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Mental Health and Wellbeing Supports in the local area for young people at high school

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Edinburgh Positive Wellbeing Service

If someone in your family has gone to prison or is affected by involvement with the criminal justice system, it can be very hard to deal with all your thoughts and feelings. It can help to talk to someone who can listen to you and help you to understand what has happened and how you feel. The Edinburgh Positive Wellbeing Service can offer support to you and your family with one-to-one and/or group support in a space at home, in the community or at one of the bases. They also host drop-in sessions throughout the week at the HMP Edinburgh Visitor centre.

For more information contact edinburghpositivewellbeingservice@barnardos.org.uk

Talktime Scotland

Offering free counselling and emotional support to young people aged 12 to 25 years who are physically disabled or have long-term physical health conditions. Sessions can be in person or online.  

For more information visit the . To make an appointment, contact talktimescotland@gmail.com  or 07774 210 104

Sleep Action

When you sleep well at night, it's easier to feel happier, healthier, and more like your best self during the day. Learn about sleep, what affects it and how to get a better night's sleep.

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Switching Play

Supporting young people aged 13 to 16 years, who are feeling isolated, struggling with school and have an interest in football and physical activities. Switching Play is a six-week programme that helps you work on a fresh start, work on goals and improve your wellbeing. You will also have the opportunity to volunteer in your local community.  

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Big Hearts Kinnections Group

A group for children aged five to 12 years old who are in kinship care.  This means you are not living with your parents but live with and are cared for by another adult in your family, like an aunt, uncle, grandparent, sister or family friend.  The group aims to promote social and emotional support and offers fun activities and outings around the city. Sessions run every second Tuesday during term time from 5pm to 7pm at

The Shed at Tynecastle Park
Wheatfield St
EH11 2NZ

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The Green Team Thrive

The Green Team Thrive programme is a therapeutic programme to support young people struggling with their mental wellbeing through deep nature connection. The programme runs in blocks of eight to 10 weeks, midweek during term-time for young people aged 14 to 16 years. Self-referrals can be made or you can speak to someone at school to make the referral for you.  

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U-evolve

Offering one-to-one support in the form of mental health coaching, counselling & art therapy for anyone aged 11 to 21 years in Edinburgh. The sessions are at U-evolve’s space in Norton Park as well as in educational and community settings. The sessions are free and are typically blocks of 12. You can self-refer and choose which support you feel would suit you best, or you can get support from an adult, like someone at school or home. If you would like to hear a bit more about U-Evolve’s services, you can send an email, text, WhatsApp or call them.

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Creative Wellbeing Drop-in

Designed to support young people aged 14 to 18 years with their mental health and wellbeing through creative activities with a safe and welcoming space to explore different creative activities such as writing, drawing and crafting. No artistic skill is required to join. The group runs on Fridays from 1.30pm to 3.30pm at

U-Evolve
Norton Park Business Centre
57 Albion Road
EH7 5QY

For more information contact support@u-evolve.org or 07534 106 155

Low Cost Counselling

A low-cost Community Clinic for adults aged 16 years and above who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health distress. The clinic is staffed by trainee counsellors online and will be held on the same day, at the same time each week. You will be asked to set an affordable fee you can pay; this can range between £5 and £25 per session.

For more information visit the . To make a referral by completing the or

Still I Am (SIA) Project - Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) 

Free and confidential long-term emotional and counselling support to women, all members of the trans community and non-binary people, from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities aged 16 and over, who have had any form of unwanted sexual experience.

Unwanted sexual experience can include someone touching your body in a way you didn't like, someone making comments about your body that made you feel uncomfortable, has someone sharing photos or videos of you or threatening to do so without your consent or knowledge. It could have happened in the past or recently, by a stranger or someone you are close too.

If you decide you would like support, you will have an initial appointment, then you will be offered 25 sessions with a support worker. Each session lasts for 50 minutes and can be over the phone, online, email, text or in person. Support can be provided in Arabic, Mandarin, Polish and Urdu. If we do not speak your language, we can arrange for an interpreter. An urgent appointment can also be arranged if your traumatic experience was within the last 14 days.

You can make a self-referral or someone else can make a referral on your behalf. For more information to make a referral visit the  or contact 

Edinburgh Leisure - NRG Zone

Learn to use the gym safely, with the under 16s certification scheme available to anyone in S1 up to 15 years of age. Sessions are led by a trained instructor who will teach you everything you need to know to use the gym safely and effectively. You will be shown how to use all the equipment and perform exercises.

Once ready and you have completed at least eight sessions, you will go through the accreditation test process and if successful, you can use any Edinburgh Leisure gym as long as there is an instructor present.

NRG Zone is included within the Edinburgh Leisure junior membership, which also gives you access to swimming, climbing and golf.

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Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution

By using the learning zone, find out how family conflict can be caused by changes in your brain and body and how to end arguments well and find hints and tips on how to handle clashes better. Work through topics including ‘my brain’, ‘my emotions’, ‘my relationships’ and ‘my wellbeing’.

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Enable Youth Group 

A group to meet new people and build confidence for young people aged eight to 12 years who find it hard to meet other people and have confidence dude to learning disabilities, mental health or other factors. The group meets on Wednesdays from 4pm to 5pm at You need to register to attend, this can be done by phone or email.

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre
67B Groathill Road North
EH4 2SA

You need to register to attend and this can be done by contacting roz.leahy@enable.org.uk or 07483 420 441

The STAR Project 

The project offers support to young people aged 12 to 18 years who have experienced sexual harm, that you did not want, or felt uncomfortable. This might have happened in person, online, recently or when you were younger. Get help over a few weeks or a few months in person, online or by phone.

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