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This is a 6-week course run by staff from the Fit Like Hubs and looks at approaches for parents to support connection and emotional regulation. This course is for parents/carers who are open to us through the Fit Like Hubs and are supporting children who are experiencing emotionally dysregulated or distressed behaviour. Each week the course will look at communication, emotions, understanding behaviour, responding to behaviours and dealing with conflict.

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This is a 5-week course run by staff from the Fit Like Hubs and aims to help parents and carers help their children with anxiety. This course is for parents/carers with children who seem to worry more than their friends or siblings, and where worry impacts on their day-to-day life and allows them to develop strategies to help you and your child manage different kinds of anxiety.

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Fit Like Family Wellbeing Service are giving you the opportunity to attend a group which focuses on practical, proven techniques to help parents and carers support their autistic children with commonly experienced areas of difficulty.

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Our remit is to provide advocacy, guidance and support to Aberdeen children, young people and young adults, aged 0-26 years old, who are care experienced or are or have been involved in child protection processes, wherever they live. Although we are part of children’s social work, we are independent of other professionals who have responsibilities for care and support.

Email: YoungPersonsRights@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Young Person’s Rights Service | Aberdeen City Council

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Provides families in need with the essential and basic necessities that no child should go without. From maternity bundles for mother and baby to nappies, formula milk, clothing, toys and equipment for children aged 0-18 years, AberNecessities recognises the importance of meeting the basic needs of a child to give them the best start possible.

Abernecessities

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Archie’s Child Bereavement Service is offered free of charge to families within Grampian, Tayside, the Highlands and Orkney. The service supports families and professionals who are working with children and young people. ACBS supports children who have experienced bereavement no matter the relationship. We run a confidential helpline for callers to contact and discuss their circumstances.

Families can self-refer or be referred by professionals.

Email: acbs.grampian@archie.org

Confidential helpline: 01224 554152

Welcome to The Archie Foundation - The ARCHIE Foundation - Home

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Avenue is a charity that provides support to families and individuals across the Northeast of Scotland, with a focus on relationships, wellbeing and children. We offer a range of services to encourage personal growth, strengthen relationships, promote family wellbeing, support children and enable healthy environments for all.

Avenue provides service to families, offering Couple Counselling, Family Therapy, Individual Counselling, Art Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Parenting Apart, Psychosexual Therapy, Wellbeing Groups, Children’s Services, Child/Young Person’s Counselling, Play Therapy, Art Therapy

Home - Avenue Confidential (avenuecharity.org)

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Explore and Believe Course includes an employability theme through informal sessions and fun, preparation for employment or training, careers guidance, getting financial support and personal support on leaving school, Removing barriers preventing them from making progression. Delivered on a 1-1 basis from our premises or within local schools. Group Work Activities include Fit for Work Course, fun activities ranging from foot golf, walks, the gym etc, volunteering activities, SQA Personal Development Award, improving budgeting skills and pathways toward your goals.

Phone: 01224 624900

Barnardo's Works Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire | Barnardo's (barnardos.org.uk)

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Children First Support Line is a national parent/carer telephone support that can offer in the moment support to parents/carers, or planned support over a period of time. They can support with family life matters, parental separation, parental stress, advice and guidance and financial support.

Telephone: 08000 28 22 33

Children First Support Line

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Childsmile work with nurseries, schools and dentists to improve the oral health of children and young people. They provide free resources to families and can help support families access NHS dentistry for their children.

Contact your nursery/school, health visitor or dentist for more information.

Childsmile – Improving the Oral Health of Children in Scotland (nhs.scot)

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Families Outside is the national charity in Scotland supporting families affected by imprisonment. When someone goes to prison it can be a challenging time for the whole family. At Families Outside we are here to provide you and your family with information and support regarding any issues you might be facing as a result of your family member’s imprisonment.

Telephone: 0800 254 0088

Email: support@familiesoutside.org.uk

Help, Information, and Support for Families Affected by Imprisonment | Families Outside

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Support for the LGBT+ community in manners of mental health, emotional, physical and sexual health and information & support on a person-to-person basis to build a community that supports itself tough peer education.

Email: mail@fourpillarsuk.org

Four Pillars – Supporting Grampians LGBT+ Community (fourpillarsuk.org)

Four Pillars – Including Families Group

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Trained volunteers work alongside the whole family to make sure that parents have the skills, knowledge and resources they need to give their children the best possible start in life. Our support can be practical – helping establish routines and boundaries; helping families access other services; providing socialising opportunities for children and parents, or it can be emotional – providing reassurance and encouragement; supporting parents with mental ill health; helping to improve family relationships. for families with children under 5.

Email: admin@homestartaberdeen.org.uk (Aberdeen)

Home-Start UK

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KCASS is funded by the Scottish Government with the purpose of delivering the best possible support to kinship families who play a critical role in providing secure, stable and nurturing homes for children who cannot be cared for by their birth parents

Telephone: 0300 666 0006

Email: advice@kinshipscot.org

kinship.scot – Advice and Information on Kinship Care

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We deliver free, confidential support in direct 1:1 sessions and we also offer group work either as a day-long Loss Day Session or a ‘Seasons for Growth’ group.

Our approach is flexible, and support is tailored to the individual’s age, personality and circumstances. The number of sessions is not limited, and we travel to meet with the child/young person.  We aim to start support sessions as soon as reasonably possible, depending on demand for our service.

Email: shire@sunrisepartnership.org

Telephone: 07958 142673

Supporting Children and Young People Through Loss & Bereavement (sunrisepartnership.org)

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Aberdeen City Council’s Kinship Team provide support, guidance and information to all kinship carers in receipt of Kinship Allowance from ACC. The Kinship Team will support you in the initial stages when a child/young person comes to live with you, guide you through statutory checks and assessments, understanding and attending meetings. They have direct access to counselling services and an assistant psychologist that sits in their Team one day per week and can provide either group or 1-1 support for you or the children/young people you are caring for. You will remain linked in with the team for as long as you are eligible for kinship allowance. You may have an allocated worker but if not, they run a duty-system which means that you can contact the team any time within office hours.

They also share lots of information on their Facebook page Kinship Care Aberdeen.

Email: kinship@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Telephone: 01224 067604

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PEEP run sessions throughout Aberdeen city for parents/carers to attend. There are some universally available and some that are targeted at specific groups, e.g., EAL families, young parents etc. The PEEP Learning Together Programme is a social, emotional and educational child development programme for parents and children up to 5 years of age. It utilises a strengths-based approach to working with parents and is based on the principle of empowering families.

Telephone: 01224 248389

Email: peep@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Peep | Aberdeen City Council

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Beginning as a support group, we have slowly expanded over time, firstly as a parent-run organisation and later constituted into a charity in 1989. As of January 2024, we have a staff team of 55 people and provide direct, ongoing support & services to 156 individuals & their families throughout Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray & North Scotland, as well as providing a variety of support groups in person & online.

Telephone: 01224 277900

Thinking Differently | Autism & Neurodiversity | Scotland (a-nd.org.uk)

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The Autism Outreach Service is a small team of teaching and support staff with specialist knowledge and experience in the field of Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC).

The team are based at Orchard Brae School, supporting our colleagues in the mainstream nursery, primary and secondary educational sectors across Aberdeen City.

Autism Outreach Service deliver universal, targeted and specialist levels of support across Aberdeen City to staff and schools who have children and young people with an Autism Spectrum Condition.

Telephone: 01224 788950

Email: APolanska@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Autism Outreach

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The National Autistic Society provide support for autistic people and their families.

They offer an online community for people to access, as well as an online help directory which provides advice and guidance on a range of topics linked to autism and directory of other support agencies.

They also campaign for a more autism friendly society and have some local branches across Scotland.

National Autistic Society - Scotland

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Enquire is the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning. Providing easy to understand advice and information about additional support for learning legislation and guidance for families and professionals.

They have advice sections for families and professionals and a resource library on their website.

There is a helpline where trained advisors will listen to concerns and provide advice and information about next steps.

Helpline: 0345 123 2303

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Quarriers provide practical care and support for children, adults and families, challenging poverty and creating positive opportunities for change. This includes Aberdeen Carers Support. For any carer getting in touch, your first point of contact will be the person who looks at your referral. Once it is established that you are a carer, we will talk you through registering for support and what this can look like. They will link families with a Carer Advisor or Family Wellbeing Worker, needs will be assessed, and an Adult Carer Support Plan will be offered to you.

Aberdeen Carers Support Telephone: 01224 914036

Aberdeenshire Carers Support Telephone: 01467 538700

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We provide therapy-based activities and specialist support for children and adults living with any support need or disability covering both the city and the shire. Our activities and sessions not only offer relaxed, play opportunities and social experiences but by using clinical principles we aid development, improve communication, social interaction and confidence. We empower attendees by teaching strategies and coping techniques they can use in everyday life to take control of their emotions and behaviour and build their resilience.

Email: info@sensationALL.org.uk

Telephone: 01224 74669

SensationALL - Services for Neurodiverse Individuals and Those with Multiple Support Needs

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The Right Click programme has been developed specifically for parents or carers of autistic individuals. During the registration process, participants will be asked questions about their young child, teenager or adult so that we can provide more tailored support if required.

Email: autism@scottishautism.org

Telephone: 01259 720044

About Autism | Scottish Autism

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For more than 150 years, VSA has been an essential source of care and support for the North-East of Scotland. Our unwavering commitment to meeting the changing needs of the community drives us to provide a broad range of health and social care services that promote the physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being of every individual we care for. At VSA, we always aim to go above and beyond in our care to make a positive impact on the lives of those we serve and the communities we are a part of.

Email: ASN@vsa.org.uk

Telephone: 01224 212021

https://www.vsa.org.uk/our-services/childrens-and-family-services/friends-for-life-club-asn

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We Too offers peer support through “We Too! & You”, a monthly children’s club “We Too! Club” and a school holiday programme.

We Too! also delivers bespoke ASN/ Customer Service Training to organisations as well as 6-week parent/carer and sibling courses.

Email: info@wetoo.org.uk

Telephone: 01224 539393

We Too! The Aberdeen Magazine for Children with Additional Support Needs

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The Stay Well, Stay Connected programme has early intervention and prevention at its heart with a focus on enabling people to live a happy, healthy, active & independent life. Within our areas, we build relationships with other people living and working there to create opportunities for our citizens who are on the cusp of losing their physical or emotional resilience so that they can remain as well and connected as possible for as long possible. Our work is very varied depending on what arises, and this proactive and preventative work helps to reduce or delay the need for some people to require more formal long-term health and social care services.

About Us | Aberdeen City HSCP

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ABZ Works is a service available to any Aberdeen resident who are looking for support to develop confidence, knowledge and skills or experience so they can work towards achieving their goals of progressing into employment, education or training.

Telephone: 01224 346100

Email: abzworks@aberdeencity.gov.uk

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Adult Learning is essential to enable and encourage adults in Aberdeen to acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to play an active and productive role, both personally and societally. The priorities below will provide opportunities for adults take part in a wide variety of learning opportunities and have clear progression routes in order to continue their learning journey and be confident, resilient and optimistic for their future.

Email: adultlearning@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Community Learning and Development

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CFINE’s food bank is open every weekday from 10am-3pm at 2-4 Poynernook Road AB11 5RW. Please let them know of any dietary requirements.

Telephone: 01224 596156

Email: info@cfine.org

SAFE stands for Support, Advice, Finance and Education. The team will work with people to help navigate the welfare system and ensure they are claiming the benefits that they are entitled to, aiming to improve their household income.

Telephone: 01224 531386

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We provide free professional debt help, job clubs, life skills groups and money education in the heart of communities like yours. All our services are delivered face-to-face through local churches, which means you’ll receive both the practical and emotional support you need on your journey. Although their services take place in churches, you do not have to be religious to access help from Christians Against Poverty.

In Aberdeen there is a debt help service and a job club. There is also lots of support available online through their website.

Telephone: 0800 328 0006

Christians Against Poverty

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If you live in Aberdeen City, the Financial Inclusion Team can provide free, impartial and confidential advice. Our money advisers can: check you are receiving all the benefits you are entitled to, help complete benefit claim form, assist you to challenge benefit decision you disagree with, help you to deal with all types of problems debts, provide advice on what creditors can/cannot do and speak to creditors on your behalf.

You can receive advice/assistance by completing our online referral form. Once we have received your request one of our advisers will call you.

Telephone: 01224 522709

Benefits and Money Advice

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Grampian Credit Union is open to anyone living or working in Aberdeen city, Aberdeenshire and Moray areas.  Members can save regular amounts easily and securely, and access fair affordable loans.

Telephone: 01224 561506

Email: admin@grampiancreditunion.co.uk

Grampian Credit Union | Home

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The National Debtline are an independent, free to use, debt advice charity and are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

They offer advice via phone and web chat and lots of online help and support.

Telephone: 0808 808 4000

National Debtline

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Scarf delivers energy efficiency advice and services to households and businesses across Scotland, providing a range of service to help you live warmer and reduce your fuel bills.

A team of expert advisors are on hand to ensure you get accurate, up-to-date advice to help you reduce your fuel bills and create a warmer, more comfortable living environment.

Telephone: 0800 129 0888

Scarf

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This is a national service helping young people plan for their future. My World of Work is an all-age service, designed to help build your career management skills and discover what careers match your skills, interests, education and experience.

By creating a free account young people can explore their interests and strengths using the online tools. They can explore the world of work and different routes and pathways to get into different careers

Local Telephone: 01224 285200

National Telephone: 0800 917 8000

Corporate - Skills Development Scotland

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Step Change are a free to use debt charity.

They provide advice to anyone struggling with debt, both online or by talking to an advisor. They also have lots of advice and information on their website.

Telephone: 0800 138 1111

Step Change

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Our credit union offers a range of financial services tailored to meet the needs of our local community, providing personalised support and a commitment to your financial well-being.

Anyone can join if they live or work within the following Aberdeen City areas: Woodside, Tillydrone, Northfield, Seaton, Cummings Park, Sunnybank, Froghall, Old Aberdeen, Pittodrie, Hilton, Heathryfold, Printfield, and Middlefield.

Telephone:  01224 276994

St Machar Credit Union

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Active Schools work throughout every ASG in Aberdeen providing sporting activities for children and young people. They also have a specialist ASN service.

Active Schools

Disability Sport provides both adults and children with disabilities and additional support needs the opportunity to take part in community sport activities.

Disability Sport

Aquatics Aberdeen offer swimming sessions for children and families with additional support needs.

ASN Swimming

Supported Physical Activity for Care Experienced offers several programmes for our families, children and young people. SPACE also provide 1-1 activities for some of our young people, provide some holiday activities and provide opportunities to access the Sports Aberdeen Coached Programme.

SPACE

Kit for All is connected to Sports Aberdeen and its aim is to reduce any stigma or participation barriers by providing those who need it with sports kits. This is on a referral process please contact the team for more information.

Kit for All

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We work with people of all ages to inspire and empower, particularly the next generation, through education and positive destinations; football, health and wellbeing. AFCCT have partnered with 17 Primary schools and 3 secondary schools in the city, offering children opportunities  which focus on improving health and wellbeing and raising attainment.

Email: info@afcct.org

Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust - Home (afccommunitytrust.org)

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Our aim is to ensure that high quality sporting opportunities are on offer throughout Grampian, and that people with disabilities across the region are given the opportunity to reach their potential in sport. Our activities include coach education, sport and activity development, supporting athletes and clubs at all stages, and running our own programme of events. Please get in touch if you’d like to get involved or hear more about what we offer.

Grampian Disability Sport

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Aberdeen Cyrenians are a charity which offers a range of support to vulnerable adults through care and support, housing, independence, health and wellbeing, safety, liberation and release, food and essentials.

Email: hello@weareac.org

Telephone : 0300 303 0903

Homeless Charity in Scotland | Cyrenians

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Shelter Scotland services, policy advocacy and campaign teams come together to create the best possible outcomes for people in housing need. We do this by providing practical support and advice to people experiencing bad housing or homelessness, by informing professionals, and by campaigning for legislative change.

Telephone: 0808 800 4444

Email: AberdeenHub@shelter.org.uk

Home - Shelter Scotland

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The Domestic Abuse Team is a voluntary service which provides short to medium term support and advice to victims of domestic abuse to help them address the effects the behaviour of their partner/ex-partner has had on them. We can support individuals with safety planning in order to reduce risk as well as practical and emotional support.

Telephone: 0800 0304713

Email: domesticabuseteam@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Aberdeen City Council Domestic Abuse Team

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EVAA is an Aberdeen Cyrenians project that offers support for women experiencing or who have experienced domestic violence or gender-based abuse including physical, emotional, financial or sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, human trafficking and coercive control.

Telephone: 0300 303 0903

Email: evaa@weareac.org

Ending Violence and Abuse Aberdeen

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FearFree is a support service for any man, or LGBTI+ person experiencing domestic abuse. FearFree workers can offer a range of support including safety planning, emotional support, advocacy, mentoring, and practical support with housing, employment/education, and assistance to access appropriate benefits.

Telephone: 01224 560550

FearFree

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Grampian Women’s Aid are a local charity supporting women and their families who have been affected by domestic abuse.

They offer confidential support and advice, provide information, help with safety planning, provide temporary accommodation for those who cannot stay in their own home and provide help and support for the future.

Telephone:01224 593381

Email: info@grampianwomensaid.com

Grampian Women’s Aid

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Rape Crisis Grampian (RCG) is a Charity, that provides support to people, over the age of 11 years, who have been subjected to sexual violence at any time in their lives.

We offer a variety of support which is led by the individuals’ needs and particular circumstance. The support is provided by trained, support practitioners, in a safe environment which offers the individual the space and time to talk about their experience without being judged.

Telephone: 01224 590932

Rape Crisis Grampian

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Domestic Abuse Helplines:

•National Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline: 0800 027 1234 (24hours)

•Rape Crisis Scotland Helpline: 08088 01 03 02

•Men’s Advice Line: 0808 801 0327

Information and Advice Regarding Honour Based Violence and Forced Marriage:

•Amina Muslim Women’s Centre – 0808 801 0301

•Home Office Forced Marriage Unit – 0207 008 0151

Information for Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse:

•Respect Phone Line: 0808 802 4040

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The physical card acts as a photo ID that can be used to easily communicate your access requirements to events and venues, so that the venues can provide accessibility to the needs of their visitors.

It also works online with other platforms like ticketing systems, to unlock the access facilities you need.

The card shows a photo ID and translates a persons disability or impairment into symbols, effectively highlighting the barriers they face and the reasonable adjustments they might need.

The Access Card app provides you with a personalised directory of venues, with first-class accessibility information to help you plan your trips.

Access Card

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Aberdeen Citizens Advice Bureau has been providing advice and information to the people of Aberdeen for over 80 years. We give all clients free, confidential, impartial and independent advice on a wide range of subjects, including Benefits, Debt Advice, Employment, Immigration, Consumer Issues, Relationships and Housing.

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Telephone: 01224 569750

Email: bureau@aberdeencab.casonline.org.uk

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A range of agencies provide free food to take away or meals to have on the premises. See details under the individual entries below.

Each agency may have specific criteria for providing such help and this is not always limited to homeless households.

Emergency Food Provision

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Website: https://www.clanchildlaw.org/

Email: info@clanchildlaw.org

Telephone Number: 08081290522

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Website: http://www.sclc.org.uk

Telephone Number: 0131 667 6333

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Website: www.familylawassociation.org/

Email: enquiries@fla-scotland.co.uk

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Family Learning work in partnership with schools and other agencies, on a one to one or small group basis, to support families in bringing up their children. Primarily with home visits and short courses which are informal and can be held in the community. The team also organise fun days and play sessions during school holidays. Family Learning also have a partnership with a free counselling service.

Email: familylearning@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Your Data: Family Learning Service  | Aberdeen City Council

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Fit Like? are a collective of support services in Aberdeen working with families to support mental health and wellbeing. The service provides whole family support to those whose needs cannot be met universally but do not require statutory/specialist provision. Support is provided on a voluntary basis and is only appropriate for families not open to social work.

Family Learning may have referrals from Fit Like Hubs and if we do, we can request further assistance from the wider team.

If we are working with a family who are open to us universally we can support them to do a self-request for assistance if we need additionality.

Email: fitlike@aberdeencity.gov.uk

‘Fit Like? Family Wellbeing Hubs | Aberdeen City Council

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This is an opportunity to find out more about Scottish Government policies for children, how they affect a child’s life and what that means for you as a parent.

This one-off session will:

Share information about services available in Aberdeen

Cover the SHANARRI wellbeing indicators for children

Discuss Scottish Government policies and what they mean for families in Scotland

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A programme designed to nurture children's empathy and compassionate behaviour towards animals.  We run  bespoke sessions with our friends from the SSPCA focusing on animal emotions, needs and individual responsibilities when around animals.

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ASN Parenting Listen and Chat is a series of four sessions focusing on a set theme. During these sessions participants listen to and discuss and podcast exploring topics such as challenging behaviour and self-regulation.

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Our peer support groups for ASN parents run across various locations in Aberdeen city. This is an opportunity for parents of ASN children (with or without a diagnosis) to come together, meet each other and discuss positives as well as challenges. We also invite other relevant organisations in to chat to the parents about their services.

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A three week course aimed at supporting parents of tweens and teens.

Topics covered:

Is your tween or teen struggling with big emotions?

Do you find it difficult to understand their behaviour?

Are you struggling to communicate with them?

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This course supports participants to utilise strategies and skills to develop their confidence.

Topics covered:

Develop an understanding of the external and internal influences that effect how we feel about ourselves.

Introduce strategies and skills that can support our sense of self-worth and personal development.

Explore the effects of negative thinking and develop problem solving strategies.

Understand the importance of effective communication.

Strengths and goal planning.

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A two hour information session introducing the topic of domestic abuse.

During the session we cover what is domestic abuse, why people don’t ‘just leave’, the impact on children, changes to the law and safety planning.

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Handmade Changes are a group of parents/carers in Aberdeen who are using crafting activities to develop their skills and prevent social isolation. The participants also deliver workshops and training based on their craft skills to other parents/carers in the city.

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During the Easter, Summer and October holidays Family Learning provide free activities for families to attend across key locations in Aberdeen City.

These events will often be in partnership with organisations like Aberdeen Science Centre, Sport Aberdeen and SensationALL. We aim to cater for everyone with a variety of different activities from sports to arts and crafts.

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I’m a Parent is an opportunity for parents to come together as part of a six-week course, share their experiences and discover new perspectives and strategies.

Topics covered:

Parenting experience

Parenting skills and strategies

Challenging behaviour

Exploring influential factors on our parenting

Techniques to relax and destress

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I’m a Kinship Parent is an opportunity for Kinship parents to come together as part of a six-week course, share their experiences and discover new perspectives and strategies.

Topics covered:

Parenting experience/Kinship parenting experience

Parenting skills and strategies

Challenging behaviour

Exploring influential factors on our parenting

Techniques to relax and destress

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Life Skills for Little Ones is aimed at the parents of nursery age children who are going to move into Primary One. It covers the personal skills that children should have as part of this transition and supports parents to help their children develop.

Topics covered:

Routines

Communication

Play

Self-Care

Sleep

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Managing my Money is a three-week course that introduces participants to different styles of budgeting and how to create one, debt and where to get support and how to talk to children about money over a three-week course.

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Parents R Us is a peer support group for parents who live in Aberdeen city. It runs weekly on a Wednesday morning in Seaton Community Centre and children are welcome to attend. The group take part in a variety of wellbeing and craft activities as well as going out on walks locally.

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A six-week programme of therapeutic craft activities based in nature. These sessions support self-reflection while developing new skills and finding ways to implement self-care into parent’s lives.

Some of the craft activities include:

Collaging

Colour dying

Eco-printing

Mandala making

Flower making

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A partnership programme with SensationALL to support families of neurodiverse children around emotional regulation.

This is a funded five week programme run in partnership with SensationALL. The sessions involve families of neurodiverse children and help them discover strategies to support emotional regulation.

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This three-week programme supports families to improve their sleep routines.

Topics covered:

Why sleep is important

Different types of sleep

How sleep impacts our learning and development

How routine helps and improving your family’s routine

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Better Sleep for Teens is a series of workshops that can be delivered to both tweens/teens and their parents to improve sleep routines for older children.

These workshops covers:

The amount of sleep teenagers need.

Why this can be challenging

Making the. environment more sleep friendly.

Improving sleep hygiene.

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Supper and Science is a programme run in partnership with Aberdeen Science Centre. It brings families together to plan and cook meals as well as take part in fun and free science activities.

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Supporting Children in the Digital World supports parents to understand the technology their children are using and find strategies to manage device usage.

Topics covered:

The technology children and young people are using.

Digital footprints and being a good digital role model

Understand the risk and reward of devices.

Know how to respond to negative online experiences.

Discover age appropriate online safety resources.

Learn about online safety strategies.

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Supporting Children in the Digital World – Early Years 

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Supporting Children in the Digital World – Early Years  is a one-off session that aims to support parents of younger children with device usage and screen time.

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Understanding Anxiety will break down this topic for parents and covers:

What is anxiety?

The cognitive behavioural model of anxiety.

Strategies and techniques to manage anxiety.

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A three-week course to help improve emotional understanding and communication.

Understanding Emotions provides parents with information on emotional development in children and techniques on how to manage tantrums.

Topics covered:

What emotions are and their development in children.

Emotion Coaching techniques

Emotions and the brain, the science behind what we feel.

Techniques to manage tantrums, your own emotional control, increasing your confidence as a parent.

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Our Family Wellbeing Toolkit course provides you with a taster of many different types of compassionate self-care techniques for you to learn and experience as a group with other parents.  Offering a holistic approach to compassionate self-care and promoting positive family wellbeing: each session offers a safe space to check in and learn something new whilst connecting with other parents through peer-to-peer support.

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Wellbeing Walks are an informal way to get to know your local Family Learning worker, other parents in your area and to explore your local community.