Category: Parent and/or Carer

  • Parent Club

    About

    “Being a parent is the best job in the world. Just not all the time. It can also be the hardest. A continual learning curve with new challenges at every turn. 

    Sometimes it can feel tough. And in those moments, when parents and carers need somewhere to turn, we want to be there for you, with information you can trust, all in one place.

    Through pregnancy and toddler tantrums, to starting school and all the way up to those tricky teenage years, we’re here to help. Offering tips and advice for all the challenges that family life throws up, from experts and parents and carers who’ve been there before.

    After all, we’re all in the same club.”

    Contact

    Website: Parent Club – For Baby Box And All Your Parenting Needs

  • Highland Peep

    About

    The Programme supports parents perinatally (i.e. before and after the birth) to reflect on their developing baby, tune in to their baby’s feelings and behaviour and respond sensitively (known as reflective functioning). This helps parent-baby bonding and attachment, and reduces the risk to the early parent–baby relationship, helping to prevent isolation, anxiety and low-level depression.

    All sessions are a mix of discussion, video clips, sharing of relevant research and advice, songs/rhymes and story sharing, all underpinned by the focus on reflective functioning.  After the initial phone conversation with the parent/s, we offer five group sessions of about an hour each, focusing on:

    1. Getting to know each other
    2. Supportive networks
    3. Transition to parenthood
    4. The developing brain, and emotional support
    5. Baby states

    Following these five sessions, we offer a reunion session once the babies are born.  Throughout the course we also signpost parents to other groups or provision within their local community.

    Contact

    Highland Peep Facebook page: Highland Peep | Inverness | Facebook

    Email: gillian.forbes@highland.gov.uk

  • LGBT Health and Wellbeing

    About

    “LGBT Health and Wellbeing is Scotland’s health and wellbeing charity for LGBTQ+ adults.

    Our vision is of a Scotland where LGBTQ+ people thrive; an equal Scotland where who we are does not negatively impact on our health and wellbeing.

    We provide emotional support and information to the entire diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community across Scotland. This includes queer, intersex, asexual people and all identities under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella.

    You do not need a label to use our helpline. We will support you if you are questioning or exploring your sexuality and/or gender identity.

    We are also here for the families, partners, friends and supporters of LGBTQ+ people, as well as health and social care professionals who want to be more inclusive.

    We can support you with all kinds of issues as often and as regularly as you need it.”

    Contact

    Website: LGBT Health and Wellbeing

    Helpline: 0800 464 7000

  • Self-Harm Network Penumbra

    About

    Self-Harm Network Scotland provides compassionate support, resources, and information to people who self-harm. We also provide support and information to friends, families and professionals. 

    We know that with good, compassionate support, there is real hope for people who self-harm. Accessing the right support at the right time is critical.

    Contact

    Website: Home – Self-Harm Network Scotland Penumbra (selfharmnetworkscotland.org.uk)

    Contact form: Contact Us – Self-Harm Network Scotland Penumbra (selfharmnetworkscotland.org.uk)

    Interactive online self help tool available at: I need support – Self-Harm Network Scotland Penumbra (selfharmnetworkscotland.org.uk)

  • Sleepio

    About

    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.

    Contact

    Website: Sleepio | Can’t sleep? Get to sleep and stay asleep without pills or potions

    Additional Resources:

    The NHS Inform Mental Health Toolkit

  • Daylight

    About

    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? 

    1. Click on the following link: www.trydaylight.com/nhs
    2. Take our ‘What’s your anxiety type?’ quiz
    3. Sign up for an account using your name and email address
    4. Download the Daylight smartphone app (search ‘Daylight – Worry Less’ on both iPhone and Android).

    Contact:

    Website: Daylight (trydaylight.com)

    Email: hello@trydaylight.com

    Additional Resources:

    The NHS Inform Mental Health Toolkit

  • Culloden Mind Hub

    About:

    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.

    Contact:

    Culloden Library:

    Phone: 01349 781391

    Email: culloden.library@highlifehighland.com

    Website: Culloden Library – Libraries (highlifehighland.com)

  • Suicide Bereavement Support Service

    About

    The Suicide Bereavement Support Service is provided by Change Mental Health in Highland and Argyll & Bute. The service has been set up to support for anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide.

    Their friendly and compassionate staff­ provide personalised support based on your specific needs. They can provide you with a space to talk through the many and complex emotions felt after a suicide, and o­ffer emotional support as you navigate your loss.

    They are also here to help with practical things, such as making funeral arrangements, or talking to GPs or the police.

    All support is free and confidential, and there is no waiting list.

    Contact

    Phone: 0800 471 4768 and leave a message

    Email: suicidebereavementsupport@nhs.scot

    Suicide Bereavement Support – Highland and Argyll and ButeDownload

  • Young Minds

    About:

    “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?

    Contact:

    Website: Young Minds

  • Ewen’s Room

    About:

    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.

    Contact:

    Website: Ewen’s Room

    Enquiries: 01967 401130 (ring this number if you have enquiries about Ewen’s Room)

    Email: info@ewensroom.com

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