Free, Confidential 1:1 Listening
NO NEED TO WAIT FOR A CONCERN TO BECOME A CRISIS.
Talking over a concern early on with one of our Trained Listeners will help you find a way forward for yourself.
Appointments for Listening Time4U (LT4U) are available everyday with one of our team of Registered Listeners in the ‘Listening Room’ on the 1st floor of Nairn Community and Arts Centre.
Website: LT4U in NAIRN – Listen Well (listenwellscotland.org.uk)
Contact: 07511 421309
Sleepio is a NICE-recommended digital treatment for insomnia.
Lasting recovery from insomnia that’s available anytime, anywhere.
Sleepio uses evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques to address unique needs with a programme tailored to the individual, featuring sessions with step-by-step guidance. In about 20 minutes per week, individuals can quiet their racing minds, reshape behaviours, and get better sleep.
Free for anyone living in Scotland.
Website: Sleepio | Can’t sleep? Get to sleep and stay asleep without pills or potions
Additional Resources:
The NHS Inform Mental Health Toolkit
Daylight is a smartphone-based app that provides help to people experiencing symptoms of worry and anxiety, using evidence-based cognitive behavioural techniques, voice, and animation.
Daylight free to use for anyone living in Scotland.
How do I access Daylight?
Website: Daylight (trydaylight.com)
Email: hello@trydaylight.com
Additional Resources:
The NHS Inform Mental Health Toolkit
The team at High Life Highland’s Culloden Library are delighted to launch new community initiative called Culloden Mind Hub.
Culloden Mind Hub is a weekly community café with a focus on reducing loneliness and isolation and providing community-based learning activities free of charge to ensure wellness, lifelong-learning and mental stimulation.
It will be a welcoming, intergenerational space for connection, learning and personal development – all of which are particularly in demand by communities as post-COVID recovery continues, and the Cost-of-Living Crisis puts pressure on household finances.
Weekly activities will range from board games, jigsaws and simple crafts to gentle movement-based sessions and games for all ages. Guest Presenters and Facilitators will also be planned for future sessions, selected according to community interest. Digital literacy will also be a regular focus of future sessions and will provide an opportunity for young people to volunteer to assist others in building their digital skills.
Weekly Drop in at Culloden Library: free, all ages welcome, every Monday 1pm – 4.30pm.
Culloden Library:
Phone: 01349 781391
Email: culloden.library@highlifehighland.com
Website: Culloden Library – Libraries (highlifehighland.com)
“We want to see a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health, and all young people get the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what”.
This website offers information for young people, parents and people who work with young people. Subjects include:
Talking about Mental Health
Are you having suicidal thoughts?
Do you care for a child who is having suicidal thoughts?
Website: Young Minds
Shout is a free, confidential, 24/7 text support service for anyone in the UK who is struggling with their mental health.
To start a conversation, text the word ‘SHOUT‘ to 85258. Our trained volunteers are here to listen at any time of day or night, and messages won’t appear on your phone bill.
Watch a short video about Shout
The service is FREE, 24hrs a day every day, confidential and anonymous
Text SHOUT to 85258
Ewen’s Room – Actively Improving Mental Wellbeing – Lochaber Based Charity.
Services on offer:
Free Counselling – “We have two counsellors; one is a young persons counsellor, and the other counsels everyone. We have an office where this takes place in Fort William”.
Open Doors is a community initiative bringing people together in a safe space. They can drink hot drinks and get something to eat and spend time with other people. There is no agenda and it is a confidential and safe space for people to chat about anything at all.
For young people. Our Education Officers provide mental health awareness lessons in schools called Wellbeing Heroes. The Wellbeing Champions programme provide training, awareness and support within schools, workplace and the community. Throughout both programmes, we give those participating the tools to actively improve their wellbeing and provide peer support by teaching resilience-building and self-regulation skills.
Services available to people of all ages, across the Lochaber area.
Website: Ewen’s Room
Enquiries: 01967 401130 (ring this number if you have enquiries about Ewen’s Room)
Email: info@ewensroom.com
We work alongside young people to boost confidence through development of new skills working in and supporting their own local community
Our vision – A world where all young people can realise their unique potential, improve their lives for the long term and contribute to stronger communities
Website – Growing2gether
Phone – 01309 250268
The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is the only charity that provides emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support to construction workers and their families. There are options available if you or someone you know is uncomfortable talking about problems.
Phone: 0345 605 1956 (24 hours, 7 days a week)
Download the Construction Industry Helpline app
or text HARDHAT to 85258 to get free and confidential guidance and support over text.
“Our mission is to help those in Skye and Lochalsh suffering from mental ill health.
Our services are very informal and not at all like the stereotype of a mental health centre. Mental ill health is hard to talk about and causes a lot of isolation. We’re all about giving people a place where they feel included and accepted. Currently supporting around 120 people, we’re a lifeline for our members, who often talk about the service like a family and as a vital component in their recovery journey.
We are user led organisation which anyone who lives in Skye and Lochalsh is able to join.
We offer support to anyone living in the Skye and Lochalsh area who is suffering from mental health difficulties. You don’t need to be referred to attend our drop-in centre in Portree or to An Drochaid in Kyle. We also offer outreach support by referral only through the local Mental Health Team.”
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