How can I get my point across and make my views heard?

Details of services to help you obtain the information you need to make informed choices, or course of action or make your views heard:

• Counselling services
• Advocacy North East
• People First (Scotland)

Counselling services

There are a number of counselling services available for people experiencing mental health difficulties:

One to One Counselling Deeside Service, Charleston Cottage,
Ballater Road, Aboyne, AB34 5HY
Tel: 013398 86700 (answerphone)
Email: onetoone@mhaberdeen.org.uk

 

ACIS 44 Castle Street, Aberdeen, AB11 5BB
Tel: 01224 573892 or 01224 575954

 

Cairns Counselling Centre, 27 Huntly Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1TU Tel: 01224 633131

 

Mental Health Aberdeen (MHA) provide the following:

• Banff and Buchan Voluntary Counselling Service - counselling service for people with mental health problems
• Comraich - drop-in and local resource for people experiencing mental health problems
• Companions Befriending Scheme (Banff, Ellon, Peterhead) - offering social contact to people experiencing mental health problems
• Haven - drop-in and local resource for people experiencing mental health problems
• Nexus - day centre for people with mental health problems
• The Arches - drop-in resource for people experiencing mental health problems

 

Breathing Space - a free and confidential phoneline service for any individual, who is experiencing low mood or depression, or who is unusually worried and in need of someone to talk to.
Tel: 0800 83 85 87

 

 

Advocacy North East

Advocacy North East provides a free, independent and confidential service supporting people to speak up for themselves.

Tel: 01467 651604
Fax: 01467 651605
Email: advocacyne@btconnect.com

Mental health user reference group

The mental health user reference group is a group of users and carers, set up to help develop and monitor the effectiveness of mental health provision in Aberdeenshire. Members of the group participate in the planning process.

Meetings are held on alternate months on Mondays between 12.00 midday - 2.00pm at Inverurie Day Centre, Port Road, Inverurie.

The group is open to mental health service users, carers and anybody with mental health problems with an interest in mental health issues.

For further information contact the mental health development worker for user reference group at Advocacy North East:

Advocacy North East
Unit 2
Dalfling Business Centre
Blairdaff
Inverurie, AB51 5LA

Tel: 01467 651604
Email: advocacyne@btconnect.com

People First (Scotland)

People First (Scotland) is an independent self advocacy organisation for people with learning difficulties.

The Aberdeen group meets monthly. For further information please contact Douglas McPhillips on 01224 637435

The Fraserburgh group meets fortnightly at 44 Frithside Street, Fraserburgh. For further information please call 01346 518104