This paper aims to explore how local land and natural resource management organisations in Scotland help to build community resilience. This paper identifies the resilience theory to be interrelated with vulnerability and adaptive capacity. Three communities with land and natural resource management organisations were examined for their adaptive capacity which was explored through the social capitals framework. This paper finds that three communities in Scotland with land natural resource management organisations exhibit higher levels of social capital than UK/Scotland social capital levels as a whole. This paper also finds that local land and natural resource management organisations are addressing community risks and vulnerabilities through their aims, projects and goals. The Scottish Government and the larger international development field has emphasised the importance of building strong, resilient and supportive communities. Understanding where resilience comes from, and how it is built, is important in moving forward on these goals. The results of this study show that land and natural resource management organisations in Scotland are actively helping build more resilient communities.