Scottish Charity Awards 2025

About the Scottish Charity Awards

Many awards ceremonies recognise our Essential Sector’s value to people in Scotland, and to the planet we live on. SCVO’s Scottish Charity Awards are special because, as Scotland’s national membership body for the voluntary sector, we have a unique footprint and position in the sector.

All our energies go into supporting and showcasing the work of the voluntary sector and we’re passionate about the sector’s achievements and impact. We are dedicated to championing voluntary organisations and supporting your work.

The voluntary sector in Scotland is diverse, vibrant and its work spans many different areas. We want the Scottish Charity Awards to be a celebration of the sector’s vibrancy and diversity and to make sure that as wide a range of organisations and people as possible are represented at the awards.

When we asked the sector for feedback on how we can make the Scottish Charity Awards more diverse, accessible and inclusive, one of the things people told us was that it should be simpler to apply for an award, so we have a simple application process and offer you different ways to apply including by submitting a video or audio recording (more on that here). 

There are ten award categories at the Scottish Charity Awards. Seven recognise the achievements of organisations, and three recognise individuals. The eleventh award, People’s Choice, is chosen by a public vote from the finalists in the other ten categories.

We’ve chosen our award categories to be relevant to a wide range of voluntary organisations and to reflect the external environment that organisations are working in and the nuts and bolts of running an effective voluntary organisation in 2025.