Support Groups
Local &a National Helplines & Support Groups
Alcoholics Anonymous
Tuesday’s & Saturday’s at 8pm in St Martin’s Church, Mill Street, Ullapool, If your drinking is costing you more than money, you may have a problem we may be able to help and support you and your loved ones. Come along and meet us.
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
Mandie Smith 01463 790518
Susie Iredale 01463 226273
www.childreninthehighlands.com
Highlands & Islands Autism Society
Contact: Sheena Crumlish
Tel: (07773) 596005
Careers Scotland
This service will assist with job vacancies, learning and training opportunities, information about the labour market, advice and guidance on career plans and developing skills to increase job prospects links to other agencies. The careers service also has the authority to refer people with special needs between the ages of 15 and 19 to the Keyworker Service. This service, covering the Highlands and Islands, provides intensive, holistic support to ease the transition from school to sustainable further education, training and employment.
2B Fodderty Way
Business Park
Dingwall
IV15 9XB
Tel: 01349 864914
E-mail: info@careers-scotland.org.uk
Website: www.careers-scotland.org.uk
Childline Scotland Bullying
ChildLine is the UK’s free, 24-hour helpline for children and young people in trouble or danger. If you want to talk to someone, call ChildLine free on 0800 1111. The lines can be busy so please keep trying. Or visit the Website
Citizens Advice
The Citizens Advice Bureau Service offers free, confidential, impartial and independent advice. The CAB helps solve problems which are central to people’s lives, including debt and consumer issues, benefits, housing, legal matters, employment, and immigration. Advisers can help fill out forms, write letters, negotiate with creditors and represent clients at court or tribunal.
Call 01349 883333 or Visit the Website
Down’s Syndrome Scotland
Highland & Islands Branch
Josie Aitken
Tel 01463 790367
Dyslexia Scotland – Highland Branch
(Office manned part-time at present)
Unit 5, 15 Lotland Street, Inverness IV1 1ST
Tel 01463 717315
The National Society for Epilepsy
Helpline 01494 601400
www.epilepsysociety.org.uk
HAIN
Highland Advice & Information Network
Welfare Rights Information
www.hain.org.uk
Highland Developmental Co-ordination Disorders Group (HDCD),
Arlene Maxtone, Unit 6, 15 Lotland Street, Inverness IV1 1ST,
Tel: 01463 709 907 (10.30am-1pm),
e-mail: hdcd.org@tiscali.co.uk
Web: http://www.hdcd.org.uk
Provide support and information for parents. Hold regular evening meetings at Birnie Child Development Centre, organise talks and social events, produce a newsletter and run a swimming group for children with DCD.
Area(s) covered: Highland (but also have members from other parts of Scotland)
Health Information & Resources Service
Library offering a wide range of health related materials for loan, free of charge to those working or living within the Highlands.
Tel 01463 704647
www.healthyhighlanders.org.uk
Highland Deaf Education Service
Dingwall Primary School
Tulloch Castle Drive
Dingwall
IV15 9ND
Highland Education Vision Support Service
38 Ardconnel Street
Inverness
IV2 3EX
01463 226062
Positive Parenting
Provides support and training for parents
Scottish Development Manager, 19 Bellfield Road, North Kessock Inverness IV1 3XU
01463 731 508
Ross-shire Carers Support Group
Fiona Poulson Mackenzie 01349 854812
Scottish HART (Heart At Risk Testing)
Wilma Gunn, PO Box 14103, Selkirk TD7 LYA,
Tel: 01750 721 297,
e-mail: info@scottishhart.com
Web: http://www.scottishhart.com
Information and support for families affected by Cardiomyopathy and Heart Disorders. Newsletter, awareness raising and fundraising.
Scottish Law
Huge Resource including Dial-a-Law, which is the Law Society of Scotland’s information and referral service. With a library of over 40 different legal topics from family law to employment law, from making a will to choosing a solicitor, it gives you clear down-to-earth information about a wide variety of situations we come across in everyday life.
Scottish Association for Mental Health
Samaritans
If you need someone to listen & support you with impartial advice who wont tell anyone. No matter what your age you may find talking helps.
Tel: 0345 909090 (charged at local rate)
or pop in for a friendly chat or write a letter to:
The Samaritans, 66 Tomnahurich Street, Inverness
NHS A-Z Help-Direct
NHS A-Z Help-Direct is an easy to use Internet database, covering support groups and organisations all over the country, as well as help in accessing health and social care services http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/a-z/