Services in Edinburgh

Amina is a national organisation dedicated to addressing key issues affecting Muslim and minority ethnic women. Their helpline is a listening ear and signposting service for Muslim women across Scotland. They also run befriending projects and group activities for women in Dundee and Glasgow, and employability support in Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth.

Amina MWRC
Greyfriars Charteris Centre, 138/140 The Pleasance,
Edinburgh EH8 9RR

T: 0808 801 0301 (helpline)
T: 0131 662 6850 (Edinburgh office)
E: info@mwrc.org.uk
W: www.mwrc.org.uk

CAERN, Barnardo’s Intensive Behaviour Support Service, works with children who have learning disabilities and/or autism. They provide an overnight respite service and also offer outreach and a therapeutic intervention service.

CAERN
Barnardo’s, Caern House, Gogarbank, Edinburgh EH12 9BZ

T: 0131 339 8840
E: isabel.mclaren@barnardos.org.uk
W: www.barnardos.org.uk/what-we-do/services/caern-community-disability-service

CHAI (Community Help & Advice initiative) supports and empowers people and communities across Edinburgh and Midlothian through free, confidential, high-quality, impartial advice, information and representation on welfare benefits, money, housing and employability.

CHAI Office
28 Westfield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH11 2QH

T: 0131 442 2100, for an appointment you can call: 0131 442 1009
E: chai@chaiedinburgh.org.uk
W: www.chaiedinburgh.org.uk

Cyrenians Mediation and Support service exists to prevent relationship breakdown that leads to youth homelessness. Cyrenians work with kinship care families and young people at risk of being moved into care.

Conflict Resolution Service
Cyrenians, Norton Park, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh EH7 5QY

T: 0131 475 2405
E: conflictresolution@cyrenians.scot
W: cyrenians.scot/family-people/conflict-resolution/mediation-and-support

The Family Group Decision Making Team at the City of Edinburgh Council aims to bring a child’s family together to make decisions for their welfare. The process draws on the strength of the extended family and aims to reduce the number of children care for outside of their own families and to increase the number of kinship care placements.

Family Group Decision Making Team
City of Edinburgh Council, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh EH8 8BG

T: 0131 221 2210
E: cf.familygroupdecisionmaking@edinburgh.gov.uk
W: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/support-families/family-meetings?documentId=12325&categoryId=20100

Firsthand Lothian supports families with children with disabilities and disadvantaged families in the Edinburgh area. Their skills staff and volunteers help build resilience by working with families in their community, providing support, respite care, guidance and information.

Firsthand Lothian
8B McDonald Road, Edinburgh EH7 4LZ

T: 0131 523 1322
E: info@firsthand-lothian.org.uk
W: www.firsthand-lothian.org.uk

The Harbour Project works with children and families affected by parental drug and/or alcohol use in Edinburgh. They provide a range of support to children and parents / carers, addressing issues such as behaviour, school, and access to other services.

The Harbour Project
Circle Harbour Project, 18 West Pilton Park, Edinburgh EH4 4EJ

T: 0131 552 0305
T: Julie 07984 022 908
E: info@circle.scot
W: circle.scot/families/families-affected-by-drugs-alcohol/#

Home Link Family Support is an award-winning charitable organisation supporting families with young children in Edinburgh and Midlothian. They work with families in their own homes to ensure the best start in life for children. They provide a range of services including systemic family counselling, family support (using trained volunteers to provide family-learning experiences) and a young parents’ service.

Home Link Family Support
1 Dalkeith Road Mews, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 5GA

T: 0131 661 0890
E: info@homelinkfamilysupport.org
W: www.homelinkfamilysupport.org

The Junction is a safe, friendly, confidential centre which offers lots of health-related services, education and support for young people in Leith and North East Edinburgh aged 12-21. The Junction aims to promote long-term prevention of health problems, to raise young people’s awareness and self-esteem and to enable them to make informed choices about their health and well-being.

The Junction
82-86 Great Junction Street, Edinburgh EH6 5LL

T: 0131 553 0570
E: support@the-junction.org
W: the-junction.org

The Kinship Support Team at the City of Edinburgh Council currently provides one-to-one support based on tailored support plans to over 60 families. The team also run an advice line and email service for information and guidance on any issue. Each year they host a Christmas party and an Easter holiday activity programme. You can also sign up to their email and mailing list for updates on local events, training opportunities and other relevant news.

Kinship Support Team
City of Edinburgh Council, Westfield House,
5 Kirk Loan, Edinburgh EH12 7HD

T: 0131 529 2588
E: kinshipsupport@edinburgh.gov.uk
W: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20078/children_and_families/629/kinship_carers

Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is an intensive family and community based intervention for children and young people aged 11-17, where young people are at risk of out of home placement in either care or custody due to their offending or having severe behaviour problems. The key goals of MST are to break the cycle of anti-social behaviours by keeping young people safely at home, in school, and out of trouble.

T: 0131 529 7552
E: cf.mst@edinburgh.gov.uk
W: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/support-families/multisystemic-therapy-team-mst/1

Pilton Community Health Project has been working in the Pilton area since 1984. Their projects on issues including food, physical activity and counselling; and they run a range of groups and activities for local people to join, and can usually arrange free childcare for children under 12 for people using their services.

Pilton Community Health Project
73 Boswall Parkway, Edinburgh EH5 2PW

T: 0131 551 1671
E: admin@pchp.org.uk
W: www.pchp.org.uk

Smart Play Network run two projects in Edinburgh. The Play Rangers service operates in Brunstane Primary School and Bingham Community Centre (see website for details); the project offers a range of exciting play opportunities for children in their outdoor environments. Play Plus is a toy library based at Inch House Community Centre. Parents/carers can join the toy library as a member and enjoy free open play sessions, where you can drop in to meet new families, and borrow or play with the toys.

Smart Play Network
Unit 40/41, Craigmillar, Edinburgh

T: 0131 554 2620
E: admin@smartplaynetwork.org
W: www.smartplaynetwork.org

Richmond’s Hope is a Scottish Charity which provides individual and group support for bereaved children and young people age 4 to 18 years old from Edinburgh and the Lothians. They also offer telephone support and advice to parents, carers and professionals in Scotland.

Richmond’s Hope
227 Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh EH16 4PA

T: 0131 661 6818
E: info@richmondshope.org.uk
W: www.richmondshope.org.uk

Space & the Broomhouse Hub is a community space based in South-West Edinburgh. Their Youth & Family Services include support for Young Carers and Adult Carers, a youth befriending service for young people from South-West Edinburgh, aged 5-16, affected by parental drug or alcohol use. The Service works in partnership with Big Hearts Community Trust to support young people, city-wide, who are in kinship care aged 7-14 years old.

Space and Broomhouse Hub
79-89 Broomhouse Crescent, Edinburgh EH11 3RH

T: 0131 455 7731
E: admin@spacescot.org
W: www.spacescot.org/youthandfamilies/

SLCo has a range of information services that provide help and advice to parents and carers about speech, language and communication. Their staff cover Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross, Edinburgh and Lothians, Glasgow, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Borders and Western Isles; they organise local support groups, workshops, one-to-one support, and can arrange a Speech Language Therapist guided support service.

The Speech Language Communication Company
42-44 Castle Street, Dundee DD1 3AQ

T: 01382 250 060
text: 07580 022151
E: admin@s-l-co.uk
W: www.speech-language-communication-company.uk

Sunflower Garden works with children in Edinburgh who are affected by drug or alcohol misuse in their families. Based at Simpson House in Edinburgh, this free services was established in 2003 as part of CrossReach’s Children & Family Services. It is child-friendly and child-focused, and provides a range of therapeutic services to children aged 5-14.

Sunflower Garden Project
Simpson House, 52 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 3NS

T: 0131 220 2488
W: www.crossreach.org.uk/sunflower-garden

VOCAL provides support for all types carers in Edinburgh and Midlothian. They work with unpaid carers to enable them to support their own needs and access the support and services they require. In doing so, they provide information, individual support, counselling and a range of other services.

VOCAL Carers Centre
Edinburgh Carers’ Hub, 60 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 5HB

T: 0131 622 6666
E: centre@vocal.org.uk
W: www.vocal.org.uk

The Yard runs adventure play services for disabled children, young people and their families in the east of Scotland. We offer disabled children and their siblings the chance to experience creative, adventurous indoor and outdoor play in a well-supported environment. Parents and carers also have the opportunity to meet other families and build a network of support.

The Yard
22 Eyre Place Lane, Edinburgh EH3 5EH

T: 0131 476 4506
E: info@theyardscotland.org.uk
W: www.theyardscotland.org.uk