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Website: In November 2011 Baptist Church officially support in Stirling. www.stirlingbaptist.org/family-life- opened a Family Life Centre with the immediate focus of centre offering support in three areas of family life: - Adult relational issues - Parent to child relational difficulties - Children’s issues outwith parental relationships. SBC Family Life Centre Contact Email: Kathleen.forbes@ stirlingbaptist.co.uk

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Website: Website: Aberlour is the largest, solely Scottish, children’s charity www.aberlour.org.uk/ ace-cornton.org/site/Home.php ACE is a registered charity based in Cornton, and we provide help to over 6000 of ’s most Stirling. We provide community based adult learning to vulnerable children, young people and their families allow people to build their confidence and self-esteem, each year. learn new skills and to reach their potential and improve Works with young people in Stirling and Clackmannan- their quality of life. Contact shire aged 8-16 who may be experiencing some Contact Email: difficulty in their lives. Befrienders are all volunteers Email: who offer a young person one to one time for fun and [email protected] friendship. They aim to offer a range of diversionary [email protected] Telephone: activities and boost confidence and self esteem. Also Telephone: 01786 450335 work with parents. 01786 445619 3 4

Provides person-centred services for people living in Stirling area that are experiencing or recovering from Website: mental ill health and related problems. Services provide Website: We are a voluntary organisation that has been working in actioninmind.org.uk/ care and support in the community for people experi- http://asc.me.uk/ the Forth Valley area since 1975. encing or recovering from mental ill health and include: We provide a range of counselling and rehabilitation Adult Befriending (18 - 65yrs); Counselling (18 - 65yrs); services for people affected by alcohol and/or drug Home support (floating housing support); Rural Access misuse to help them on the road to recovery (18 - 65yrs); The Hub - peer support and groups (18 - 65yrs); Young Persons Befriending Service including Contact peer group support (12 -18 years); Mental Health and Contact Email: Wellbeing Campaigning; Signposting and information Telephone: provision activities also take place on a regular basis; [email protected] Service User involvement; Supported employment and 01786 450721 Telephone: volunteering opportunities. 01324 874969 01786 451203

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After Schools Clubs BAIRNS’ ROCK Tuesday 9.30 – 11.30am Music and play group for babies and preschool children and their carers

THE BRIG PROJECT Tuesday 1.30 – 3.30pm Inter-generational singing and other stuff, bringing together babies, children and older people Website: Alsorts, Stirling 01786 449339 apschurch.com CELEBRATE RECONNECTION Tuesday 7.30-9.30pm Finding real help in overcoming our hurts, habits and hang-ups. Out of School Care 07902 260448 Website: After Schools Club OIKOS CAFE Thursday 10am – 3.30pm www.familiesonline.co.uk/ [email protected] Church and community café open to everyone – soup, bread, home LOCATIONS/Central-Scotland/Local- Hummingbird House Out of School Club 01786 821950 baking, good relationships, support groups, job club, book group, library Contact etc. Directory/Stirling-Falkirk-and-Clacks Riverside Out of School Care 01786 449198 -Out-of-School-Care#.UrF87NJdXKM Alistair Cowper - Minister Woodys After School Club 01786 462621 CAP JOB CLUB Thursday 1pm – 3.30pm Cambusbarron After Schools Club Email: Help with getting out of unemployment and into work. [email protected] [email protected] BB Friday 6.30-8pm Kids Club [email protected] Telephone: Fun, games and activities for boys and girls P1-P7. 01786 471998 07791 524504 7 8

Website: Website: There are around 10 million people with arthritis in the www.apexscotland.org.uk/ We are the specialist organisation that for over 25 years www.arthritiscare.org.uk/Home UK. That’s 10 million individuals, plus their families, has contributed to a safer Scotland by working with ex- each affected in a unique way. offenders and young people and adults at risk to give them the From high quality information and support to empower necessary skills to change their behaviour and lead you to take control of your arthritis, to campaigning for Contact fulfilling lives. Contact change… Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] Arthritis Care is here for you.

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Barnardo’s transforms the lives of the most vulnerable Website: Website: children across the UK through the work of our projects, bannockburnrda.org.uk/ The aim of our charity is to enhance the lives of disabled www.barnardos.org.uk/ campaigning and research expertise. and disadvantaged people by offering a range of services designed to improve health, wellbeing, confidence and We believe we can bring out the best in every child self esteem. whether the issue is child poverty, sexual exploitation, disability or domestic violence. Contact Contact Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] Telephone: Telephone: 01786 813338 0131 446 7001 11 12

The Boys’ Brigade was founded in Glasgow in 1883 by Sir William Alexander Smith and are rightly proud of Website: Website: our Scottish Heritage. makeabignoise.org.uk/sistema- Big Noise is an orchestra programme that aims to use scotland.boys-brigade.org.uk/ scotland/ music making to foster confidence, teamwork, pride and We are a Christian organisation which cares for and aspiration in the children taking part– and across their challenges young people for life through a programme wider community. It is based on the methods of Vene- Contact of informal education in a fun way. Each week around zuela’s “El Sistema” movement and is run by the charity The Boys’ Brigade 20,000 young people, aged 5 to 18, take part in one of Contact Sistema Scotland. our 450 groups. Email: Carronvale House [email protected] Carronvale Road Local Groups Telephone: Larbert, FK5 3LH 8th Stirling—St Ninians Old Parish 01786 462923 Tel: 01324 562008 11th Stirling—Allan Church Hall, Email: 4th Stirling—Allan Park South [email protected] 28th Stirling—Bridge of Allan Parish Church 13 14

We deliver a wide range of activities for young people,

Website: Website: including youth clubs, breakfast clubs, after-school study Anyone can feel down or depressed from time to time. It support, job club and our SQA accredited Steps to Work www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk helps to get some Breathing Space. You are not alone and www.callanderyouthproject.co.uk/ Programme. talking about how you feel is a positive first step in We also deliver a dedicated support project for young getting help. So don't let problems get out of hand, people 15 - 24, who are not in education or employment phone Breathing Space where experienced advisors will with training. Our SQA accredited Steps to Work listen and provide information and advice. Contact Contact qualification offers employability support for young Email: Email: people who have left school and are looking for work. The programme focuses on personal development as Telephone: [email protected] well as offering work tasters across a variety of sectors. 0800 838587 Telephone: For many years we have supported young people to 01877 330141 access college through the to College mini bus service - an educational lifeline for those in remote rural 15 areas. 16

Central Advocacy Partners

Website: Website: We provide independent advocacy to young people on www.carers.org/local-service/ Stirling Carers Centre will provide practical and emotional centraladvocacypartners.org.uk/ the Autism Spectrum, a training course on the new Self stirling support to unpaid carers in the Stirling Council area. Directed Support Act that comes into force in April this If you are an unpaid carer, we at Stirling Carers Centre year as well as running a young people’s inclusion group may be able to help make things easier for you. We Contact: that meets weekly. recognise that unpaid carers have different needs. Contact elizabeth@ Email: centraladvocacypartners.org.uk [email protected] Telephone: Telephone: 01324 633321 01786 447003

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Website: Website: Citizens advice bureaux are a network of independent www.csrec.org.uk/index.php/en/ The Mission of CSREC is to eliminate discrimination and www.stirlingcab.org.uk/ charities, each with its own board of directors. Each CAB harassment from Central Scotland, so that everyone has helps the people in its community by providing free, an equal chance to learn, work and live free from confidential, impartial and independent advice, infor- prejudice and fear of harassment and violence. Contact mation and support. Contact Email: Email: craiganderson@ [email protected] stirlingcab.casonline.org.uk Telephone: Telephone: 01324 610950 01786 470239 19 20

COP is a small community organisation originally formed Website: in 2003 and became a charitable company in 2010. It is Website: Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland exists to promote the opportunitiescultenh.wix.com/ run by a committed group of local volunteers. www.crusescotland.org.uk/ well-being of bereaved people in Scotland. Cultenhove Opportunities is working to make St Ninians a Support/Central.html We seek to help anyone experiencing bereavement to understand their grief and cope with their loss. We “Better Place to Live”. work primarily through volunteers, providing free care We are aiming to do this by improving: Contact to bereaved people. We also train and educate individu- Community Spirit: COP4 Families are working to bring als and organisations who may in turn be able to Contact Email: contribute to the well-being of bereaved people. Email: people together and we produce our newsletter ‘COP THIS’. forthvalley@ [email protected] Support to People: COP employ a Resident Support crusescotland.org.uk Telephone: Worker to support individuals in the community. COP Telephone: 01786 450613 0845 600 2227 also run a variety of activities aimed at increasing peoples skills and self-confidence. 21 22

Our purpose-built family, youth, sports, Families Need Fathers Scotland is Scotland's leading Website: meeting and multi-activity centre is open to all. Website: www.dunblanecentre.co.uk www.fnfscotland.org.uk/ shared parenting charity Facilities, activities, prices, location and opening Parental divorce or separation should not mean that time can all be found through the website but children lose the love and care of one of their parents. nothing beats coming in for a look! Families Need Fathers seeks to obtain, for the children, the best possible blend of both parents in the lives of Contact Contact children; enough for the children to realise that both Email: Email: parents are fully involved in their lives. [email protected] [email protected] Families Need Fathers is firstly a social care organisa- Telephone: Telephone: tion, helping parents whose children's relationship with them is under threat. We offer information, advice and 01786 824224 0131 557 2440 support services for parents on how to do the best for their children. We are the only organisation that provides 23 these services on a national basis. 24

Family Mediation Central Scotland - Family Mediation and Child Contact Centre Services, offering mediation Website: between separated parents or family members experi- stirlingfamilysupport.org.uk/ To enhance the lives of all individuals affected by a family Contact encing conflict within their relationships and neutral, member's, friend, or partner's substance misuses Email: child-friendly places where children can meet with the through the provision of a dedicated programme of [email protected] parent they no longer live with or another family support including information and advice, counselling, Telephone: member following family breakdown. peer group, and complementary therapies. 01786 472984 Contact Email: admin@ stirlingfamilysupport.org.uk Telephone: 01786 470797 25 26

GamCare is the leading provider of information, advice, support and free counselling for the prevention and treatment of problem gambling. Website: GamCare takes a non-judgemental approach to Website: We are for all girls and young women, whatever their www.gamcare.org.uk/ gambling. We do not wish to restrict the choices or www.girlguidingscotland.org.uk background and circumstances. We offer them fun, opportunities for anyone to operate or engage in exciting activities and the chance to make life-long friends. Contact gambling opportunities that are available legally and Email: operated responsibly. Contact • We are open to all girls – of all faiths and none. helpline.admin We develop strategies that will: Girlguiding Scotland Headquarters • Our groups are fully integrated to include girls with @gamcare.org.uk - Improve the understanding of the social impact of 16 Coates Crescent disabilities, we offer grants to ensure that they and their gambling Telephone: Edinburgh carers can join us on camps and trips. - Promote a responsible approach to gambling • We employ outreach workers to encourage membership 0141 887 0880 EH3 7AH - Address the needs of those adversely affected by a in hard-to-reach communities. Emergency Helpline: gambling dependency Tel: 0131 226 4511 0808 8020 133 If you need support immediately, please talk to our Email: advisers on the Netline [email protected] 27 28

We have worked with NHS Forth Valley’s Psychology Department, Moodjuice and Service Information We are a registered charity and social enterprise, Directory (SID), Stirling University and local libraries to specialising in reusing and recycling children’s toys, Website: Website: bring you recommended self-help materials in Wellbeing clothes, books, prams and nursery equipment. We have a www.goodgreenfun.co.uk/ Books. Information on law, benefits etc is in Resources. shop in central Stirling, selling a huge range of high http://healthewholeofme.com/ Statutory and voluntary/3rd sector services are quality, preloved children's items at very affordable Contact in Services; help lines and websites are there too. prices. Email: Involvement opportunities are in Get Involved.Support [email protected] A-Z has information relating to long term conditions, Address: lifestyle choices and life-events. Unit 32, Stirling Enterprise Park, Stirling, FK7 7RP Telephone: 01786 849216 29 30 Heart to Heart supports those struggling with separa- tion/divorce or relationship breakdown. We run group support courses covering topics such as Coping with Home-Start Stirling offers friendly, informal support Change, Communication, Forgiveness, Legal and Moral by matching families with a suitable volunteer who Website: Issues and Moving On. Website: will visit them in their own home. www.hearttoheart.org.uk http://homestartstirling.co.uk/ H2H is our youth project and helps 11-18yr olds experi- Home-Start Stirling can help any family who has: encing the breakdown of their parent’s relationship. We  at least one child under the age of five years, and deliver a one to one support course that matches a young person with a Lifeguide - a young adult who can  are experiencing some kind of stress and/or Contact listen and teach them positive coping strategies for Contact crisis. Email: stress, anger, anxiety, sadness and loss. Email: [email protected] [email protected] Telephone: Our support courses run for six weeks, are open to Telephone: 01877 339966 anyone and free at the point of delivery (donations 01786 476782 07790 437713 accepted). 31 32

Children’s Charity Website: Free Holidays for Disadvantaged Kids Website: www.includem.org/ www.hopscotch-charity.org/ At Includem we work with society's most troubled and HopScotch was set-up because of the desperate need vulnerable young people. We’re there to help when for vulnerable children to have a free countryside young people are most at risk. We aim to show young holiday. In December 1998 we purchased Ardvullin and people that life holds more opportunities than they work began soon after to convert it into a Holiday Contact Contact realise. Email: Centre. In July 1999 we ran our first HopScotch pro- Email: [email protected] gramme, providing 60 children with a holiday. From [email protected] Telephone: 2000 we extended our season year on year to an annual programme of 27 weeks by 2008. In 2011, due to the 0131 336 5554 high demand, we increased it further to 31 weeks, enabling over 340 vulnerable children to have a much needed respite break at Ardvullin. 33 34

Website: The Lilias Graham Trust is a charity which provides a Website: thelgt.org.uk/ unique Residential Support and Assessment Service for mclarenleisure.co.uk/ McLaren Community Leisure Centre is managed by a families with children. We help parents understand their team of devoted staff and professional volunteer children's needs and enable them to meet those needs. Directors, who are committed to providing sport and leisure facilities for the local schools, community and Contact Contact visitors to the area, in a sustainable manner. Email: The service enables parents and children to explore and Email: develop positive relationships, teaches parents the skills [email protected] which will enable them to nurture their children and [email protected] Telephone: helps parents put new-found approaches into practice. Telephone: 01786 850259 01877 330000

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Play Therapy—Yvonne McCorkindale

Website: Open Secret are a community based organisation who provide confidential support to individuals and families opensecret.org/ whose lives have been impacted by childhood abuse or trauma. We work with survivors of all ages. Our services are available primarily in the Forth Valley area, Offering therapeutic services to children and but some aspects of our service are available support for their families. Contact throughout Scotland. Email: Contact [email protected] Email: Telephone: [email protected] 01324 630100 Telephone: 07969652162 37 38

Website: PLUS was founded by parents of disabled children in Website: The purpose of Central Scotland Rape Crisis & Sexual plus-stirling.org.uk/ 1988 who were keen to develop networking www.rapecrisiscentralscotland.co Abuse Centre, is to provide a free and confidential opportunities for both them and their children. Since service, which works towards the elimination of the then, PLUS has developed a number of age .uk/ effects of rape, sexual assault and child sexual abuse. The appropriate projects that provide opportunities for young service is available for women, men and young people people with disabilities to have access to the sup- over the age of 13, throughout Falkirk, Stirling and Contact port they need to get out and have fun with people of Contact Clackmannanshire. Email: their own age. This also give parents and carers some Email: [email protected] time for themselves. info@ Telephone: rapecrisiscentralscotland.co.uk 01786 450086 Telephone: 01786 471771 39 40 Community Partnership

To provide Information and Advice on the local regenera- Website: tion process Website: www.volunteerscotland.org.uk/ including the potential impacts on local people of the redkitecommunitynursery.org.uk/ Red Kite Community Nursery aims to provide the best Organisation/Detail/77363/0/ Raploch Masterplan which sets out plans for physical service it can for its children, staff and parents. It is a Raploch-Community-Partnership Infrastructure changes including environmental improve- service owned and run by the parents and carers of the ments, new housing, new community facilities, including Contact children who attend so you can be sure that we always have the best interests of our children at heart, because Training and Education facilities and new business Email: opportunities. they are our own! enquiries@ Contact RedKiteCommunityNursery.org.uk Email: Telephone: [email protected] 01786 841752

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Relationships-Scotland CCCS Stirling Kinship Care Group Website: provides relationship counselling in the Central Scotland Website: The group meets every Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 area. All kinds of people come to us. your relationships p.m. relationships- www.sfad.org.uk/services/stirling-family- are special but they sometimes run into difficulties. Our support-services scotlandcccs.org.uk/ qualified staff are here to help. We are warm and friendly and we listen so we can work with you to resolve things. The group provide a space to talk not just about their People find sharing feelings helps them understand what substance using child or the grandchildren they look after. They talk about everyday events, share infor- Contact is going on in their relationship and change things for the Contact mation about political issues such as funding, bedroom better. tax etc, get involved in campaigns for Kinshipcare rights. Email: Kate Fotheringham They exchange ideas on how they cope in difficult info@ Telephone: situations. As well as sharing tears they share laughter. They organise activities for the kids picnics, days in the relationships-scotlandcccs.org.uk 01786 470797 park, going to pantomime and more. Telephone: 01324 670067 43 44

At Scottish Marriage Care we provide relationship counselling services in Aberdeen, Ayrshire, Dundee, Website: East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow, Website: The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is the only www.scottishmarriagecare.org/ Inverness, Motherwell, Paisley, Port Glasgow, Stirling www.childminding.org/ organisation dedicated to supporting childminders in and Whitburn. Scotland. At SMC we believe that positive relationships are at the heart of a successful Scotland. Whether we are SINGLE, Our main aim is to promote childminding as a quality childcare service. We do this in part by helping SCMA Contact MARRIED, COHABITING, with or without CHILDREN, our Contact lives are stabilised, enhanced, and energised by healthy childminders to be the best they can be. Email: relationships. However, relationships can easily Email: [email protected] become a source of conflict, distress and regret. [email protected] Telephone: Through either our Counselling service, Relationship Telephone: 0141 222 2166 and Stepfamily Helpline or Early Intervention pro- 01786 445377 grammes, we will work with you to strengthen and improve your relationships and family life. 45 46

Sense Scotland has been working for over 25 years with children and adults who have communication Website: Scouting provides challenge and adventure for young Website: support needs because of deafblindness, sensory www.scouts-scotland.org.uk people aged between 6 and 25, for both genders. It is a www.sensescotland.org.uk impairment, learning and physical disabilities relevant and modern pursuit for those who enjoy adven- ture and want to meet new friends while developing new As an experienced social care provider with over 25 Contact skills. Contact years experience of supporting disabled people and their families, we offer flexible support throughout Email: Scouting is all about fun with a purpose - helping members Scotland. Scottish Scout HQ, gilliannicolson@ Fordell Firs, Hillend to fulfil their potential as individuals and as active mem- bers of society. sensescotland.org.uk Hundreds of people and their families are supported Dunfermline, KY11 7HQ Telephone: through thousands of projects across the country. We Tel: 01383 419073 0141 429 0294 are committed to providing people of all ages with the Email: [email protected] support they want and need through a wide range of services, representation and regular events. 47 48

Website: Speur-Ghlan is Gaelic for blue skies and is indicative of Website: Start-Up Stirling is a registered charity serving www.earlyinterventionscotland.org/ hope and aspiration for the future. There are two ways to www.startupstirling.org.uk/ say blue skies in Gaelic and ‘speur ghlan’ translates as in Central Scotland. ‘clear sky’/cloudless heavens’. The charity operates to assist and support families and Metaphorically cloudless skies are a clear sign of hope, individuals experiencing homelessness and financial particularly in Scotland ! The idea of ‘blue skies’ also hardship by providing home starter and well being packs, Contact brings in the idea of future thinking, clarity of approach Contact befriending support and crisis food packs. Email: and a new start to early intervention, where parents can Email: [email protected] begin to build the foundations for a successful future. [email protected] Telephone: 01786 834171

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Website: Website: www.stirlingcarers.co.uk Stirling Carers centre provides support, information and www.stirlingcreditunion.co.uk Credit Unions aim to promote the financial wellbeing of their advice to unpaid carers living in the Stirling Council area. members. Stirling Credit Union is committed to providing a Our services include 1:1 support, benefits checks, help with range of products and services designed to meet the needs of its members, supported by excellent customer service Contact completing forms, Carer’s Assessments, respite events and Email: and sound management practices which maintain the more. All our services are free, confidential and impartial. Contact financial strength of Stirling Credit Union. [email protected] Our drop in centre is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm. Email: Telephone: [email protected] 01786 447003 Telephone: Stirling Carers Centre, 01786 233937 65-69 Barnton Street, Stirling, FK8 1HH 51 52

Stirling Interfaith Community Justice Group

Website: At the invitation of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), Stirling Interfaith www.sventerprise.org.uk/home SVE is based in the city of Stirling, and supports the Third Community Justice Group is undertaking an operational and strategic role Sector (voluntary, community and social economy organisa- in the development and running of a new Family Visitor Centre at Cornton tions) throughout the Stirling Council area. We have offices Vale Prison, to be opened this summer 2013. The centre will provide a in King Street, Cameronian Street and Friar Street, Stirling. range of support services at the prison. The third partner in this collabo- Contact Contact ration arrangement is the Fife and Forth Valley Community Justice We provide support for voluntary organisations, social Email: Email: authority (CJA). enterprises and volunteers in many areas, including funding [email protected] William.brown62@ advice, organisational structure, volunteer management, Telephone: btinternet.com charity law compliance and representation on Community 01786 430000 Planning Partnerships.

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Website: Website: www.services4youth.com www.talkmatters.org/home.html Youth Services are an integral part of Stirling Council As a confidential counselling service for people in Fife Education Service. We support young people to and Stirling we can help with a wide range of problems. confident, skilled, self sufficient, independent and Whether you are suffering from depression, anxiety, responsible members of their communities. stress, anger, have recently been bereaved or are simply feeling that you’ve lost your way; if life is getting on top The Service has four key areas: of you and you are struggling to cope, come and talk to Community Based Youth Work us…we are here to help. Contact Employability Contact One to one Support Email: Capacity Building Email: [email protected] [email protected] Telephone: Telephone: 01786 233562 07541 617253 55 56

Tourette Scotland is a national charitable organisation. Website: Our main aim is to support and provide information and research for people living and working with TS. Thornhill Playgroup [email protected] tourettescotland.org/ Stirling Baptist Church 01786 450581 Allan Park South Church 01786 471998 Contact LOCAL NETWORKS: Tourette Scotland has six local Telephone: Website: networks; Fife, South of Scotland, West of Scotland, East 01738 646742 of Scotland, Highlands and Central. Helpline: www.stirling.gov.uk/services/educa 0300 11 11 462 tion-and-learning/nurseries-and- Email: playgroups/toddler-groups [email protected] 57 58

Website: Website: thevalleyfurniture.org.uk/ The Salvation Army opened this project in June 2010 to www.venturetrust.org.uk/ We are a registered charity, based in Edinburgh, sup- index.html help the needs of those who were struggling to get porting those with chaotic lifestyles and experiencing furniture when they received keys to accommodation. difficulties in their lives in Scotland, the UK and Malawi. Once the project got started the council were keen to be We are passionate about enabling people who want to make changes in their lives for a better future. For our Contact part of the project as they saw the benefits for their Contact clients and also potential of the project helping them to participants, our programmes represent an opportuni- Email: sustain their tenancy. Email: ty - a chance to boost confidence, motivation and Jacqueline.Dakers@ [email protected] aspirations, and to develop the skills to make their salvationarmy.org.uk Telephone: ambitions reality. Telephone: 0131 228 7700 01786 479262 59 60 YCNet is a website and online support service for young people aged 18 and under in the UK, who help to look after Website: Website: someone in their family who has an illness, disability, drug/alcohol addiction or mental health condition. stirlingwomensaid.co.uk/ Stirling and District Women’s Aid aims to offer support, www.youngcarers.net/ information and temporary accommodation for women This is a place where young carers can find other young people and their children who have been physically, emotionally in a similar position, chat to each other, share their stories and or sexually abused by a partner or former partner. hear about each others’ experiences in a safe environment. Contact Email: We provide refuge, information and support services for Contact As well as the support and friendship young carers can find [email protected] women, children and young people in the Stirlingshire James Marshall with each other in our online community, they also have Telephone: area who are victims of domestic abuse. Email: access to help and advice via the Agony Aunt pages, email and chat sessions with our Online Support team. 01786 469518 [email protected] Adviceline: Telephone: The team also runs a programme of web chats with special 01786 470897 01786 447003 guests who drop in around once a month to chat to young 61 carers. 62

There are little facilities for safe and fun places for young Day or night, a Samaritans volunteer is there to give Website: Website: people to meet in and around callander. Young Explorers support to anyone feeling down or struggling to cope. www.facebook.com/people/Young- Scotland offers opportunities for young people to www.samaritans.org Explorers-Scotland- experience adventurous activities. Volunteers are /your-community/samaritans- Talk to us any time you like, in your own way, and off Callander/100000566367622 needed to assist with the delivery of outdoor and work-scotland the record – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t adventurous activities to young people and help young have to be suicidal. Contact people with personal and social development. Contact Email: Email: Youngexplorersscotland [email protected] @googlemail.com Telephone: 08457909090

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