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:
Eat, Sleep, Ride
Joined SCVO on 3 October
Eat Sleep Ride is a Scottish charity based in rural East Berwickshire, transforming a former 24-acre landfill into a thriving equine, wellbeing, and learning hub. Our mission is to ensure no child, young person, or family is excluded from transformative experiences with animals, nature, and community due to income, postcode, or circumstance.We deliver equine-assisted learning, accredited youth training, outdoor education, and wellbeing programmes for children, young people, and families facing barriers such as poverty, disability, neurodivergence, trauma, caring responsibilities, and rural isolation. Our programmes are trauma-informed, person-centred, and co-designed with young people to ensure their voices and experiences shape delivery.Each year we support around 90 young people directly through weekly or monthly programmes, and welcome 200+ more through community events, volunteering, and seasonal activities. Over 75% of our participants are neurodivergent, over 65% are from low-income households, and many are care-experienced, young carers, or involved in the justice system. Alongside children and young people, we also support families, recognising that intergenerational wellbeing and inclusion are vital for long-term change.Our activities include:Equine-assisted learning and riding tuition – for confidence, skills, and wellbeing.Accredited programmes – including ABRS Responsible Groom awards, Youth Achievement Awards, and progression into SVQs.Alternative education placements – for young people disengaged from mainstream schooling.Volunteer and peer mentoring pathways – engaging local people of all ages in purposeful activity.Community and family events – pony days, open days, nature workshops, and seasonal celebrations.Environmental action – sensory garden, food-growing projects, pollinator workshops, and biofuel innovation.Our off-grid site reflects our commitment to sustainability. Powered by solar, it includes stables, a riding arena, yurts for learning, a sensory garden, therapy space, campfire areas, woodland, and two wildlife ponds. These spaces are not just facilities — they are learning tools that help participants reconnect with nature, experience belonging, and develop resilience.We also contribute to the local economy. Eat Sleep Ride employs and trains 10+ local people each year, engages over 20 volunteers, and works with 23 local suppliers — from hay and feed providers to tradespeople and contractors. We are developing revenue-generating services, including riding lessons, leadership retreats (Herd Dynamics), vouchers, parties, and travel-trade packages, which strengthen our financial sustainability and reduce reliance on grant funding.The impact of our work is tangible: improved mental health, reduced self-harm and crisis interventions, increased confidence, qualifications gained, and young people progressing into education, volunteering, or employment. Independent evaluation has confirmed that timely access to our programmes prevents young people and families from slipping through the net of overstretched statutory services.Eat Sleep Ride aligns with SCVO’s focus on inclusion, wellbeing, and community resilience. We work with some of the most disadvantaged groups in rural Scotland, creating safe, dignified, and sustainable pathways for growth and connection.
Scouts 1st Portsoy & Fordyce Group
Joined SCVO on 3 October
1st Portsoy Scouts is a group of Scouts Scotland and runs sections for Cub, Scout and Explorer age groups. With the sad closure of several other groups in the surrounding area, 1st Portsoy offers activities for young people in a much larger, rural area than most groups. The group is fully inclusive and offers young people opportunities to socialise with peers both locally and internationally and provides a range of activities and experiences
Localgiving Foundation
Joined SCVO on 2 October
Localgiving Foundation is a UK wide membership based organisation with two main focuses. Firstly, we are an online fundraising platform that specialised in helping small community charitable organisations fundraise online. We provide training around crowdfunding, including free webinars and have just launched an AI grant tool to enable members to plan projects, search for grants and complete a first draft application. Secondly, we are a grant distributor. This includes partnerships with energy providers such as National Grid, who we have distributed 14 grant rounds for to date. We are currently working with SP Energy Networks to distribute grants across four regions of Scotland. A pilot of the grant programme launches in November 2025. We have worked with SCVO, the four TSIs in those regions and others such as Scottish Rural Network and Sported, to refine grant themes and understand local needs. We are keen to book an event and exhibition space at The Gathering to share more about these grants, our learnings and also online fundraising advice in general.
The Lochs
Joined SCVO on 2 October
To provide holistic support to individuals and groups throughout Fife, with the objective of enhancing mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. a)To provide support to individuals of all ages and backgrounds who face social disadvantages due to factors such as age, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation. Our charity aims to offer professional counselling services delivered by qualified and experienced practitioners. In collaboration with other community organizations, we strive to create an inclusive, adaptive approach that provides a tailored, holistic service to meet the unique needs of those we support.b)To promote the advancement of health and well-being by supporting mental health and emotional resilience. Through professional, evidence-based counselling, we help individuals strengthen their mental well-being and navigate life's challenges, offering compassionate support from qualified and experienced counsellors.c)To advance education and skills development for individuals across all age groups by fostering understanding and awareness of mental health and well-being. We provide formal training, workshops, and learning opportunities to empower children, young people, adults, and community groups, promoting mental health literacy and skills for improving overall well-being.d)To contribute to the saving of lives through the provision of specialised counselling support. Our services aim to offer timely and effective intervention for individuals experiencing mental health crises, with a focus on prevention, support, and recovery
Denny Community Support Group
Joined SCVO on 1 October
Denny Community Support Group aims to improve the quality of life, health and wellbeing, and opportunities for residents in Denny and surrounding area. We aim to develop and provide support to a range of groups meeting the identified needs of local people, provide local adult learning and to support local volunteering opportunities. We work in partnership with many other third sector organisations and voluntary services to raise awareness of services in our community.
Scottish Football Supporters Association
Joined SCVO on 1 October
Represents Scottish Football Supporters with all stakeholdersHelps promote the game we love
The Inverness Bowling Club
Joined SCVO on 1 October
The Club was formed in 1874 and is a lawn bowling club with around 100 members of varying ability and ages (5 to 85). The bowling season runs from April to September and we encourage local groups to come along and use our facilities. We held taster sessions for over 100 local primary school children and an after school club for 20 primary kids. We also coach a visually impaired walking group.We have 4 qualified PVG registered coaches, a qualified Child Wellbeing Officer, Child Wellbeing Policies etc and we have Silver Bowls Mark accreditation from our governing body, Bowls Scotland, which verifies our corporate governance is up to date.
Christine Cooper Ltd
Joined SCVO on 29 September
Christine Cooper Ltd facilitates arts and education projects in communities across Scotland with a focus on environmental, social, and educational themes.
Dementia Friendly Prestwick
Joined SCVO on 29 September
Dementia Friendly Prestwick is a local charity which supports the good health and wellbeing of people living with a diagnosis of dementia, and their families and carers. We started in 2016, and our main activity is running a social club - Prestwick Meeting Centre - three days per week from 10.30am-3pm. The Meeting Centre provides a welcoming, safe and hospitable environment to support those living with dementia and includes food, friendship, peer support and stimulating activities including arts and crafts, dancing, music, quizzes, walking, and yoga. It's a lot of fun, it keeps people engaged with their communities, and we're helping to keep people living independently longer at home. The Meeting Centre runs with four local part time staff supported by 10-12 local volunteers.We are often described as a "life line" by our members (the people who use our club), as we provide respite to unpaid carers, and we care for the social, nutritional and physical health of our members. We are also engaged with the local authority and Health and Social Care Partnership to work towards making our wider community more accessible and "dementia friendly".
Opera Bohemia
Joined SCVO on 29 September
Opera Bohemia is Scotland’s professional touring opera company, dedicated to making opera accessible, affordable, and inclusive. Founded in 2010, the company has performed over 200 productions, bringing live opera to communities across Scotland, including many remote and rural areas. Opera Bohemia champions emerging talent and provides professional opportunities for young artists, while maintaining high artistic standards in innovative, intimate productions. By stripping back grand opera to its essential storytelling and musical beauty, the company connects with diverse audiences, often performing in non-traditional venues. Its mission is to break down barriers to opera and inspire new generations to engage with the art form.
Super Power Agency
Joined SCVO on 29 September
The Super Power Agency is a literacy charity based in Edinburgh. Our mission is to help young people in Scotland write their story.Our writing programmes allow young people to discover their confidence and imagination, and in turn aim to increase literacy rates in Scotland. Our mission is to improve self-esteem and aspiration via the most fundamental superpower – the ability to write.The Super Power Agency is not just a literacy charity (although we do that, of course). It's a powerful and mysterious entity that opens up portals in the space-time continuum to galaxies unknown!We started our mission in 2016 to reach schools where our help was most needed. Since then, we have published over 59 books of student writing. And engaged an elite crew of volunteers, who have supported a new generation of creative kids to take control of their own story. Working in some of Scotland’s most disadvantaged and under-resourced areas, we aim to make learning fun. Our workshops encourage and empower young people to put pen to paper, build their writing skills, and express themselves with confidence. In doing so, we hope no young person in Scotland will leave school without the confidence to write.
Craigmillar Now
Joined SCVO on 27 September
Craigmillar Now is an arts and heritage organisation in East Edinburgh.Our programme includes exhibitions, artist-residencies and commissions for local artists. Our work engages with and supports people living locally, as volunteers, participants and audience members. Currently we support 35 volunteers and engage with over 200 participants annually. We run a programme of free creative workshops in music, art, photography, animation, film screenings, talks, guided walks, an art garden, and a weekly archive training programme delivered to our volunteers. We provide a free weekly community meal prepared by local chefs to all our volunteers and participants.
For Carnoustie
Joined SCVO on 26 September
We are a local charity shop that aims to raise funds to support community groups, organisations and causes in the local area.
Lothian Mineworkers Convalescent Homes Trust
Joined SCVO on 24 September
The Trusts main objectives are as follows:To provide holiday facilities which accommodate short breaks and respite opportunities for the benefit of such persons associated with the coal mining industry, with a primary focus on disadvantaged individuals and families from former coal mining communities across Lothian, all of whom are hereinafter referred to as "the beneficiaries". To advance health, well-being and quality of life of those beneficiaries most affected by poverty, disability and lack of opportunity, including carers, through the provision and promotion of short breaks and respite opportunities. To preserve and regenerate Whatton Lodge and protect the heritage of the building and the important social and cultural role of mining communities
Raydale Community Partnership
Joined SCVO on 24 September
To maintain, manage and develop the property known as Raydale Park to advance public participation in sport, leisure and social activities. for the purpose of physical recreation, growth and well being, social and moral development for the benefit of the community.
Air Training Corps No 2496 Cumbernauld Squadron
Joined SCVO on 23 September
We are a volunteer organisation for individuals aged 12-19. We provide an insight into the structures of the Royal Air Force. This includes; educational learning, field craft, life skills and access to multiple opportunities including flying and partaking and earning awards such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
- https://www.air-cadets-squadron-finder.org/air-cadets-squadron-details/?sqn=2496--cumbernauld-air-training-corps-atc
Autisfun Group
Joined SCVO on 23 September
We are a charity supporting kids with Additional Support Needs, we have created a safe and inclusive group for kids and families alike to come along and support the children to socialise and be included within the community. We put on 3x play sessions every week, catering to 50 children. We take families and children out on days away, excursions and we have different themed parties for the children i.e.- Easter, Halloween and Christmas, we don't believe children should miss out due to their disabilities. We cater to the children's needs and make it as accessible and as manageable for the children as much as possible. We support parents and carers, we are currently working on Good Wellbeing Practices for our parents/carers. We have put on Wellbeing Wednesday classes, bringing in different agencies, working on good self care, integrating new healthy practices, remembering to "care for the adult who cares for the children" as this is often forgotten and put to the bottom of parents/carers list. We help parents socialise and build up new friendships. We take our parents/carers out on Cold water therapy dips each Thursday. We have taken our families to places like the Polar Express for Christmas, creating magical memories together surrounded by families who are experiencing the same journey and there to support each other. We support parents/carers in many areas- help and support with benefits signposting onto other agencies and health professionals sharing lived experiences, attending various health appointments to give emotional support, we have been the lifeline for a lot of local families when they've felt they've needed extra support.
Danderhall Primary School PTA
Joined SCVO on 23 September
School pta
Newton Of Falkland Village Committee
Joined SCVO on 23 September
We are a community hall. We maintain the hall so the community can have use of the hall for social meetings and fitness classes.
Pairc Trust
Joined SCVO on 23 September
The Pairc Trust is a community-owned organisation working to secure a vibrant, sustainable future for the Pairc area of South Lochs, Isle of Lewis. The Pairc Trust was established in 2003 and completed the buyout of the Pairc Estate in 2015. Since then, we have worked hard to develop and enhance local housing, employment and infrastructure in the Estate, with an aim to reverse a century of population decline.