The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.
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Welcome to all the organisations that have joined SCVO recently. You can find out more about them below:
All Saints Scottish Episcopal Church Inverary
Joined SCVO on 27 May
<p>Provides practical, emotional and spiritual support to the community.</p>
Kirkintilloch Mens Shed
Joined SCVO on 26 May
<p>Charity Workshop and meeting Rooms</p>
Borders Scrap Store
Joined SCVO on 25 May
<p>To promote the recycling and re-use of waste to prevent it going to landfill.</p>
Holy Cross After School Club
Joined SCVO on 22 May
<p>The aims of the After School Club shall be to provide supervised play for school children for a few hours after the school day, in order to enable parents to work, study or pursue other activities. Every child at Holy Cross School shall be eligible to use the service regardless of religion, race or sex. In the event that places are limited, then selection criteria will be applied, taking parents circumstances into account.</p>
Abercorn Sports Club
Joined SCVO on 21 May
<p>Abercorn Sports Club is a registered Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) operating in Edinburgh, Scotland. We are not-for-profit and are managed by a dedicated committee of volunteer members. We provide tennis, squash, and table tennis facilities and have more than 350 members ranging in age from 4 to 86 years old. Our mission is to promote physical and mental health in our community by encouraging participation in racquet sports for players of all ages and abilities, to nurture a friendly and inclusive environment, to contribute positively to the wider community, and to provide opportunities for social connection and camaraderie through team sport play and non-sporting events. We are currently in the process of incorporating as a SCIO.</p>
Centred (Scotland)
Joined SCVO on 21 May
<p>We are Centred, an innovative charity in the Scottish Highlands providing help and support for people with mental ill-health by providing a personalised approach to recovery. We support people face-to-face in our free drop-in colleges, in rural communities and in our residential recovery centre. We now support thousands of people with mental ill-health in Inverness and isolated areas throughout the Highlands.</p>
Gairloch Aid & Mobility Support SCIO
Joined SCVO on 21 May
<p>Gairloch Aid & Mobility Support SCIO (GAMS) is a charity whose aim is to support people with limited mobility & seniors in the Gairloch, Poolewe and Aultbea area. It is entirely run by volunteers (except accounting). Set up as a project of Gairloch and Loch Ewe Action Forum in March 2015, GAMS became a charity in its own right in December 2016. We work in different fields:</p> <ul> <li>Improving physical and mental wellbeing through provision of Social Outings, Cross Generation Events and a Fall Prevention Class,</li> <li>Offering loans of mobility and daily living aids enabling people to remain in their own home for longer and to return home earlier, having been in hospital.</li> <li>Managing a disabled accessible Community Minibus.</li> <li>Compiling a Directory of Services in the Gairloch & Loch Ewe Area which offers information about support and local facilities.</li> </ul>
Mid Calder Children's Gala
Joined SCVO on 21 May
<p>Organises and fundraises for a local children's gala day</p>
Park Villa Football Development
Joined SCVO on 21 May
<p>We run a community sports hub</p>
St Roch's FC Charitable Trust
Joined SCVO on 21 May
<p>We are the charity affiliated with St Roch's FC and were established to develop and expand the long-standing community work connected to the club and the wider Royston area of Glasgow. Building on decades of grassroots football, volunteering and local support, the Trust delivers and develops projects focused on reducing poverty and inequality, improving physical and mental wellbeing, increasing access to sport and recreation, supporting community cohesion, and creating positive opportunities for children, young people and adults from disadvantaged backgrounds.</p> <p>The Trust works in partnership with the club and local organisations to provide inclusive community programmes including football and sport participation, holiday activities, wellbeing initiatives, youth engagement, community events, volunteering opportunities and wider regeneration activity linked to James McGrory Park and surrounding derelict land. Our aim is to create a sustainable community hub that improves health, wellbeing, inclusion and opportunities within one of Scotland’s most deprived communities while ensuring activities remain accessible regardless of income, background or ability.</p>
The Bridges Programmes
Joined SCVO on 21 May
<p>We provide support and opportunities to help refugees, asylum seekers and migrants find work in Scotland. We work in partnership with employers to help refugees, asylum seekers and migrants find meaningful work in Scotland. Our team offers employability advice, practical and emotional support, and in-person and online courses and events.</p>
West Lothian Community Race Forum
Joined SCVO on 21 May
<p>West Lothian Community Race Forum was set up to promote and enhance understanding and awareness of race and race equality and to celebrate diversity in West Lothian through promoting and aiding the integration of all cultures into the community.</p> <p>The forum is based on the recognition that everyone is part of a cultural group and is therefore open to anyone who works or lives in West Lothian.</p> <p>We meet every six weeks or so and discuss a range of topics from Housing to Poverty, Health to Integration, and so much more! We also take part in policy consultations to ensure race equality issues are considered in service design and delivery. New members are always welcome at all of our meetings.</p>
Discover Nature Award
Joined SCVO on 20 May
<p>The Discover Nature Award (DNA) is a free youth-led programme that gives participants the four strands of DNA they need to find their place in nature restoration and tackle the environmental emergency: knowledge, connection, community and action.</p> <p>Our entry-level award is co-designed to give any young adult these life skills, building knowledge of climate issues and solutions, connection with nature, and access to a supportive DNA community, laying the foundation to take environmental action. </p> <p>The Challenge:</p> <p>Young adults care deeply about the climate, yet many feel unsure where they fit. Eco-anxiety is rising, access to nature varies sharply across communities, and there is no clear route from local greenspaces into the wider work of restoring ecosystems.</p> <p>Opportunities to get involved often assume prior experience, confidence, or access to resources, leaving many young people feeling excluded. At the same time, the environmental sector remains one of the least diverse in Great Britain, meaning decisions about land, nature, and climate are shaped by too narrow a group.</p> <p>At a time when Scotland urgently needs more people involved in nature recovery, too many young adults feel they have no place in it. The Discover Nature Award changes that.</p> <p>Our Vision:</p> <p>Our vision is for the leaders of this movement to be as diverse as the nature we are restoring, not reflecting the monocultures that have diminished our landscapes. Belonging comes before expertise, and lived experience is valued alongside ecological knowledge.</p> <p>We exist to empower young adults to find their place in nature recovery, bridging the gap between urban greenspaces and wilder landscapes to create a clear, supportive pathway into environmental action.</p> <p>Through a co-designed syllabus that explores both the challenges we face and the solutions available, alongside a supportive peer community, participants build confidence, agency, and a lasting sense of belonging. The pathway can lead into volunteering, skills development, and routes into green jobs as part of a just transition.</p> <p>As the programme grows, our Discover Nature Award will offer organisations across Scotland a co-designed blueprint for youth-led, inclusive environmental action shaped by the DNA community itself.</p> <p>We believe every young adult should be able to find their place in nature recovery. That belief sits at the heart of DNA and guides the future we are building.</p>
Alchemy Film and Arts
Joined SCVO on 19 May
<p>Alchemy Film & Arts is based in the Scottish Borders town of Hawick. We work with artists and communities across local, national and international contexts, using film as a way to come together, have conversations and strengthen community.</p> <p>We deliver the UK’s festival of experimental film and artists’ moving image; an award-winning programme of community filmmaking, skills development and creative learning; and Scotland’s only film-specific residencies programme, supporting the generation of new knowledge through long-form, practice-led research and multidisciplinary partnerships.</p> <p>We are constantly questioning the broader contexts in which we live and work. Through collaboration and a critically engaged practice that places inclusion, equity and social justice at its centre, we aim to put Hawick on the map as Scotland’s Film Town, and contribute to a fairer creative industry. </p> <p>Our team takes pride in the care and clarity with which we deliver our work, and in the warmth and hospitality for which we are known. In all that we do, we value openness, experimentation, creativity, solidarity and humour.</p>
Carrick Castle Jetty Trust
Joined SCVO on 19 May
<p>We want to raise money to build a jetty at Carrick Castle to attract more visitors and help local communities get better access to marine recreation activities and raise awareness of the marine environment.</p>
Orkney Japan Association SCIO
Joined SCVO on 19 May
<p>4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 to promote and strengthen links between Orkney and Japan 4.2 to engage in and promote Japanese educational, cultural and sporting activities and exchanges that benefit the Orkney community, especially its young people. 4.3 to act as a resource for information about Japan for the Orkney community and offer support to those who wish to learn about Japan, or travel there.</p> <p>We are open to events or projects across a wide spectrum of the areas and activities that are of interest to the broad Orkney community, which is why we have chosen the "other" section in the question below about main area of work. arts, crafts, food, music, sport etc</p>
Transport For Tongue Ltd
Joined SCVO on 19 May
<p>We are a community transport organisation. We operate under a Section 19 permit providing transport for our members to hospital appointments, dental appointments, shopping trips, health centre appointments and lunch clubs at the local community centre. We also provide transport to local transport hubs for onward travel and college transport when required. We also operate a weekly Section 22 bus route to Lairg Station.</p>
Kinghorn Bridge Club SCIO
Joined SCVO on 18 May
<p>The promotion and organisation of recreational facilities for the public at large which relate to the promotion, learning, teaching and playing of bridge, to educate players of all standards in the game of bridge and to assist in their development and understanding of the game. To improve the social welfare of persons using the facilities or participating in the activities organised by the organisation.</p>
Carsphairn Community Woodland
Joined SCVO on 15 May
<p>We took ownership of part of Muirdrochwood Forest on Friday 26th March 2021 on behalf of the Community of Carsphairn. Community ownership of the woodland has provided greater access to the countryside around us, allowing a more diverse woodland environment for wildlife to be created, for people to enjoy walking and picnicing in, and also to create a community hub for outdoor volunteering, activities and skills development.</p>
Lenzie Community Development Trust
Joined SCVO on 15 May
<p>To provide or advance the accessibility of recreational facilities, and/or organising recreational activities, which will be available to members of the Community and public at large with the object of improving the conditions of life of the Community.Advancement of citizenship or Community development, including rural or urban regeneration.To advance educational opportunities in the Community relating to environment, culture, heritage and/or history.To advance environmental protection or improvement including</p> <p>preservation, sustainable development and conservation of the natural environment, the maintenance, improvement or provision of environmental amenities for the Community and/or the preservation of buildings or sites of architectural, historic or other importance to the Community.</p>