The organisations on this page can offer a wide range of support services and advice to adults, click on the following links to find out more about each service.
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Addictive Eaters Anonymous
Addictive Eaters Anonymous (AEA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to help others to recover from addictive eating. AEA follows a Twelve Step programme, based on that of Alcoholics Anonymous, with online meetings taking place every Thursday and Friday.
EMail: info@aeauk.org
Tel: 0330 1333 615
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Cafe 1668
Cafe 1668, 86 Church Street, Inverness, IV1 1EP
- Open 9.30am to 3pm Mondays
- Open 9am to 3pm Thursday to Friday
- Free tea and coffee served each Monday, Wednesday and Friday until 2pm.
- Free lunch served each Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 12pm until 2pm (takeaways available from 1.30pm)
Cafe 1668 also offers:
- A community food larder open each day.
- Their Chatty Cafe runs each Thursday from 10am to 11am.
Phone: 01463 224 454
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Cairn Housing Association
Cairn Housing Association aim to make affordable housing more accessible to more people in need of a home of their own.
Tel: 0800 990 3405
EMail: enquiries@cairnha.com
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Caithness & Sutherland Women’s Aid
Caithness & Sutherland Women’s Aid are a third sector organisation providing specialised support for women, children and young people, in Caithness and Sutherland, who have experienced domestic abuse.
Tel: 0345 408 0151
EMail: info@caswa.org.uk
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Caithness Family Support Group
Caithness Family Support Group offers advice and information to those who may have someone in their life with problematic drug or alcohol issues. They offer strictest confidence at all times to those who would like to ask for their support.
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Caithness Mental Health Support Group
Caithness Mental Health Support Group aim to promote mental wellbeing and reduce social isolation by providing a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment where individuals can connect, grow in confidence, and access meaningful support and activities that enhance their quality of life. The group run two centres; one in Wick, and the other in Thurso.
The Haven, Bankhead, Wick, KW1 5LB
Tel: 01955 605264
Stepping Stones, Riverside, Thurso, KW14 8BU
Tel: 01847 892177
EMail: info@cmhsg.org
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Change Mental Health
Change Mental Health provides Outreach Support for people affected by mental illness. Resource Centres are available in Alness, Golspie and Fort William. Other services include: Suicide Bereavement Support Services, Distress Brief Intervention programmes and Mental Health Awareness.
Email: advice@changemh.org
Telephone: 0808 8010 515
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Crew 2000
Crew 2000 provides information, support and counselling on cannabis, stimulant and other social drugs and sexual health.
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Highland Foodbank
Highland Foodbank provides food and support to people in times of crisis. Foodbanks are available across Highland and can be accessed by referral only.
Tel: 01463 717630
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Highland Substance Awareness Toolkit
This toolkit has been commissioned by the Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
This online library provides information in relation to substances in Highland. Topics covered include Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs, including New Psychoactive Substances (NPS, previously known as ‘legal highs’), Caffeine, and also information about Blood Borne Viruses (BBV).
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Highland Well-Ness Collective
The Highland Well-Ness Collective is a social enterprise focusing on improving mental health and wellbeing with person-centred, therapeutic activities and creative outlets paired with professional counselling services.
Tel:
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HOPE App
The Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership has developed an app to help reduce drug-related harm and deaths across the north of Scotland.
The Highland Overdose Prevention and Engagement (HOPE) app has been created with input from people with lived experience and a range of experts from NHS Highland and beyond.
The HOPE app is a source of information for people with drug and or alcohol problems, as well as their families or friends, which helps prevent overdose and encourages engagement with services that can help.
It contains information on what to do in an emergency overdose situation for both depressant and stimulant drugs. Harm reduction information and details on how to contact a range of support services are also available on the app.
Free Download via the following app stores:
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Lochaber Hope
Lochaber Hope are a registered charity in Fort William, offering mental health support, and personal development opportunities, to everyone in Lochaber.
Tel: 01397 704836
EMail: admin@lochaberhope.org.uk
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Mhor Collective
Mhor Collective aims to encourage digital inclusion, and support wider digital participation, in communities and for individuals, empowering people of all ages to make positive changes in their lives.
Tel: 07785 462010
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Mikeysline
Mikeysline provide support to people with their mental health, dealing with emotional issues or to those in crisis. Support is delivered face to face, at one of their crisis centres, or via their text-based service.
Textline: 07786 207755
WhatsApp: 01463 729000
EMail: enquiries@mikeysline.co.uk
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NHS Inform
NHS inform is Scotland’s national health information service helping the people in Scotland to make informed decisions about their own health and the health of the people they care for.
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Planet Youth in Scotland
Planet Youth is a programme focused on improving young people’s health, wellbeing, and relationships. It is based on the Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM), a primary substance use prevention process tool where the key ingredient is data-driven collaboration via community engagement, family- and school involvement and pro-social positive youth development. This includes, schools, parents, carers, businesses, local government public services. The model has been developed by Planet Youth, a research consultancy in Iceland that is now supporting the implementation of its model in with communities throughout the world.
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Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR)
Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) is Scotland’s drugs early warning system.
Using innovative data collection methods, RADAR validates, assesses and shares information to reduce the risk of drug-related harm by:
- identifying new and emerging harms
- recommending rapid and targeted interventions
- publishing accessible, up-to-date information on services, harms and emerging drug trends, including our quarterly report.
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Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP)
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) is a partnership of the Medical Royal Colleges in Scotland and the Faculty of Public Health and is based at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE). SHAAP provides the authoritative medical and clinical voice on the need to reduce the impact of alcohol-related harm on the health and wellbeing of people in Scotland and the evidence-based approaches to achieve this.
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Skye & Lochalsh Mental Health Association
Skye & Lochalsh Mental Health Association provides friendship and support, both practical and emotional, to those who suffer from mental health problems.
Tel: 01478 613533
EMail: info@slmha.co.uk
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Smoke Free Highland
On the Smoke Free Highland website you can find information about:
- thinking about stopping smoking or vaping.
- wanting to help or encourage someone you know to stop smoking.
- wanting to make your home and car smoke-free.
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Talk to FRANK
FRANK helps you find out everything you might want to know about drugs. It offers friendly, confidential advice.
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The Buzz Project
The Buzz Project provides support to 14-25 year olds in Lochaber to build resilience, and fulfil their potential, using music as a medium for communication and expression.
Tel: 01397 705428
EMail: info@thebuzzproject.org
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Women’s Aid
Inverness Women’s Aid supports women, children and young people who are experiencing, or have experienced, domestic abuse.
Tel: 01463 220719
EMail: info@invernesswa.org