Seasonal Affective Disorder

SAD.org.uk are a small UK National Voluntary Organisation dedicated to supporting people who are affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder by helping them find support, advice and information on the diagnosis and treatment of SAD. http://www.sad.org.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

Salvation Army Family Tracing Service

The Salvation Army’s Family Tracing Service helps to find known and named relatives over the age of 18. The Salvation Army’s procedures are inappropriate for locating children, and usually the police would take responsibility in such cases.   The Salvation Army’s Family Tracing Service will hold in strictest confidence any information obtained about any individual [...]

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

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 [...]

ParentLine Scotland

ParentLine Scotland 0808 800 2222   ParentLine Scotland is the free, confidential, telephone helpline for anyone caring for a child in Scotland. You can call about any problem, however big or small.   http://www.children1st.org.uk/parentline/

FRANK – National Drugs Helpline

FRANK 0800 776600 builds on the work of the National Drugs Helpline and provides free, confidential drugs information and advice 24 hours a day to anyone that needs it. The key purpose is to ensure that young people understand the risks and dangers of drugs and know where to go for advice and help. It [...]