Citywide
Edinburgh Positive Wellbeing Service
If someone in your family has gone to prison or is affected by involvement with the criminal justice system, it can be very hard to deal with all your thoughts and feelings. It can help to talk to someone who can listen to you and help you to understand what has happened and how you feel. The Edinburgh Positive Wellbeing Service can offer support to you and your family with one-to-one and/or group support in a space at home, in the community or at one of the bases. They also host drop-in sessions throughout the week at the HMP Edinburgh Visitor centre.
For more information contact
edinburghpositivewellbeingservice@barnardos.org.uk
Sleep Action
When you sleep well at night, it's easier to feel happier, healthier, and more like your best self during the day. Learn about sleep, what affects it and how to get a better night's sleep.
For more information visit the Sleep Action website or contact
Talktime Scotland
Offering free counselling and emotional support to young people aged 12 to 25 years who are physically disabled or have long-term physical health conditions. Sessions can be in person or online.
For more information visit the Talktime Scotland website, or to make an appointment contact
07774 210 104
U-evolve
Offering one-to-one support in the form of mental health coaching, counselling and art therapy for anyone aged 16 years and above in Edinburgh. The sessions are at U-evolve’s space in Norton Park as well as in educational and community settings. The sessions are free and normally you will be offered a block of 12 sessions. You can self-refer and choose which support you feel would suit you best, or you can get support from an adult like someone at school or home. If you would like to hear a bit more about U-Evolve’s services, you can send an email, text, or WhatsApp or call them.
For more information visit the U-evolve website or contact
07534 106 155
Low Cost Counselling
A low-cost Community Clinic for adults aged 16 years and above who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health distress. The clinic is staffed by trainee counsellors online and will be held on the same day, at the same time each week. You will be asked to set an affordable fee you can pay; this can range between £5 and £25 per session.
For more information visit the First Psychology Community Clinic website. To make a referral by completing the Community Clinic referral form or contact
clinic@firstpsychologytraining.co.uk
0330 202 0606
Still I Am (SIA) Project - Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC)
Free and confidential long-term emotional and counselling support to women, all members of the trans community and non-binary people, from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities aged 16 and over, who have had any form of unwanted sexual experience.
Unwanted sexual experience can include someone touching your body in a way you didn't like, someone making comments about your body that made you feel uncomfortable, has someone sharing photos or videos of you or threatening to do so without your consent or knowledge. It could have happened in the past or recently, by a stranger or someone you are close to.
If you decide you would like support, you will have an initial appointment, then you will be offered 25 sessions with a support worker. Each session lasts for 50 minutes and can be over the phone, online, email, text or in person. Support can be provided in Arabic, Mandarin, Polish and Urdu. If we do not speak your language, we can arrange for an interpreter. An urgent appointment can also be arranged if your traumatic experience was within the last 14 days.
You can make a self-referral or someone else can make a referral on your behalf. For more information to make a referral visit the Still I Am- (SIA) Project website or contact
07496 873 156