This page details a list of local support services in East Dunbartonshire that you can contact for further support for your family. These services range from family support to specific support needs.
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Scottish Families run a Family Support Team that supports families affected by substance misuse in the East Dunbartonshire area. The team provide group support, with groups in Kirkintilloch, Bishopbriggs, Lennoxtown and Milngavie, and can also offer one-to-one support.
East Dunbartonshire Family Support Team
Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol & Drugs,
199 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3EX
T: 08080 10 10 11
E: colin@sfad.org.uk
W: www.sfad.org.uk/support-services/local-support-services/east-dunbartonshire-family-support-service
Families Plus work with families with children under 8 who are affected by parental substance misuse. They work with the whole family and focus on a sustainable, realistic recovery journey that leads to improved health and wellbeing of families.
Families Plus
Addaction, Kirkintilloch Health & Community Centre,
10 Saramago Street, Kirkintilloch G66 3BF
T: 0141 221 3382
W: www.myfamilyandalcohol.org.uk/services/878/
Relationships Scotland supports individuals, couples and families experiencing relationship difficulties. They offer a range of services, including family mediation, counselling and supervised contact, to families throughout the West of Scotland.
Relationships Scotland – Family Mediation West of Scotland
19 Woodside Place, Glasgow G3 7QL
T: 0141 332 2731
E: info@fmwest.org.uk
W: www.relationships-scotland.org.uk/find-a-local-service/family-mediation-services/relationships-scotland-family-mediation-west
Action for Children’s Functional Family Therapy [FFT] is a specialist family service team which supports families with young people aged 11-17 in Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire. FFT is a short-term intervention working with families with relationship difficulties, high levels of conflict or substance misuse and/or mental health problems. FFT therapists work with the families’ strengths to help overcome the difficulties they are facing. Referrals are made through social work.
Functional Family Therapy
Action for Children, c/o Renfrewshire Council,
St James Centre, 10 St. James Street, Paisley PA3 2HT
T: 0141 618 6859
W: www.actionforchildren.org.uk/how-we-can-help/our-local-services/find-our-services-near-you/functional-family-therapy/
The overall aim of Barnardo’s PACe service is to provide high quality intensive support to young people aged 5-18 years who are experiencing significant difficulties at home or in school.
PACe East Dunbartonshire
91 Mitchell Street, Glasgow G1 3LN
T: 0141 243 2393
W: www.barnardos.org.uk/what-we-do/services/pace-east-dunbartonshire
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 022 151
E: iadmin@s-l-co.uk
W: www.speech-language-communication-company.uk
Sense Scotland run several projects for families with disabled children and young people in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. TouchBase is a purpose built resource centre that helps school-aged children with communication support needs to develop their skills, take on new challenges and make friends. Their Parent Enabler Project provides a range of family support, tailored to the specific needs of the family.
Sense Scotland
43 Middlesex Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow G41 1EE
T: 0300 330 9292
E: info@sensescotland.org.uk
W: www.sensescotland.org.uk/what-we-do/touchbase-a-sense-of-place/
