified Independent Domestic Abuse Advocates (IDAAs) who have extensive experience of supporting women long-term.

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(What) A Day in the Life of the Tech for Good Alliance

There’s a scene in the first of the latest incarnation of Star Trek movies where Scotty congratulates himself on beaming 3 people from 2 locations onto 1 transporter pad and on a not-so-sunny day on 19th May, we had something of a similar sense of satisfaction when we worked with PwC to support them once again on their fantastic One Firm One Day initiative.

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Automate with your eyes open

Automation has been hailed as a game changer for productivity with the power to streamline and turbo charge repetitive tasks especially in administration. However, one small charity found itself in a nightmare scenario when its automated procedures started to break down and their whole system needed to migrate to a new platform.

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ACOSVO Conference 2023 - Data, Digital and AI

In November 2023, we had the pleasure of supporting the annual ACOSVO conference for charity leaders which was held in Edinburgh. ACOSVO is the membership organisation that supports Scottish charity CEOs, senior management and Chairs. The focus this year on data, digital and AI was responding to the membership’s need for more information and an opportunity for open discussion.

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Adventures forward, not back in time - Technology in Estonia

Estonia, like its two Baltic counterparts Latvia and Lithuania was under Soviet Occupation briefly in 1940-41 and then for 47 years between 1944-1991. It was feared that the Post-Soviet slump would continue to impact on the Estonian economy and way of life. However, as a society Estonians have made transformative changes since the early 2000s. So much so that Estonia is now a world leader in the IT and Technology industry and has become one of the most digitalised nations on the planet.

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Spreading Christmas Joy to families in Glasgow

Being Santa involves some big, logistical challenges. This is why GSOC teamed up with the Scottish Tech Army (STA) to improve their online capabilities. Via The Tech For Good Alliance the Scottish Tech Army called on a team of specialists from AND Digital to improve GSOC's website and database functionality.

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Soundscape - an ecosystem opportunity

This year’s Tech for Good Summit was good for many reasons, most of which you might expect, perhaps. Great networking opportunities, fascinating discussions and expert contributions from across the tech and third sectors. An unexpected outcome was an opportunity to partner with PwC on its One Firm One Day volunteering initiative, using their skills to conduct a feasibility assessment on using code released by Microsoft to create an enduring service to support the visually-impaired community.

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Tech for Good Summit 2023 - Morning keynote

At our third Tech for Good Summit on 20th April we were delighted to welcome Philanthropy expert, Rhodri Davies to deliver our morning keynote presentation. In a wide-ranging talk, Rhodri set the context of the many challenges facing the charity sector post pandemic. In many ways the sector is facing a perfect storm of reduced financial reserves, shrinking income, higher wage bills and energy costs, all happening at the same time as a big increase in demand for the services and help it provides.

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A web site for Irlen Syndrome Education Europe

ISEE’s Journey to Establishing a Digital Presence with the Scottish Tech Army’s Expertise. As a new charitable organisation, ISEE is dedicated to achieving its mission of raising awareness of Irlen Syndrome. Irlen syndrome is a difficulty with visual perceptual processing and is not an 'eye' problem. A key part of the charity’s strategy is establishing a digital presence to help raise awareness.

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Community Councils STA Hosted Solution

This week I thought that I would offer my insight into some of the work being carried out behind the scenes here at the Scottish Tech Army and highlight the contribution our community of volunteers continues to make.

So who am I? Well I’m Joe, a Geography graduate who has found himself working with the STA for almost a year now (wow does the time not fly?).

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AND Digital delivers first Tech for Good Alliance project

AND Digital and the Scottish Tech Army are delighted to report on the successful completion of the first project to be delivered within the framework of the Tech for Good Alliance. This new initiative was launched by the Scottish Tech Army to drive the development of the Tech for Good ecosystem in the UK by building a bridge to connect the resources of leading companies in the tech sector with the digital needs of organisations in the third sector.

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Understanding technology’s environmental impact

In September the Scottish Tech Army (STA) team was invited to our first in-person event at Codeclan - ‘The Road To Sustainable Software Engineering'. The event was held at CodeClan’s Edinburgh base at the foot of the castle rock. As always, we were warmly welcomed by the CodeClan team.

Eric Zie is theFounder and CEO of GoCodeGreen, an independent climate tech company that is dedicated to measuring the carbon efficiency of software products

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Open data coming together

Last week the Scottish Tech Army was given the opportunity to be part of Data Summit 2022, the flagship event of Data Fest, organised by The Data Lab. All the members of the management team have been part of big industry events over the years, but this was the first time that we had been at one as the Scottish Tech Army.

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