Forth Valley Advocacy

http://www.forthvalleyadvocacy.com/  Forth Valley Advocacy (FVA) provides free, Independent Advocacy across Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling in Central Scotland. The organisation works with Older People, People with Mental Health Problems and Children & Adolescents.  FVA can be contacted on 01324-557070 or by TEXT to 07809-658187.  

Hands On Scotland

HandsOnScotland is an online resource for anybody working with children and young people. The website provides practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people’s troubling behaviour, build up their self-esteem and promote their positive mental wellbeing. For more information please visit the website at www.handsonscotland.co.uk

Scottish Adoption Advisory Service

The Barnardo’s Scottish Adoption Advisory Service (SAAS) is a post-adoption service offering advice, support and counselling to everyone affected by adoption.   SAAS offer a confidential service recognising the lifelong implications for all involved, including:   adoptees birth parents and relatives prospective adopters   SAAS is also used by people who have been ‘in care’, [...]

General Register Office for Scotland

General Register Office for Scotland (GRO) display the following text (as at 10/10/08) on their website: “I was adopted in Scotland. How can I trace my original birth entry? Adoption Unit at New Register House can provide you with an extract of your original entry if you were born in Scotland. Write to the Adoption Unit [...]

Birthlink

Birthlink provide a range of services to help individuals and families affected by adoption in Scotland.   Adoption Contact Register for Scotland Searching Services Go-between Services See your legal documents (Court process) After Adoption Information Line Care Connect Service   Website: http://www.birthlink.org.uk

British Association for Adoption & Fostering

The British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF) work with everyone involved with adoption and fostering across the UK. BAAF have regional and country offices in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, providing services to meet the needs of some of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.   Website:  http://www.baaf.org.uk

“Look OK … Feel Crap ?”

There are times in all of our lives when we feel crap, right? When people and events just annoy us and we can feel down from time to time. That’s pretty normal and isn’t necessarily a problem. It is a problem when these feelings just don’t ever seem to go away and you realise that [...]

Young Minds

YoungMinds is the UK national charity committed to improving the mental health and emotional well-being of all children and young people under 25. YoungMinds do this through advice, training, campaigning and distributing publications. YoungMinds also run a Parents Information Service telephone helpline on 0800 018 2138, and the Parents Information Service opening hours are shown [...]

RD4U for young people

RD4U is a website designed for young people by young people. It is part of Cruse Bereavement Care’s Youth Involvement Project and is here to support people after the death of someone close. RD4U means the ‘road for you’ – the main aim of the site is to let you find your own ‘road’ to [...]

National Association for Children of Alcoholics

The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA) contactable on 0800 358 3456 was founded in 1990 to address the needs of children growing up in families where one or both parents suffer from alcoholism or a similar addictive problem.