CODES:
mh: Mental health
ah: Accommodation/housing
ad: Advocacy
a: Alcohol workers
ac: Art classes
b: Barber
cc: Creative classes
bs: Bathroom/showers
be: Bedding
ca: Careers advice
cl: Clothing store
c: Counselling
da: Debt advice
dt: Dentist
dw: Drugs workers
et: Education/training
ff: Free food
fc: Foot care
it: Internet access
lf: Leisure facilities
ls: Luggage storage
ms: Medical/health
md: Music/drama
ne: Needle exchange
ol: Outreach worker links
ow: Outreach workers
sh: Sexual health
ts: Tenancy support
la: Legal advice
l: Laundry
ef: Ex-forces
eo: Ex-offenders
sf: Step-free
ba: Benefits/welfare advice
fa: Financial advice
s: Signposting to other services
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4 Duncan Place, Edinburgh, EH6 8HW;, and c/o Andrew Duncan Clinic, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Place
EH10 5HF
0808 196 3525, http://bit.ly/12gkeX
Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm;
All our services are still open to accept referrals for advocacy support. Independent individual and collective advocacy services for people with mental health problems in Edinburgh.
CODES: MH, AD, SF
Breathing Space Scotland
0800 83 85 87, http://bit.ly/2ZqTsO1
Monday-Thursday: 6pm-2am;
Friday-Sunday: 6pm-6am;
Free, confidential phone service for anyone in Scotland experiencing
low mood, depression or anxiety. Experienced advisors listen and offer advice. Outside opening hours, contact Samaritans on 116 123 (24/7).
CODES: MH, AD, C
Change Mental Health
0808 8010 515, https://www.changemh.org
Monday-Friday: 10am-4pm;
We ensure that everyone has access to the support they need, when they need it, in a way which works best for them. This includes carers, friends and families.
CODES: MH
Chris's House
2-4 Belhaven Rd, Wishaw, Glasgow
ML2 7NZ
01236 766755
Share your suicidal feelings with someone by email (info@chrisshouse.org) or phone, or visit them. Emotional pain is just as serious as physical pain. One to one support, therapies and peer to peer groups.
CODES: MH, AD
Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland
29 Barossa Place, Perth
PH1 5HH
0808 802 6161, http://bit.ly/2c1QBmu
Monday-Wednesday: 9am-8pm;
Friday: 9am-4pm;
Exists to promote the wellbeing of bereaved people in Scotland. They seek to help anyone experiencing bereavement to understand their grief and cope with their loss.
CODES: MH, C
Edinburgh Crisis Centre
PO Box 23768, Edinburgh
EH7 5XE
0808 801 0414, http://bit.ly/wIy19
Monday-Sunday: 9am-9am;
Free 24-hour helpline and one-to-one support for people (18+) who use or have used mental health services. Practical help to access local resources.
CODES: MH, AD, C, OL
Edinburgh Support Hub (Streetwork at Simon Community Scotland)
22 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh
EH8 8AF
0808 178 2323, https://tinyurl.com/3wtbpeuu
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 9am-5pm;
Wednesday: 10am-5pm;
'A one-stop shop' for a whole range of support. Please just drop in - you do not need an appointment. We run multiple classes and focus areas throughout the week including; welfare rights, benefits advice, legal advice, health clinics, education classes, barbers and much, much more.
CODES: BA, LA, MS, ET, B, BS, AH, TS, SF, OL, OW, IT, A
GAMH
Glasgow
0141 552 5592, https://www.gamh.org.uk
Monday-Thursday: 9am-5pm;
Friday: 9am-4:30pm;
Emotional and practical support, information and advice for homeless people with mental health problems. Referral via GPs, social work, housing officers & community addiction teams.
CODES: C, ET, MH
Glasgow Council on Alcohol
14 North Claremont St, Glasgow
G3 7LE
0141 353 1800, https://www.glasgowcouncilonalcohol.org
Monday-Thursday: 9am-9pm;
Friday: 9am-6pm;
Saturday: 9am-5pm;
GCA is an accredited counselling service and provides individual, free and confidential counselling for people experiencing alcohol-related difficulties and those affected by someone else's alcohol use. Group and 1-to-1 support.
Freephone helpline: 0808 802 9000
CODES: A, C, OL, SF
Glasgow Dental Hospital
378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
G2 3JZ
0141 232 6323, https://tinyurl.com/27nh65ds
Monday-Friday: 8:30am-4:30pm;
This is not a walk-in facility and access is by appointment only in daytime, and via NHS 24 in the evenings by dialling 111.
CODES: MS, DT
Health in Mind
0131 225 8508, https://tinyurl.com/mr3a7dcv
Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm;
A range of mental health and wellbeing services for people with addiction and mental health support needs. You can self-refer or ask your GP for help.
CODES: MH, C
Hunter Street Complex Needs Service
55 Hunter Street, Glasgow
G4 0UP
0141 553 2801
Specialist, highly personalised services for Homelessness, Alcohol and Drug Recovery, Mental Health and Justice Services in the Gallowgate area. CALL BEFORE VISITNG.
REFERRAL ONLY via Glasgow City Council (0141 287 0555) or other homeless service.
CODES: A, DW, LA, MS, MH, SH, SF
NHS Inform
Online health information service.
CODES: MS, MH
NHS Lothian Emergency Dental Care
Edinburgh
0131 537 8801, https://tinyurl.com/3xs5r3c8
Monday-Friday: 9am-6pm;
Dental care for patients who are not registered with a dentist. Call: 0131 537 8801 or 0131 537 8802
If you are registered with a dentist, please contact your own surgery for advice or to arrange treatment. After 6pm, call NHS 24 on 111.
CODES: MS, DT
Penumbra
57 Albion Rd, Edinburgh
EH7 5QY
0131 475 2380, https://tinyurl.com/mry27k26
Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm;
Offers a wide range of mental health support. Call or use contact form on website for help and signposting to services in various locations.
CODES: MH, A, C, DW, TS, AH
Safe Consumption Glasgow
We provide a clean and safe environment for people to inject drugs, and exchange needles. Staffed by volunteers trained in overdose prevention and interventions. Naxalone available for overdoses.
CODES: DW, MS
Substance Misuse Centre (Spittal Street)
22-24 Spittal Street, Edinburgh
EH3 9DU
0131 537 8300, https://bit.ly/2MdcORU
Monday-Friday: 9am-4:30pm
(drop-in);
Monday, Tuesday, Friday: 12:30pm-4:30pm
(clinic & needle exchange);
Thursday: 10:30am-4:30pm
(clinic & needle exchange);
Tuesday: 9am-3:30pm
(dentist);
Tuesday: 1pm-4pm
(drop-in / methadone info);
Wednesday: 12:30pm-3:30pm
(clinic);
Thursday: 10:30am-1:30pm
(wounds clinic);
Thursday: 2pm-4pm
(womens drop-in);
Friday: 1pm-3pm
(dentist);
Drug and alcohol misuse centre with a range of services, from Dental care to wound clinic. Please call for more information
CODES: A, C, DW, FC, MH, MS, NE
The Access Place - Leith
Leith Community Treatment Centre, 12 Junction Place
EH6 5JQ
0131 536 6286, https://tinyurl.com/3f5kn2zr
Thursday: 9:45am-3pm;
Dental care for people experiencing homelessness. Advice, emergency treatment and routine care provided in a relaxed and friendly environment. Please note, drop-in appointments are first-come first served.
If the Spittal Street or Leith Clinics are full/closed, please visit Chalmers Dental Centre (EH3 9EW) or phone 0131 537 8801/8802 if you have an urgent dental problem.
CODES: MS
The Access Place - South Gray's
The Access Place, 6 South Gray's Close, Edinburgh
EH1 1NA
0131 529 5015
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 9am-5pm
(closed 1pm-2pm);
Tuesday: 10am-5pm
(closed 1pm-2pm);
GP surgery specialising in the complex needs of those experiencing homelessness. Register online or on phone.
Please note, we open at 10am on Tuesday.
CODES: MH, AD, MS, SF
The Access Place - Spittal St
The Exchange, Lady Lawson Street, 22-24 Spittal Street, Edinburgh
EH3 9DU
0131 537 8323, https://edinburghaccesspractice.scot.nhs.uk
Monday-Wednesday: 12:30pm-4pm;
Advice, emergency treatment and routine care provided in a relaxed and friendly environment – for anyone who is drug dependent or registered homeless and who has difficulty accessing dental care.
If the Spittal Street or Leith Clinics are full/closed, please visit Chalmers Dental Centre (EH3 9EW) or phone 0131 537 8801/8802 if you have an urgent dental problem.
CODES: DT, MS
The Sandyford
6 Sandyford Place, Glasgow
G3 7NB
0141 211 8130, http://www.sandyford.scot
Monday-Friday: 8:45am-4pm
(closed 12:30-1:00pm for lunch);
Specialist sexual health services: counselling for male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Emergency contraception and rape/assault services. Testing and counselling for men who have sex with men and for women involved in prostitution.
CODES: AD, C, MS, MH, OL
Turning Point Scotland (Alcohol & Drug Crisis)
80 Tradeston Street, Glasgow
G5 8BG
0141 420 6969, https://tinyurl.com/4y6e8yxe
Monday-Sunday: 12am-12am
(open 24 hours);
Offers integrated health and social care which provides low threshold, direct access services for people experiencing a crisis due to alcohol or other drug use including people who may be experiencing homelessness. These include a crisis residential unit, 24-hour Injecting Equipment Provision (needle exchange), woundcare, harm reduction advice, signposting and naloxone training and provision.
CODES: A, C, DW, MS, NE, SH, SF, OL
Turning Point Scotland (Alcohol & Drug Recovery)
112 Commerce Street, Tradeston, Glasgow
G5 8DW
0141 948 0092, https://tinyurl.com/wzzuwmbz
Monday-Sunday: 12am-12am
(24 hour needle exchange & accommodation);
Needle exchange & temp accommodation. 24 hour service for homeless people in crisis because of mental health, drugs or alcohol.
A 12-bed residential unit provides a safe environment to withdraw from a chaotic lifestyle. Average stay is 28–36 days.
CODES: A, C, DW, MS, NE, SF, OL
Turning Point Scotland (North East Recovery Hub Edinburgh)
5 Links Place, Leith, Edinburgh
EH6 7EZ
0131 554 7516, http://tinyurl.com/jxykwdhb
Monday & Wednesday: 9am-5pm;
Tuesday & Thursday: 9am-8pm;
Friday: 9am-4:30pm;
Drop-in to arrange further 1-to-1 support.
Needle Exchange Mon – Fri at the times stated above.
Range of addiction and recovery services open to men and women aged 16 and over who are aware they have a substance misuse problem and would like to start their recovery journey. Other services across Edinburgh available: call freephone number for information.
CODES: A, C, DW, MS, NE, SH, SF
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