This page details a list of local support services in Highland 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.
Caithness & Sutherland Women’s Aid have a well-established Children and Young People’s Service, which provides emotional and practical support to children and young people who have (or whose family has) experienced or are experiencing domestic abuse. Each child or young person referred to the service is allocated a support worker. Support is led by the child or young person and is individually tailored to suit their life and their experience(s).
Children & Young People Service
Caithness & Sutherland Women’s Aid, VGES Building,
Main Street, Golspie KW10 6TG
T: 0345 408 0151 (helpline)
E: info@caswa.org.uk
W: www.caswa.org.uk/services/support-for-children—young-people
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
Osprey House offers a range of services including advice, information, treatment, support and contact with other agencies. The service is completely confidential, delivered by experienced staff and geared towards anyone who is experiencing problems in their life associated with alcohol and drugs or related issues, including family and friends. The service is provided in an informal friendly setting.
Osprey House
Raigmore Avenue, Inverness IV2 3DZ
T: 01463 716 888
Facebook: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service NHSH
Relationships Scotland supports individuals, couples and families experiencing relationship difficulties. Their office in Inverness offers a range of services, including family mediation, counselling and parent support, to families throughout Highland.
Relationships Scotland – Family Third Floor
46 Church Street, Inverness
IV1 1EH
T: 01463 712 100
E: info@fmhighland.org
W: www.relationships-scotland.org.uk/find-a-local-service/family-mediation-services/highland
Action for Children’s Gael Og services provide a wide range of support services for children, young people and adults in the Highlands. These include: advisory services; services that encourage young people to take part in healthy activities; one-to-one support for young people experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol; intensive support and guidance for extremely vulnerable young people. Gael Og works across Highland with the aim of ensuring the best outcomes for children and families in the North of Scotland.
Gael Og
Action for Children, 1st floor, Highland Rail House,
Station Square, Academy Street, Inverness IV1 1LE
T: 01463 717 227
E: grahame.cooper@actionforchildren.org.uk OR
gaelog@actionforchildren.org.uk
W: www.actionforchildren.org.uk/how-we-can-help/our-local-services/find-our-services-near-you/gael-og-probation/
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 Caithness
Office 4, Stevenson House, 10 Harbour Terrace, Wick KW1 5HB
T: 07545 434815
E: office@homestartcaithness.org.uk
W: www.homestartcaithness.org.uk
Home-Start East Highland
W: www.home-start.org.uk/home-start-east-highland
intandem is a mentoring programme for children and young people in kinship care. It supports young people aged 8 to 14 years, and often carries on beyond age 14.
Mentors can make a big difference to a young person, building their confidence, helping them to try new things and set goals. By meeting regularly (often weekly), they build a positive relationship and have lots of fun together.
intandem is managed by Inspiring Scotland and delivered by 11 charity partners in 19 local authorities.
Find out more www.intandem.scot
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
Lochaber Women’s Aid supports women and children who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse. Their children and young people workers are available to discuss issues that are happening in the home, at school, with family or with friends.
Children & Young People Service
Lochaber Women’s Aid, Mary Street, Fort William, PH33 6BF
T: 01397 705 734
W: www.lochaberwomensaid.org/childrens-service
The Spark is a leading provider of couples counselling, marriage counselling, individual counselling and family counselling in Scotland. In Inverness they offer a range of face-to-face, online and telephone appointments for couples counselling, marriage counselling and individual counselling.
T: 0808 802 2088
E: appointments@thespark.org.uk
W: www.thespark.org.uk/relationship-support-for-couples-individuals/local-counselling-locations/the-spark-counselling-inverness
Thriving Families provides an independent information, advice and support service for families with children (up to age 25) with additional support needs, and the professionals working with them. An additional support need is anything which means a child needs more, or different, support to another child the same age to make the most of their lives.
Thriving Families
The Pines, Drummond Road, Inverness IV2 4NZ
T: 07514 120288
E: info@thrivingfamilies.org.uk
W: www.thrivingfamilies.org.uk/
Wave is a sexual health and relationships education service for all young people aged 24 and under living in the Highlands. As well as delivering education programmes to groups in schools and the community, their website provides Highland-specific information and help to find relevant local services.
Wave
34 Waterloo Place
Inverness IV1 1NB
T: 01463 711 585
E: hello@wavehighland.com
W: www.wavehighland.com
