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  • BEAT – Eating Disorders

    About

    Eating disorders can affect anyone at anytime. If you think you – or somebody you know – might be struggling with an eating disorder we are here for you.

    In addition to a dedicated helpline for Scotland (0808 801 0432 or via email), Beat offers a range of services for people in Scotland who may be supporting someone with an eating disorder.

    You can self-refer into a service by visiting HelpFinder, inputting your postcode and the age of the person with the eating disorder. This will show you a list of Beat services available in Scotland and you can choose one to self-refer into.

    Contact

    Website: BEAT Eating Disorders Information and Support

    Phone: 0808 801 0432 , 3 – 8pm Monday to Friday

    Email: scotlandhelp@beateatingdisorders.org.uk

  • Highland Eating Disorder Support

    About

    An adult outpatient eating disorder service, serving the Highland Health and Social Care Partnership area (excluding Argyll and Bute), treating patients aged 18 and over.

    “I hope these pages offer what you’re seeking. If you’d like to talk privately about something or someone, please fill out the contact page with your information, and I’ll reach out to set up a convenient time for us to chat“.

    Important Information

    “If you haven’t already done so a key starting point is to book a visit with your GP, who can refer you to NHS services if they think it’s needed. For more details, feel free to chat with me directly or fill out the contact form on the website”.

    Contact

    Website: Highland eating Disorder Support

    Telephone: 07958 783 838

    E-mail: michelle@highlandeatingdisorder.co.uk

    • Mon – Fri 09:00 am – 06:00 pm
    • Saturday 10:00 am – 05:00 pm
    • Sunday Closed

  • Black Isle Cares

    About

    Black Isle Cares offers a befriending service. The befriending service offers support to individuals in the community who feel lonely or isolated. Under this service, individuals will be matched with a volunteer befriender who will visit regularly to offer practical and social support. The service is free of charge and runs with the help of volunteer befrienders. All volunteer befrienders are trained through the Highland Hospice Helping Hands program and will need to successfully pass full PVG checks.

    Contact

    Website: Befriending | Black Isle Cares

    Email: befriending@blackislecares.com 

    Phone: 07720 168266

  • Highland Mindfulness

    About

    The Highland Mindfulness Group was initially an informal group set up by former Drumnadrochit GP Dr Peter Wilkes well over 15 years ago. The Group has since evolved and became a registered charity in 2020. It now draws on the skills of a team of 11 trained mindfulness facilitators.

    This is a secular group unattached to any religious movement or lineage. Whilst it does not affiliate to any religion, it does of course welcome those with religious beliefs.

    Free drop-in sessions on Zoom 6 days a week with guided meditation practices (beginners welcome). The group also offers:

    • Free drop-in session face to face every fortnight in Inverness to support people’s ongoing mindfulness practice (beginners welcome)
    • Range of courses – including beginner’s mindfulness courses (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course and the Mindfulness Based Living Course), Kindfulness self-care course, and Insight meditation courses.
    • Regular meditation days in Inverness 
    • ‘Slow down Saturdays’ in Golspie (resuming September 2025)
    • Mindfulness in Nature sessions
    • Residential weekend mindfulness retreats in the Highlands
    • Taster sessions for groups and organisations can be arranged, as well as day workshops.
    • Free meditation recordings – please explore their website where you can listen to many guided practices.

    Events and services are for people aged over 18.

    Contact

    Email: highlandmindfulness@gmail.com

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  • 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

  • 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

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  • 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

  • Lifelines

    About:

    “If you work or volunteer with an emergency service in Scotland, Lifelines Scotland is here to help you stay safe and well.

    We hope you, your colleagues, your family and friends will find our advice and support helpful. Lifelines Scotland is an NHS project – find out more about us, the training and support we offer.”

    Contact:

    Website: Welcome to Lifelines Scotland

    Email: info@lifelines.scot

  • The Selkie Collective

    About:

    “From the very beginning of The Selkie Collective we always knew that we wanted to provide supportive spaces for women in our community.  We run many events throughout the year that seek to offer rejuvenating spaces for women.  We believe that women empowering each other and providing wellbeing support can only help to uplift our community.”

    Contact:

    Website: Community | Selkie Collective

    Email: contact@theselkiecollective.com

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