Digital help for National Lottery Community Fund Scotland Grantholders
Are you a grantholder in Scotland?
The National Lottery Community Fund for Scotland, funded by the players of The National Lottery, is investing in the success of its grantholders through the grantholder support programme, including this digital capacity building service. Our partnership allows National Lottery Community Fund grantholders to access tailored, hands-on digital support from the Scottish Tech Army.
Our community of skilled technology volunteers will work with you to understand the opportunities, problems and challenges you face daily and the many ways in which technology can help you deliver your services most efficiently and effectively. We will work together to deliver practical, working solutions that will help you every day in the work that you do.
Ask Me Anything Digital Sessions
We run a regular series of Ask Me Anything Digital sessions online - these provide an opportunity to learn more about the type of digital support that we can provide, hear about examples of the impact of previous projects that we have delivered and ask questions about how your charity can utilise digital technologies most effectively.
You can see the list of sessions available and book your place on the event booking page.
We’ve supported 500+ organisations since 2020
What people are saying
“[Optimising our Microsoft Dynamics environment] has been truly transformational. Within 12 hours of the project being delivered it was already having a positive impact on my everyday life.”
Nadia Lipsey, Member Services Manager @ SportedUK
“Work that previously took around two days now takes 20 minutes. The spare capacity is being well spent elsewhere – ensuring [we can deliver] a more productive and responsive service.”
Kallum Taylor, Chief Officer @ York Neighbours
“I was doing manual head-counts at discos, capturing no demographic data, no way to track repeat attendance, and no hard evidence of our impact to show funders. We now have instant access to demographic data and impact reporting for our funders.”
Kate Darby, Co-Founder and Director at Dementia Disco
“Working with the Scottish Tech Army has been an exceptional experience. The recommendations will help strengthen our internal systems and processes while enhancing the support and reach we provide to the families we serve.”
Pam Donnelley, Founder, Avalon Autism
FAQs for National Lottery Community Fund Grantholders
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There are many ways technology can be used to benefit your organisation. Some examples include:
Automate manual and repetitive processes
Streamline data flows and maximise integrations between your systems
Make the best use of the systems you already have
Identify and implement new solutions, including AI, to help you grow and scale
Some of these may resonate with you or you may have different challenges - in either case, don’t worry about how technology can help you, that’s our job - please do get in touch.
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Any project will need your time and attention. We need you to:
Work with us to help understand the problem
Be clear about the difference a solution would make to you and how you will measure it
Attend regular meetings to ensure the volunteers can progress the work with you
Be responsive to requests for information
Test the solution once it has been delivered
Implement it effectively within your organisation
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The short answer is it depends. Our projects are delivered by volunteers, so they may take longer than a service that you pay for. However, part of the process of defining a project with you will be to agree realistic timescales for its delivery.
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Here’s the good news - there are no costs to you for delivery of the project. If there are ongoing costs to run the solution, such as software licenses, you will be responsible for them but we’ll make it clear up front what those are likely to be.
As the work is being delivered on a pro bono basis we are not able to offer any warranties.
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There are two main ways in which you can find out more before submitting your request for help:
We run regular online “Ask Me Anything Digital” sessions, in which we talk through some examples of how other organisations have used technology with our support and give you the opportunity ti ask questions that will help you frame your request for help. You can find the list of events dates currently available and book your place on our event booking page.
You can speak with your funding officer at The National Lottery Community Fund, who will have been briefed about this programme, what it can deliver and the best ways to access and use the support we provide.