Find information about community groups, charities and voluntary organisations in Orkney. Our directory also includes details of the other services providing support in the the local community.

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The Boys' Brigade engages with over 50,000 children and young people providing opportunities to meet together in their communities and engage in a range of fun and developmental activities.

Action Medical Research provides support funding to hospitals and universities throughout the UK to enable them to research into childhood diseases and disabilities.

The Orkney British Red Cross provides support at home, transport and mobility aids to help people when they face a crisis in their daily lives.

Employability Orkney provides a range of sustainable supported employment, training and volunteering opportunities which promote social inclusion for those furthest from the labour market.

VAO Member

Home-Start Orkney provides volunteer befrienders who support parents and their young children through difficult and challenging circumstances, including isolation, relationship difficulties…

Weekly run for anyone to join in - free of charge for all participants

We raise money throughout the year to help pay for Marie Curie Nurses and Health Care Assistants in Orkney.

To improve the provision of counselling services for people in Orkney with mental health difficulties.

Orkney Arts Society is a registered Scottish charity and is run by a full committee of volunteers.

Orkney Blide Trust provides support to people aged 16 years or over who have or have had mental health problems.

Supporting creativity within the Orkney community, offering materials, courses and opportunities for folk to develop their creative spirit.

Established in 1982, and with the first event in 1983, the festival is manned by a voluntary committee of around a dozen members, who work year-round to bring the festival together each May…

VAO Member

Orkney Foodbank issues food parcels to clients who have been referred to them with a foodbank voucher.

Orkney Hockey is a voluntary operated organisation with members from all local clubs taking on a role.

Orkney Street Pastors provide assistance to revellers in need due to excessive consumption of alcohol.

The Papay Co-op is a community-owned organisation that provides and manages key services on Papa Westray, notably the community shop and the island hostel.

The REW DT mission is to improve the quality of life for the islands’ inhabitants of all ages, in ways that are both sustainable and environmentally sound.

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