Family Support Services
Young Minds – Parents
Guide for parents covering how to support young people through various events such as bullying and divorce. Guide also provides information on mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and disordered eating and how to support young people with them. They also offer a parent helpline and webchat.
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/a-z-guide/
Helpline: 0808 802 5544
Home Start
Support for families through various things such as isolation, poor mental health, disability and illness, families with members in the forces, money issues and when a relationship ends.
https://www.home-start.org.uk/home-start-aberdeen
Families Outside
Support for families affected by imprisonment.
Help, information, and support for families affected by imprisonment | Families Outside
Action for Children: Aberdeen Priority Families
Aberdeen Priority Families provide the right support for the right families and the tight time. Using a whole-family approach, they link relevant agencies together to support and guide children, young people and their families.
Action for Children – Parent Talk
Advice and information for all things parenting including emotional wellbeing, relationships and education. They also offer a 1:1 chat at various times Mon-Fri.
https://parents.actionforchildren.org.uk/
Family Lives
Information about all aspects of family life that include all stages of a child’s development, issues with schools and parenting/relationship support. They also support when life becomes more complicated and provide support around family breakdown, aggression in the home, bullying, teenage risky behaviour and mental health concerns of both parents and their children. https://www.familylives.org.uk/
Children 1st
They help Scotland’s families to put children first, with practical advice and with support in difficult times. And when the worst happens, they support survivors of abuse, neglect, and other traumatic events in childhood, to recover.
Published: 28/03/2024 15:27