Directory of Community and Family Support in Stirling
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Directory of Community and family Website: In November 2011 Stirling 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 1 2 Website: Website: Aberlour is the largest, solely Scottish, children’s charity ACE Cornton is a registered charity based in Cornton, www.aberlour.org.uk/ ace-cornton.org/site/Home.php and we provide help to over 6000 of Scotland’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 5 6 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. Bridge of Allan Out of School Care 07902 260448 Website: Gargunnock 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 Dunblane 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 UK. That’s 10 million individuals, plus their families, www.apexscotland.org.uk/ We are the specialist organisation that for over 25 years www.arthritiscare.org.uk/Home 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. 9 10 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, Bannockburn 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 Callander 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 17 18 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.