The National Library of Scotland is a reference library with world-class collections. It is also Scotland’s largest library and one of the major research libraries in Europe.

Ando Glaso empowers Roma communities in Scotland through culture and education.

A+E braids the terms accident and emergency, art and ecology, art and education.

Femspectives is a film series and festival in Glasgow. It provides a platform for feminist storytelling and safe spaces for conversations about feminisms, social issues, and politics.

Keep Scotland Beautiful is a charity for Scotland’s environment, with a vision for a clean, green, sustainable Scotland.

Scottish PEN is a centre of PEN International, a not-for-profit organisation that champions writer’s freedom of expression and literature across borders.

Document Festival is Scotland’s international human rights documentary film festival.

SQIFF was formed with the aim of adding to the exciting and growing amount of queer film stuff happening around Scotland

Bertha DocHouse is the UK’s first cinema dedicated solely to documentary. Based at Curzon Bloomsbury in Central London, we screen the best new releases, festival favourites, retrospective titles and curated seasons providing an exciting platform for documentary filmmakers and nurturing a new generation of doc lovers. With a programme packed with filmmaker Q&As, masterclasses, discussions, […]

As a church, St. Mary’s endeavours to be aware of our responsibility to our community both near and far and as such we support the work of many organisations throughout the year.

Refuweegee is a local charity with a global mission: to ensure that all refugees arriving in Glasgow are welcomed to the city in true Glaswegian style.

STAR Project is an award-winning community organisation, delivering sustainable and positive social outcomes in Renfrewshire. Established in 1999, employing a person-centred approach, we deliver group and individual supports consistent with local and national Strategy to build safer, more connected and resilient families and communities.

Fresh Start is an Edinburgh-based charity helping people who have been homeless establish themselves in their new home. 

The Edinburgh Remakery is a social enterprise, community repair hub and second-hand shop based in the Leith area of Edinburgh. Our vision is to create an alternative to a disposable society by making repair education accessible to all, to build a stronger, waste-free community and support vulnerable people within our city.

Edinburgh Tool Library is the UK’s first tool library, promoting sharing as a way of reducing our environmental impact.

We lend our members tools for DIY, gardening, decorating and machine repair, so that they don’t need to own them. Not only does this collaborative approach make sense environmentally, it also helps our members financially.

The Voices Network are a group of refugees and people seeking asylum in Scotland who have a desire to share their experiences with decision-makers, the media and the public.

The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh (ACE) exists to support and encourage people to take more control of their lives.

The Scottish Communities Climate Action Network works to inspire and promote, connect and support community-led action in Scotland to address the climate emergency.

Interfaith Scotland is a Scottish charity specialising in promoting and facilitating constructive engagement between different faith and belief communities across Scotland through dialogue, educational activities, civic engagement and the promotion of religious equality.

Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC), founded in 1971, works towards a prejudice-free society where everyone is treated with respect, integrity and justice. 

Greener Kirkcaldy are currently working on a number of projects surrounding Food, Growing, Waste Reduction, Climate Change, Energy and Transport.

Highland Children’s Forum is a registered charity set up in 2000, created by the parent carers of children with additional support needs. The Forum aims to ensure that the voices of these children are heard in the design and provision of services in Highland.

XR Highlands and Islands supports the formation of local XR groups across the Highlands and Islands, working with groups across Scotland, and the rest of the planet, to take urgent action in the face of climate change, as part of the global climate justice movement.

Abriachan is a scattered rural community of about 130 people set high above the shores of Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. Abriachan Forest Trust manages 540 hectares of forest to create local employment, improve the environment and encourage it’s enjoyment by the public.

Trees for Life are a conservation charity dedicated to rewilding the Scottish Highlands. So far they have established 44 tree planting sites and planted nearly two million trees. Trees for Life’s vision is of a revitalised wild forest, providing space for wildlife to flourish and communities to thrive.

Since April 2018 a group of nine individuals from across Scotland who are connected into different forms of activism and social change have been meeting to develop project ideas in response to the frames of Degrowth and Deep Adaptation. By Degrowth we mean a form of society and economy that aims at the well-being of all and sustains the natural […]

Scotland’s most exciting contemporary performance and meeting space in the heart of the Glenkens community. 

Central Scotland’s Documentary Festival is an exciting programme of documentaries from the UK & abroad. curated & presented by Macrobert Arts Centre.

Festival of the Future, the University of Dundee’s flagship festival, celebrates how science, art and culture can inspire in equal measure, and how creative collaborations can help change our lives for the better.

Take One Action Orkney are our most northernly Locals group, a team of film lovers from the Orkney isles who are bringing 6 inspiring films to venues and events over the next 12  months.

Founded by Simon Biltcliffe, we have always been entirely self-funded, independent and focused on building trusting and cooperative relationships in the wonderful world of print marketing. We also have fun along the way!

DOCMA is an open source game that allows filmmakers to make docs together. It’s a way of inspiring a community of filmmakers and doc-lovers from around the world to meet, play and network. Five filmmakers Five minutes One theme One film

Triodos Bank’s mission is to help create a society that protects and promotes quality of life and human dignity for all. Since 1980, our sustainable financial products have enabled individuals and organisations to use their money in ways that benefit people and the environment.

We are one of the largest councils in the UK, with our 17,000 staff providing high-quality services to nearly 500,000 people.

Scotland’s International Development Alliance is the membership body for everyone committed to creating a fairer world, free from poverty, injustice and environmental threats.

UWS Creative Media Academy is one of only 3 such institutions in Scotland to be endorsed as a centre of excellence by Creative Skillset. Part of the School of Media, Culture and Society, the Academy brings together students, staff and practitioners within the subject groupings of film, television, radio, music, performance, journalism and digital art.