This page details a list of local support services in Eilean Siar 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.
Action for Children provide a wide range of services from to children and families across the Western Isles. They work with children and families who have been affected by substance misuse and violence against women, children with disabilities and children who have been identified as in need by Children’s Services.
Action for Children Eilean Siar
30 Bayhead, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2DU
T: 01851 705 080
W: www.actionforchildren.org.uk/how-we-can-help/our-local-services/find-our-services-near-you/eilean-siar-adp/
Autism Eileanan Siar is a group for families with children or adults with autism or other additional needs. We meet once a month at the Lewis Retirement Centre from 10-12pm,every second Friday of the month, (excluding school holidays) come along for a cuppa chat and advice, and make new friends, everyone is welcome .
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/166209820385568
Barra Children’s Centre is a community-owned organisation that provides education and other services for pre-school children in Barra and Vatersay. In addition to providing accommodation for Council-run Nursery provision, the Children’s Centre also provides a Parent and Toddlers facility used for informal drop-in sessions and playleader led activities in Gaelic and English for babies, toddlers and their families, and a café.
Barra Children’s Centre
Castlebay, Isle of Barra, HS9 5XD
T: 01871 810 890
E: info@barrachildrenscentre.org.uk
W: www.barrachildrenscentre.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BridgeCommunityCentre/
The Bridge Community Centre is a vibrant youth and community group on the Isle of Lewis. The Bridge Community Centre Youth Group aims to increase the amount of opportunities for young people to play and socialise; their services include club nights and a mentoring programme.
Bridge Community Centre
Embankment, Bayhead, Stornoway HS1 2DU
T: 01851 702 432
E: info@bridgecommunitycentre.co.uk
The Caladh Trust is based Balivanich and provides a wide range of services for people affected by addiction, family breakdown, exclusion illness and poverty. This includes drop-in services, individual and group support and counselling, a community garden and café, healthy eating programmes, minor household repairs and other practical support.
Caladh Trust
An Caladh, East Camp, Balivanich, Isle of Benbecula HS7 5LA
T: 01870 603 888
E: thecaladhtrust@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecaladhtrust/
Relationships Scotland supports individuals, couples and families experiencing relationship difficulties. Their office in Stornoway offers counselling and mediation support for families throughout the Western Isles.
Relationships Scotland – Counselling & Family Mediation Western Isles
23 Keith Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2JA
T: 01851 705 600
E: cfmwesternisles@btconnect.com
W: www.relationships-scotland.org.uk/find-a-local-service/family-mediation-services/western-isles
Kooth.com is a free online counselling, advice and support service for young people aged between 10 and 16 years available in Glasgow and some other areas in Scotland.
It provides a safe secure means of accessing support with a specialist team of qualified counsellors and offers self-help tools and community spaces. The aim of Kooth is to support better emotional and mental health and wellbeing of young people and support is tailored to the individual young persons needs and situation.
The qualified counsellors are online 365 days a year. Monday to Friday, from 12 noon – 10pm and between 6pm- 10pm on weekends.
Kooth has no waiting list or referral process. Children and young people can access support for any issue they may be experiencing.
To access, young people simply register at www.kooth.com
The Shed is a youth and community facility in Stornoway that is fully equipped to offer a wide range of options to many types of clients. They run a range of activities for young people, including youth clubs, one-to-one’s and drop-in’s; a babies and toddlers group; and a drop-in centre called ‘The Well’ for adults who are affected by their own or someone else’s substance misuse.
The Shed
11 Francis Street, Stornoway, HS1 2NB
T: 01851 704 557
E: enquiries@theshedproject.org.uk
W: www.theshedproject.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theshedstornoway
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: admin@s-l-co.uk
W: www.speech-language-communication-company.uk
