Young Scot Stirling

Web address for Young Scot Stirling is http://www.youngscot.org/local/stirling/ Scottish Youth Information locally and nationally for 11-26 year olds.

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.  

BLAST Drugs Project

Information about the BLAST Drugs Project in Inverness can be found at BLAST website

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

HandsOnScotland

HandsOnScotland is an online resource for anybody working with children and young people. The website, commissioned by HeadsUpScotland, 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

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/

Kidscape

Kidscape www.kidscape.org.uk is committed to keeping children safe from abuse. Kidscape is the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse. Kidscape believes that protecting children from harm is key.   Kidscape works UK-wide to provide individuals and organisations with practical skills and resources necessary to keep children safe from [...]

Canoeing and Rowing “Come and Try”

Stirling Rowing Club and Stirling Canoe Club hosted a come and try day on Sunday 7 September 2008. Details are at http://www.stirling.gov.uk/news?id=180786 Look out for another come and try event next year. If you are interested in trying out canoeing and kayaking you can find out more from the Stirling Canoe Club website at http://www.stirlingcanoeclub.info/

Stirling Council Mobile Youth Space

Mobile Youth Space (MYS) visits communities and provides recreation facilities including computer games, as well as information, advice and support for young people. Stirling Council announced the service here http://www.stirling.gov.uk/news?id=165700 BBC News also reported on it here.

“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 [...]