“Branching Out is an innovative development for adults who use mental health services in Scotland. For each client, the service consists of around three hours of activities per week in a woodland setting, over 12 weeks. A community or hospital based mental health services referral is required to join this group. Speak to your nurse, occupational therapist or support worker about this.”
Website: Scottish Forestry – Branching Out
AtaLoss provide the UK’s signposting website for anyone bereaved and those supporting them.
AtaLoss.org is the UK’s signposting and information website for bereaved people
Talk to a counsellor online at Griefchat: How to get free professional grief support online (ataloss.org)
“Befrienders Highland is a small voluntary organisation working to improve the lives of people who are lonely and isolated and have experience of mental ill health; memory difficulties or dementia and for carers for people with dementia.”
Mental health service (Inverness): 01463 712 791
Mental health service (Wick): 07738 274 437
Memory and carer service: 01463 712 791
Website: Welcome to Befrienders Highland
“Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.
We have Dementia Resource Centres in 21 different locations across Scotland. Those centres provide a safe and friendly environment for people with dementia and their carers to visit and take part in a wide variety of activity groups.”
24 hour freephone helpline: 0808 808 3000
Email the helpline: helpline@alzscot.org
“We are an independent charity dedicated to supporting people in need of refugee protection.
The people we work with have fled horrific situations around the world and come from countries where conflict is rife and human rights abuses common.
When people arrive in Scotland, a new journey begins. The UK’s asylum system is tough and takes its toll on individuals and families. Settling into a foreign country and a whole new system can be disorientating and challenging.
WE ARE HERE FOR PEOPLE AT A DIFFICULT TIME IN THEIR LIVES”
Poppy Scotland provides support to the local Armed Forces community and to veterans. The Inverness Regional Team is at the heart of an extensive network supporting the Armed Forces community across the North of Scotland.
Inverness Regional Team: 01463 710300
If you would like support out-of-hours, Veterans’ Gateway offers a 24hr contact service and can help put you in touch with the organisations best placed to help with the information, advice and support you need.
Email: inverness@poppyscotland.org.uk
Website: Inverness Regional Team | Local support | Poppyscotland
“Advocacy is about speaking up for and with people who are not being heard, helping them express their views.”
Advocacy Highland provides advocacy support for:
Telephone number: 01463 233 460
Email address: info@advocacy-highland.org.uk
Website: Advocacy Highland
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