“The Scottish Men’s Sheds Association’s sole focus is supporting Scotland’s Shedders and their supporters to create Men’s Sheds in their community across Scotland.”
Some Sheds are currently under development.
Find a shed: Find a Shed – Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (scottishmsa.org.uk)
Website: Home – Scottish Men’s Sheds Association (scottishmsa.org.uk)
“ERIC, the Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity is the UK’s leading charity supporting all children and teenagers with a bowel or bladder problem.
For over thirty years, we have been providing information and emotional support to families about these common but often misunderstood conditions.
ERIC, the Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity is the UK’s leading charity supporting all children and teenagers with a bowel or bladder problem.
For over thirty years, we have been providing information and emotional support to families about these common but often misunderstood conditions.
Our services include:
For information, confidential advice and support, call our advisors Monday to Thursday, 10am to 2pm on FREEPHONE 0808 1699 949.
If you cannot get through to an advisor, please use the web enquiry link found at: Helpline support | ERIC
Website: ERIC
“Established in 1998, we have supported thousands of people to have healthy sleep. We are the leading provider of sleep support, training and resources in the UK. We work with professionals, families and employers to promote healthy sleep for everyone.”
Services include a sleep support line, training and an employer wellbeing package.
“We are funded by the Highland Council to provide an independent, rights-based, information, advice and support service for anyone involved in the care of children and young people (up to age 25).
An additional support need is anything which means a child needs more, or different, support to another child the same age to make the most of their lives. A child can need extra help for lots of reasons, including having a disability, having an illness or long-term condition, being looked after or in care, being a young carer, having a difficult family situation, being bullied or suffering a bereavement.”
“We provide information and advice to professionals so you are better able to support and signpost families to services and resources.
We deliver our virtual Pines sessions in partnership with the National Autistic Society Scotland and the Pines training team. These sessions have a neurodevelopmental focus but much of the content is relevant to a broad range of additional support needs. You can see all upcoming events on the Pines website and watch many of the recorded sessions on the Pines You Tube channel.
We are also funded by NHS Highland to provide a digital support service for adult carers of children and young people with additional support needs.”
We can be contacted by phone on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 8:30-12:30 and 13:00-14:00 on 07514 120288.
Email: info@thrivingfamilies.org.uk
Website: Thriving Families – Improving the lives of families in the Highlands
“Our work creates social and environmental improvements within our local community through supporting people, delivering training opportunities and promoting re-use.”
Services include:
“We are Scotland’s national charity for LGBTI young people, working with 13–25 year olds across the country. We also deliver the LGBT Charter programme to schools, organisations and businesses.
Our goal is to make Scotland the best place to grow up for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex young people. We play a leading role in the provision of quality youth work to LGBTI young people that promotes their health and wellbeing, and are a valued and influential partner in LGBTI equality and human rights.”
Online support available to all areas. Local groups can be found in Inverness and Alness.
Livechat sessions run at the following times:
“If you are a young person looking for support, information or advice you can chat with our Digital Youth Work Team by emailing info@lgbtyouth.org.uk.”
“The aims of the Forum are to preserve and protect the mental and physical health and social welfare of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT+) people in the Highlands & Islands. We also aim to promote fair and equal treatment for LGBT+ people by challenging the stigma and discrimination experienced by them at both community and personal level. There are two main strands to our work.
DIRECT HELP FOR LGBT PEOPLE AT GRASSROOTS LEVEL:
Website: Highland Pride | Highland Pride
Get in touch by visiting Contact Us | Highland Pride
“We offer a FREE daily morning telephone call to any older person who feels that they need the reassurance of someone checking to see if they are ok and having no difficulties.”
“The Visiting Service is for socially isolated older people who as a result of circumstances are not able to leave their home and have requested a visitor.”
Housebound Library Service
“If an older person is unable to get to their local library but would like to continue to get library books, we have volunteers who can collect their book selection from the library and deliver the library books to them in their own home. They can also return the books to the library at a later date.”
“Our Active Health project supports people to become more active as a way of improving their health and wellbeing.
There is no cost to participate and we work with anyone registered with a GP practice in the Highlands who would benefit from being more physically active. You can self refer by clicking HERE or be referred by your GP / health practitioner.”
“Our Project Workers, Lisa and Jodi, will meet with you to discuss your motivation, interests, hopes and challenges. We understand it can be difficult to make changes and support you to take small steps towards activities you enjoy. It can be helpful to set goals and create a plan to keep track of how you’re getting on.
We currently work 1:1 by video call. (Or phone if that’s not possible) We usually have 3 appointments spread over 3 months. The initial meeting is up to 1 hour, followed by 2 x 30 minute reviews.”
Phone: 07514 786218
Email: activehealth@velocitylove.co.uk
Website: Active Health Project — velocity cafe and bicycle workshop (velocitylove.co.uk)
“It is our mission to bring people together in nature with our activities to build stronger, more connected communities to reduce isolation, anxiety and depression.”
Email: info@claritywalk.co.uk
Website: Clarity Walk – The best Digital Detox walking group in Inverness
Referrals and self referrals page: Referrals – Clarity Walk
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