Workplace wellbeing support for development trusts in Scotland
DTAS helps member organisations in Scotland build healthier, more sustainable workplace cultures — addressing burnout, unclear roles, and team pressure before problems escalate. Included as part of DTAS membership.
What is the DTAS workplace wellbeing service?
Running a development trust is demanding work. Staff and board members often carry a lot — and if the pressure isn’t acknowledged early, it can build into something harder to manage. The DTAS workplace wellbeing service helps member organisations get ahead of that.
This is an organisational service, not a clinical one. We work with teams and boards to look at culture, workload, boundaries, and ways of working — and to put practical steps in place before problems escalate. It’s preventative and supportive, not a response to crisis.
This service sits alongside our core member support service, which provides broader organisational advisory support, and our crisis support service for situations that have already reached a critical point.
Signs this service might be right for your organisation
This service is for development trusts dealing with staff and organisational wellbeing pressures — whether things have already become difficult, or you want to get ahead of potential problems.
Burnout and exhaustion
Your team is stretched, energy is low, and people are showing signs of burnout — but you’re not sure how to respond as an organisation.
Culture concerns
Something feels off about how your organisation operates internally, but it’s difficult to pinpoint or address without outside support.
Unclear roles and boundaries
Staff are unclear about what’s expected of them, or boundaries between roles — or between staff and board — have become blurred.
Proactive investment in your team
Things are going reasonably well, but you want to prioritise your team’s wellbeing before pressure builds — not after.
What workplace wellbeing support includes
Support is tailored to what your organisation needs. It’s delivered online-first and can include:
Initial assessment
Understanding the pressures your organisation is facing and identifying the most helpful starting point for support.
Facilitated workshops and group sessions
Working directly with your staff team or board to open up honest conversations about culture, workload, and ways of working.
Webinars and training
Focused sessions on specific wellbeing topics relevant to your organisation and the community development sector.
Tools and resources
Practical tools to help you build and maintain a healthier working culture over the long term.
Reflection opportunities
Structured space for your team and board to reflect on workload, roles, boundaries, and organisational culture.
This service focuses on the organisation as a whole — not individual staff members. If someone in your team needs one-to-one mental health support, we can help you signpost them to the right place.
What the workplace wellbeing service doesn’t cover
This service is organisational and preventative. It doesn’t replace professional or clinical services. Specifically, it doesn’t include:
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Counselling, therapy or one-to-one mental health support for individual staff members -
Managing individual staff issues, grievances or disciplinary processes -
Replacing HR, occupational health or clinical services — though we can signpost you to these
Workplace wellbeing FAQs
Other services that might help
Core member support
Ongoing advisory support across all areas of your organisation’s development and resilience.
Crisis support
Intensive short-term support when your organisation is facing a serious financial, governance or reputational crisis.
Funding programmes
Three programmes to help members grow capacity, access emergency grants, or strengthen their foundations.