Near Me is NHS Scotland’s free online video consulting service for health and care. Community organisations can use it in their work and may also want to help raise awareness of it among their community.

Pawprint is an app that enables you to measure and reduce your carbon footprint. You can use it for free as an individual and there are also accounts for organisations.

The Protect Scotland app from NHS Scotland’s Test and Protect is a free, mobile phone app designed to help protect each other and reduce the spread of coronavirus.

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has a support section on their website to help you think through some of the key issues relating to starting and managing a voluntary sector organisation in Scotland. You can also find support and advice in relation to the climate emergency, the cost of living crisis and digital technology.

Outside the Box started Digital Buddies during the Covid 19 pandemic to enable older people in the Scottish Borders to connect digitally with friends, family, groups & the wider world. They now have additional support from the Scottish Government through the Community Recovery Fund to share this with more people.

Nextdoor is a website and app that enables people to share helpful information with their neighbours.

Third Sector Lab provides consultancy, training and strategy to help charities get the most out of digital. They provdie a wide range of services, from website design to demonstrating impact using animation, video and multimedia content.

Social Misfits Media is a London based consultancy outfit which helps charities and social enterprises think strategically about their digital presence. Their website contains a range of guides to using social media which you can download for free.

This guide is by the National Cyber Security Centre (UK-wide) and offers practical advice on how to improve cyber security within small charities. It should be relevant to community organisations.