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Links
This section of the site has a selection of links to other organisations which may be relevant. The links are divided into the following sections:
Women
- Edinburgh Women's Aid
97-101 Morrison Street, Edinburgh
0131 229 1419 (answer machine out of hours) Edinburgh Women's Aid offer support, information and refuge for women and any accompanying children who have been abused in a relationship. Also phone and face to face counselling. - Saheliya
11 Union Street, Edinburgh EH1 3LU
0131 556 9302 Saheliya provide a safe and confidential service that supports the mental health and well being of black/minority ethnic women in Edinburgh. Services include counselling, support and therapy groups. - Shakti Women's Aid
Norton Park Centre, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh
0131 475 2399
email: info@shaktiedinburgh.co.uk Shakti Women's Aid offer confidential support, information and safe temporary accommodation to black/minority ethnic women fleeing domestic abuse. Also provide information on housing issues, welfare benefits legal rights. - Edinburgh Women's Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre
PO Box 120, Brunswick Road, Edinburgh EH7 5WX
0131 556 9437 (helpline)
0131 557 6737 (business & Minicom)
email: EWRASAC@aol.com Offer emotional and practical support to women who have been raped or sexually abused at any time in their life. Free and confidential advice is available on their advice line. - Women onto Work
137 Buccleuch Street, Edinburgh EH8 9NE
0131 662 4514
email: mail@womenontowork.org Provides women with opportunities to explore their options in education, training and employment. To provide information and guidance. - Engender
26 Albany Street, Edinburgh EH1 EQH
email: info@engender.org.uk Engender is an information, research and networking organisation for women in Scotland, working with other groups locally and internationally to improve women's lives and increase their power and influence.
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Disabled Adults and Children
- Grapevine
Norton Park,
57 Albion Road,
Edinburgh EH7 5QY
0131 475 2370
0131 475 2463 (text)
email: grapevine@lothiancil.demon.co.uk Grapevine is an information and advice centre for disabled people, their families, friends and service providers. - Special Needs Information Point (SNIP)
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Room 7, 14 Rillbank Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 1LN
0131 536 0583
0131 536 0360 (text)
email: snip@btinternt.com SNIP provide information to parents/carers of children with special needs on the wide range of services that exist. - Access Ability Lothian
Eric Liddell Centre, 15 Morningside Road, Edinburgh EH10 4DP
(0131) 447 5767
email: info@accessabilitylothian.com AAL is a disability led project working towards inclusive education. AAL offer person centred educational advice guidance and advocacy to disabled people in Edinburgh. - Family Advice and Information Resource (F.A.I.R.)
25-27 West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DB
0131 662 1962
email: fair@fairadvice.org.uk Information and advice service for disabled people and their families and carers. - FABB Scotland
Norton Park, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh EH7 5QY
0131 475 2313 (phone and text)
email: info@fabb.org.uk FABB is an organisation for physically disabled people, particularly between 14 to 25 years. FABB offers local clubs, theme-based activities, information and training programmes.
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Parents
- One Parent Families Scotland
13 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh EH1 3NX
0131 556 3899/4563
email: info@opfs.org.uk One Parent Families Scotland is a national voluntary organisation and registered charity working with lone parents and others who support the cause of lone parents.
OPFS offers information and support, parent support groups, a counselling service, a library of information for adults and children relating to lone parenthood, specialist support groups – e.g. Lesbian Mothers, Shared Parenting Groups, and the Men and Childcare Scotland Network. - ParentLine Scotland
0808 800 2222 ParentLine Scotland is the free, confidential, telephone helpline for parents and anyone caring for a child in Scotland. - Family Resource Network
172 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 5EA
0131 553 7715
email: frnvolorg@aol.com The Network is a consortium of voluntary organisations that share a common concern for children, families and carers. - Home-Start Leith & North East Edinburgh
172 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 5EA
0131 553 7819
email: homestartleith@btconnect.com Support for families in the Leith area. Volunteers offer support and practical help to young families in their own homes. - Gingerbread
19 Chester Street, Edinburgh EH3 7RF
0131 220 1585 Gingerbread provide an information and advice centre for lone parent families in edinburgh and the Lothians. They offer practical and emotional support, informal/formal counselling and encourage the setting up of self-help groups.
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Health and Well-Being
- Edinburgh Association for Mental Health (EAMH)
2nd Floor, 40 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh EH2 4RT
0131 225 8508
email: eamh@freeuk.com EAMH provide information on and understanding of all aspects of mental health. Services include, befriending service, counselling service, OASIS – women's self-help group – supported accommodation and homecare. - Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard
PO Box 169, Edinburgh
0131 556 4049 (helpline) Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard provide education, information and support to gay men and lesbian women and their friends and families on issues around mental health and HIV/AIDS. - Libra – Women and Alcohol Services
4 Norton Place, Edinburgh EH7 5RS
0131 661 0111 Libra offer support to women who are concerned about their drinking so that they can make positive choices and regain balance and control in their lives. Services include 1:1 and group counselling, self-help groups and awareness training. - Advocard
356 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH9 1DH
0131 554 5307
email: advocard@ccis.org.uk Advocacy scheme for users of mental health services in NE Edinburgh. Service users are matched with volunteers who can be called on to help them in times of stress and emergency. - Enlighten - Action for Epilepsy
5 Coates Place, Edinburgh EH3 7AA
0131 226 5458
email: info@enlighten.org.uk Support and advice, information resource, advocacy, campaigning and training.
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Helplines
- Drinkline National Alcohol Helpline
0345 320202 - Alcoholics Anonymous
0131 225 2727 - ParentLine Scotland
0808 800 2222 ParentLine Scotland is the free, confidential, telephone helpline for parents and anyone caring for a child in Scotland. - Edinburgh Women's Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre 0131 556 9437
- Childline
0800 1111