This page details a list of local support services in Angus that you can contact for further support for your family. These services range from family support to specific support needs.
If you run a service and it is not in this list or your details may have changed, please contact us so we can adjust.
Angus Carers Centre aims to improve the quality of life for all carers in Angus. They provide information and advice, peer support groups, and practical and emotional support. Their services include one-to-one support, counselling, reflexology, therapeutic massage, and training on issues such as stress management, mental health and wellbeing.
Angus Carers
Ground floor, 8 Grant Road, Arbroath DD11 1JN
T: 01241 439 157
E: enquiries@anguscarers.org.uk
W: www.anguscarers.org.uk
Family Mediation Tayside and Fife is a member of Relationships Scotland. They support individuals, couples and families experiencing relationship difficulties. They have offices in Dundee and Glenrothes, from which they offer a range of services, including family mediation, counselling, family therapy and supervised contact, to families throughout Tayside and Fife.
Family Mediation Tayside & Fife
21 Dock Street, Dundee DD1 3DP
T: 01382 201 343
E: info@familymediationonline.co.uk
W: www.familymediationonline.co.uk
Home-Start centres provide a range of support to families with at least one child under five years old. Each centre has trained volunteers who support families who may be struggling with isolation, physical health, bereavement or a range of other issues.
Home-Start Angus
27 Hamilton Green, Arbroath DD11 1JG
T: 01241 431 131
E: homestartangus@btconnect.com
W: www.homestartangus.org.uk
Parent to Parent is a voluntary organisation which supports parents/carers of children with additional support needs, whether physical, learning, sensory or behavioural. It also supports parents/carers of children who are seriously or terminally ill or who have suffered a bereavement of a child. It provides advocacy for children and young people with additional needs. They support families that live in Angus, Dundee or Perth & Kinross.
Parent to Parent
Ardler Clinic, Turnberry Avenue, Dundee DD2 3TP
T: 01382 817 558
E: admin@parent-to-parent.org
W: parent-to-parent.org
The kinship social workers in the Permanence Team undertake some kinship assessments and also offer support and information for kinship carers.
Angus Council have a kinship support group which runs on the first Thursday of every month with some evening groups offered through the year. The Angus Council Kinship Facebook page provides updates on this and other relevant news.
T: 01241 438 000
W: www.facebook.com/anguscouncilkinship
Play on Wheels (POW) is a mobile play service operating in Dundee, Angus and Fife. The team consists of four experienced play practitioners with two vans filled with scrap resources for children to explore and enjoy. POW works alongside children, families and practitioners in their own settings for around 8 to 12 weeks to create lasting change. If you are interested in finding out more or having Play On Wheels deliver some workshops at your setting, fill out the contact form on their website.
Play On Wheels
Smart Play Network, 16 Constitution Street, Edinburgh EH6 7BT
T: 0131 554 2620
W: www.smartplaynetwork.org
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 250060
text: 07580 022 151
W: www.speech-language-communication-company.uk
Angus Council offers support to children, young people and their families where there are concerns about the welfare of children or where parents need additional help to cope. They may be able to provide one-to-one work, family work or group work.
T: 03452 777 778
W: www.angus.gov.uk/info/20266/children_and_families/374/support_for_families
Support in Mind Scotland (Tayside) seek to support and empower all those affected by mental illness, including family members, carers and supporters. They run a range of projects for people affected by mental ill health throughout Tayside.
Support in Mind Scotland – Tayside
c/o Angus Independent Advocacy, 60 High Street, Arbroath DD11 1AW
T: 01382 305 713
E: gevans@supportinmindscotland.org.uk
W: www.tcsproject.org.uk
The WEB Project (Angus) offers a drop in service, one-to-one support, and a variety of other services for 10-25 year olds. The ‘Streets Ahead’ service is for 14-25 year olds who are at risk or are experiencing problems with drugs or alcohol use.
WEB (Angus)
CAIR Scotland, 29B Canmore Street, Forfar DD8 3HT
T: 01307 460 101
E: webangus@cairscotland.org.uk
E: fraser.mitchell@cairscotland.org.uk
