Connect Here Directory of City Wide Community Resources June 2021 - Draft Page 1 Connect Here Directory of City Wide Keeping Up to date Community Resources We have included services and projects in this guide with the intention of providing Welcome to the sixth edition of the Connect Here as comprehensive useful and accurate Directory. This edition reflects the partial re-opening of listing as possible about Community Re- Edinburgh’s community resources. Many services are again sources in the Capital. Please email us with any changes or additions that you are running pre-booking systems as a means of visiting such aware of and we will update the entry. things as Art Galleries, Public Libraries or Swimming Pools. Other services are running out door activities. Edinburgh Email: Leisure has re-started their popular health walks. [email protected] Concerns over a potential Covid-19 third wave means that Disclaimer many services continue to operate online with Zoom meet- ings and staff working from home. Some limited social The inclusion of services or projects in this guide is in no way a commercial endorse- distanced meetings are begining to happen. ment on the part of Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership or NHS Lothian. We This edition of the Directory has sought to capture these are unable to guarantee the quality of changes in service delivery. You will find guidance on the service provided by the organisation listed. need to pre-book as well as extensive links to a service’s If you have concerns about a service listed social media channels, clear references to Zoom/Teams here please contact the service provider meetings and links to You Tube Channels. in the first instance and their professional body if one exists. Please update us in your Addresses for Community Resources have been included experience by emailing us and we will take account of this when we compile the next because some services have re-started limited face to face update of the guide. Whilst every effort contact with the public. You should continue to contact has been made to ensure the accuracy and a service first by phone/email to ascertain their current reliability of the information in this guide, status before attempting a face to face visit to the service neither Edinburgh Health and Social Care or NHS Lothiab will accept liability for errors or in question. omissions and any resulting harm. Email: [email protected] Page 2 Guidance on Using the Directory Subject Listings Information about services is divided into Subject Groupings, click on a hyper link on the Contents list and you will automatically go to the start of the main subject grouping. Each of these is sub divided again, click on any of these headings and you will go to the corresponding entries for services/projects. If you want to go back to the main Content Pages scroll back to the Subject Grouping page and click on the button that labeled “Back to Main Contents Page”. Alphabetical Listings You will also find an A-Z alphabetical listing of all of the services/projects in the Directory. Click on the link for a particular service/project and it will take you to the entry. To access the Alphabetical Index click here. Book Mark Menu The Directory has a book mark menu which runs down the left hand side of the screen. You can use this menu to “navigate” your way around the Directory. Clicking on a button will take you to the corresponding page in the Directory. Find Facility All text based PDF files come with their own built in find facility. When you open the file in Adobe Acrobat Reader, you will find a spy glass icon on the toolbar. Click on this icon and the Find Facility will appear. Input your search term and hit return. The Find Facility will then bring up every mention of your search term in the document. Entries Explained This edition of the Directory includes a lot of additional information about Social Media Channels. You will find new information in an entry. Social Media entries will be preceded with the following field names: FB – Facebook Tw – Twitter Inst – Instagram YT – You Tube End of a Browser Era - RIP Internet Explorer 7 Some of you reported issues of functionality with the last edition of the Directory, it seems that this was often caused by people still using Intenet Explorer 7. If you have a problem accessing a site and Intenet Explorer 7 is your default web browser could you start by copying and pasteing the web address into Google Chrome. Please email us If you still have a problem [email protected] Page 3 Connect Here Guides The main Connect Here Directory of Community Resources is big! over 600 pages. Such a large document can seem inaccessible and intimidating to some people. If you feel that this is all too much you may be interested in a series of smaller thematic Connect Here guides covering topics within the main directory. Thes guides cover a wide range of topics from cycling to mental health apps and can be printed out as A5 double sided booklets. If you want to see what one of these guides looks like head over to the Mental Health Information Station web site who have kindly agreed to host the guides: Connect Here Guide to Computer Training in Edinburgh Connect Here Guide to Employability services Connect Here Guide to Book Groups Connect Here Guide to Counselling Services in Edinburgh Connect Here Guide to Cycling in Edinburgh Connect Here Guide to Mental Health Apps Crisis Support Edinburgh Connect Here Guide to Art, Culture and Creative opportunities in Edinburgh Printing booklets using Adobe Acrobat or Reader Other available Information Resources This Directory covers alot of services and projects in Edinburgh but one information service cannot cover everything. Edinburgh is lucky to have a network of specialised information services covering specific subjects and sectors. To ensure that you, the citizen, have a good chance of finding the service that meets your need, we have listed below some of the other truly excellent information services available for public access: Disability Information Scotland EVOC – The Red Book provides reliable, accurate and accessible an online directory of third sector organisations and information for people living with disability in services in Edinburgh. Scotland. W: https://www.evocredbook.org.uk/ W: https://www.disabilityscot.org.uk/ iThrive Edinburgh NHS Inform is your online space for mental health and NHS inform is Scotland’s health information service. wellbeing information in Edinburgh. It includes It offers quality assured health and care information self help resources, support information, news via a website and phone service. and events. W: https://www.nhsinform.scot/ W: https://ithriveedinburgh.org.uk Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Third Sector Service Directory: Quickly search, sort and filter charities and organisations who offer Perinatal and Infant Mental Health support in Scotland. W: https://www.inspiringscotland.org.uk/perinatal-mental-health-services/ Page 4 Contents 7 Abuse 15 Adult Education 19 Advocacy 24 Art, Culture, Create 48 BAME 58 Befriending 72 Bereavement 78 Carers 88 Children and Young People 108 Digital 125 Digital Health 134 Disability Services 160 Employability 196 Faith Groups 210 Families 228 Food 264 Health and Wellbeing - Counselling 288 Health and Wellbeing - Dental Health 320 Health and Wellbeing - GP Practice 340 Health and Wellbeing - Mental Health 364 Homelessness and Housing 374 LGBT 378 Money/Advice - Debt Counselling, Financial Support, Welfare Benefits 394 Older People Services Page 5 Contents 414 Physical Activity - Cycling 432 Physical Activity - Exercise, Football and Walking 442 Physical Activity - Gardening 468 Physical Activity - Swimming 472 Sensory Impairment - BSL Users 478 Sensory Impairment - Hearing Loss 508 Sensory Impairment - Sight Loss 520 Substance Misuse 534 Support Groups - Eat Disorders 540 Support Groups - Gambling 544 Support Groups - HIV 548 Support Groups - Long Term Conditions 586 Support Groups - Sleep 588 Support Groups - Veterans 594 Transport 602 Volunteering 606 Vulnerable People 612 A-Z Alphabetical Index Page 6 Contents 7 Abuse Abused Men Domestic Violence Seniors BAME Helpline Slavery Child Abuse LGBT Stalking Click on the links above and you will go to the relevant section. If you cannot find what you are looking for, click on the link below and you will be taken back to the main index. Back to Main Index Page 7 Abuse: Abused Men Abused Men in Scotland (AMIS) 525 Ferry Road Edinburgh EH5 2FF T: 03300 949 395 - Helpline Opening Hours: Helpline open: Monday - Friday, 9am to 4pm E: [email protected] W: https://abusedmeninscotland.org/who-we-are/helpline/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/abusedmeninscotland Tw: https://twitter.com/amiscotland Summary: Each year hundreds of men across Scotland contact us for information or support if they have experienced or are experiencing domestic abuse. We do not judge, but we do offer practical information, guidance and casework. Abuse: Abused Men Fear Free 29a Albany Street Edinburgh EH1 3QN T: 0131 624 7266 E: [email protected] W: https://fearfree.scot/ Tw: https://twitter.com/FearFree_Scot Summary: Support for people experiencing domestic abuse in Scotland who identify as a man or from the LGBT+ community. Abuse: Abused Men Respect - Men’s Advice Line T: 0808 8010 327 - Helpline Opening Hours: Helpline open: Monday: 9am – 8pm; Tuesday: 9am – 5pm; Wednesday: 9am – 8pm; Thursday: 9am – 5pm; Friday: 9am – 5pm E: [email protected] W: https://mensadviceline.org.uk/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/UKRespect/ Tw: https://twitter.com/RespectUK Inst: https://www.instagram.com/respect_uk/ Summary: Men’s Advice Line confidential helpline for men experiencing domestic violence from a partner or ex-partner (or from other family members) Tel - 0808 8010327 Page 8 Abuse: BAME Aditi 1a Atholl Crescent Edinburgh EH3 8HA T: 0131 603 4865 E: [email protected] E2: [email protected] W: https://www.sacro.org.uk/aditi Summary: Aditi is dedicated to the safety and wellbeing of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women, inclusive of trans women and non-binary people.