NATIONAL SUPPORT

Info about national support services

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AbilityNet

AbilityNet’s Tech volunteers provide free IT support to older people and disabled people of any age. Our volunteers can support people located anywhere in the UK.

They are all disclosure-checked and can help with all sorts of IT (information technology) challenges, from setting up new equipment, fixing technical issues, showing you how to stay connected to family, and use online services.

 

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IT support | I.T. | Older People | Disabled | Technology | Online | Stay connected

 

Alzheimer Scotland

Alzheimer Scotland provides services and support across Scotland to help you live as well as possible with dementia.

Whether you want information and advice, personalised support services, or activities in your community, we can help.

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Dads Rock

New Dad Support is open to all dads across Scotland and can be accessed through self-referral or referrals from health professionals such as GPs, midwives, or health visitors. Once a referral is made, dads are usually contacted within 48 hours, ensuring timely support at what can be a very vulnerable time.

The service provides free, one-to-one peer support for dads and dads-to-be who may be feeling overwhelmed, isolated, or struggling with the emotional demands of fatherhood. Participants are carefully matched with trained peer supporters who offer regular support through phone calls, texts, or in-person meet-ups, depending on what suits each individual best. The focus is on providing a listening ear and practical encouragement in a non-judgemental, informal way.

The service from Dads Rock is Scotland’s first national perinatal mental health support specifically for dads, offering vital help from the antenatal stage right through to a baby’s first birthday. Recognising that around 14% of new fathers experience mental health challenges such as low mood, anxiety, depression, or difficulty bonding with their baby, this service was created to ensure that dads aren’t left behind during the transition to parenthood.

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The Gorgie Mem, 338 Gorgie Road EH11 2QU

Keywords

Dads | Parents | Family | Mental Health | Baby | Perinatal | Peer support | Father

Defence Medical Welfare Service

 

Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) are here for serving personnel, reservists, veterans and their family members/carers during stressful and uncertain times. We know it can be hard to ask for help: That’s why our support is – confidential and discreet, tailored and personal to you, one to one unlimited, can be face to face or over the phone. We can help with healthcare concerns, felling’s of loneliness/isolation, money or housing worries, drug or alcohol issues, family problems. Many other issues or concerns you may have.

 

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Veterans | Military | Served Forces | Army | Navy | RAF | Marine | Soldier | Officer 

Home Energy Scotland

A free and impartial energy advice service, funded by the Scottish Government. As a one-stop shop we provide advice on energy efficiency, sustainable transport, active travel, saving water and renewable energy.  

By getting in touch, we can give expert energy advice, tailored to your own circumstances, on:   

  • Controlling your heating  
  • Understanding bills  
  • Behavioural changes that will help you to save money  
  • Renewable home energy.   Home Energy Scotland

We can also refer our customers for grants and funding. More information on these can be found on our website. 

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Bills | Electricity | Gas | Fuel Debt | Energy Efficiency | Advice

RAF Benevolent Fund

We provide lifelong support to serving and ex-serving RAF personnel and their families. We’ll consider any request for assistance, however big or small, providing a tailor-made approach to each individual situation. From mobility aids and confidential counselling to financial grants, we offer a range of support tailored to the individual’s needs.

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Veterans | Funding | Housing | Care | Welfare | Social isolation | Benefits | Advice | Mobility aids | Counselling | RAF |

Scarf

Scarf provides free and impartial energy advice to householders, offering home visits to tailored advice.

We can help you understand your fuel bills, tackle fuel debt, get the most out of your heating system, and identify condensation and damp.

Our advisors can also support you in accessing any funding you may be eligible for, including identifying potential for energy efficiency improvements to your home.

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Bills | Electricity | Gas | Fuel Debt | Energy Efficiency | Advice

Scottish Veterans Support

We recognise that for many Veterans and their families, aspects of life after leaving the Services can be challenging.  

With over 50 Veterans’ organisations in Scotland alone, we understand that it can be frustrating to find just the right person to help with a problem.

Sense Scotland

With over 30 years experience supporting disabled people and their families, find out how we can support you – whether it’s a few hours a day or helping you live in your own home.
 

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Shared Parenting Scotland

Shared Parenting Scotland is a small Scottish charity.

Our frontline services comprise of a daily telephone helpline and monthly group meetings in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh, supplemented by a monthly online meeting for those who can’t get to one of the in-person sessions. All of our in-person meetings now have a family law solicitor in attendance pro bono to give general guidance on the law and legal procedures. Even our most experienced pro bono solicitors tell us they still learn new variations at our meetings of facts and arguments around settling arrangements for the children’s relationship with both parents after divorce or separation.

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Shared Parenting | Grief | Loss | Bereavement

The Assembly

The Assembly makes politics, current affairs and news accessible and interactive!

We hold weekly accessible meetings for people with learning disabilities and/or autism via zoom.

Have your voice heard, meet new people and make change in what matters to you!

 

 

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The Cinnamon Trust

The Cinnamon Trust is a UK wide charity whose wonderful volunteers help people over retirement age and those in the latter stages of a terminal illness by offering all kinds of free pet care.

The Cinnamon Trust is a Registered Charity No: 1134680

When a pet is in the Trust’s care either short term or long term because the owner is in care, the owner is kept in touch with visits, if possible, or regular photos and letters.

 

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Victim Support Scotland

Victim Support Scotland is an independent charity who provides free and confidential practical and emotional support and advice to anyone who has been affected by crime in Scotland.

We can help with practical matters, explain your rights, guide you through the Criminal Justice process and provide emotional support.

We provide support tailored to individual needs, help people to feel safer and to move on after a crime.

Victim Support has a community based service in every local authority and also has a presence in every Sheriff and High Court in Scotland.

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Way Forward - GamCare's Women's Pathway

 

Way Forward is an online peer support group for all women affected by another person’s gambling.

The group provides a non-judgmental, safe and supportive space for women to share their experiences, find comfort, and empower one another. Over seven-weekly 2 hour sessions the group explores a number of topics with content shaped by women with lived experience.

Way Forward is available to all women in the UK over 18 years old. Sessions are hosted over Zoom and run throughout the year. For more information, please contact womenspathwaysupport@gamcare.org.uk

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Gambling | Women | Support group | Online| Someone else’s gambling |