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Day Centres for Adults with Physical or Learning Disabilities - Aberdeenshire
There are a number of day centres in Aberdeenshire organised as part of a co-ordinated service for people with disabilities.
Client Group: Day care centres, Physical disability,Day care centres, Learning disabilities,Day care centres, Mental health
Organisation Type: Local Authority
Area Covered: Aberdeenshire
Day Services for Adults with Physical or Learning Disabilities or Mental Health Problems - Aberdeenshire - Introduction
Day Services in Aberdeenshire are organised as part of a co-ordinated service for people with disabilities.
Client Group: Day care centres, Physical disability,Day care centres, Learning disabilities,Respite care, Disability
Organisation Type: Local Authority
Area Covered: Aberdeenshire
Fersands and Fountain Community Work Project
The Fersands and Fountain Community Work Project is a voluntary organisation and is a locally managed independent voluntary neighbourhood community work project with activities for all ages.
Client Group: Child care,Parent and toddler groups ,Nurseries,After school care,Community development
Organisation Type: Voluntary
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Fersands
Bon Accord Free Church of Scotland - Aberdeen
The Free Church of Scotland provides Christian worship.
Client Group: Christianity, Free Church
Organisation Type: Church, Religious, Scottish Charity
Stonehaven and District Probus Club
A Probus club is an association of retired and semi-retired professional men and businessmen who appreciate and value opportunities to meet others in similar circumstances and similar levels of interest. Stonehaven and District Probus Club was formed in May 1979 and is one of nearly 1500 clubs in Great Britain and Ireland.
Client Group: Social and support groups, Men
Organisation Type: Voluntary
George Crombie's Trust
George Crombie's Trust has been operating since 1950. It assists single or widowed ladies, over retirement age, to find accommodation which they might otherwise be unable to fully fund from their own resources.
Client Group: Trusts
Organisation Type: Voluntary, Scottish Charity
Area Covered: Aberdeen
Henry John Jopp Fund
The Henry Jopp Fund is a fund for widows or single women in Aberdeen in poor circumstances
Client Group: Trusts
Organisation Type: Voluntary, Scottish Charity
Area Covered: Aberdeen
Aberdeen and North East Tinnitus Group
Aberdeen and North East Tinnitus Group is a local group affiliated to the British Tinnitus Association. Aberdeen and North East Tinnitus Group has been operating since 1976 and there are around 130 members and approximately 30 attend meetings.
Client Group: Sensory impairment, Hearing impairment,Illnesses, Health care,Ear diseases
Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Voluntary, Self Help Group
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray
Medico
Medico is a private nursing agency that provides nurses and care assistants to private hospitals and trusts, nursing homes, industry, home care, prisons and schools. Medico is part of Nestor, BNA PLC, which provides healthcare services throughout the UK and abroad.
Client Group: Nursing,Care for older people, Care for disabled people,Respite care, Disability ,Respite care, Older people,Respite care, Children, Young people,First aid training
Organisation Type: Private Limited Company
24 hours - outwith office hours callers will be diverted to the Medico call centre
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray
Butterfly Trust (Cystic Fibrosis)
The Butterfly Trust offers advice and information, practical help and advocacy to people with Cystic Fibrosis and their families. Services provided by Volunteer Support Workers include transport to appointments, practical assistance with accessing funds and grants, form filling and dealing with housing organisations.
Client Group: Social Advocacy,Housing advice services,Trusts,Hospital transport, Community transport,Illnesses, Health care,Benefits advice services
Organisation Type: Voluntary
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Scotland
Independent Living Services
Independent Living Services (ILS) provide care and support services for people in their own homes, in the community or in respite. ILS provide services for children, families, young people, older people and people with disabilities.
ILS work in partnership with local Social Work Departments and Local Health Services.
Client Group: Older people,Children, Young people, Families,Care for older people, Care for disabled people,Physical disability,Home care
Organisation Type: Private Limited Company
Area Covered: Aberdeenshire
Barnardo's 16+ Aberdeenshire - Throughcare and Aftercare Service
16+ Aberdeenshire is a Barnardo's (Scotland) Project which has been operating since 1995 and works in partnership with Aberdeenshire Council working closely with various departments such as social work, housing and criminal justice.
The service aims to support vulnerable young people who are gaining independence while living in the community. It is provided on a voluntary basis to young people aged 16 to 21 years who were previously looked after by the local authority.
Client Group: Supported housing,Children in care,Young people,Advice agencies, Young people
Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Voluntary
WRVS Aberdeenshire Community Services - Social Transport
The WRVS Social Transport Scheme is organised by WRVS in conjunction with the Scottish Executive (RCTI) and Aberdeenshire Council. Transport is provided by volunteers in their own cars. All volunteers are accredited members of WRVS. They have badges and identification cards.
Client Group: Help with shopping,Dial-a-ride
Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Voluntary
Aberdeenshire Office
Mon-Fri: 9.00am-2.00pm
Answerphone when the Project Office Manager is not available
Area Covered: Aberdeenshire
WRVS Aberdeenshire Community Services - Shopping Service
The WRVS Shopping Service is organised by WRVS in conjunction with Aberdeenshire Council, the Scottish Executive (RCTI) and local shops to provide assistance for people who are housebound or unable to shop for, or by, themselves.
Client Group: Help with shopping,Community transport, Help with shopping
Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Voluntary
Aberdeenshire Office
Mon-Fri: 9.00am-2.00pm
Answerphone when the Project Office Manager is not available
Area Covered: Aberdeenshire
WRVS Community Services - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray
WRVS Community Services volunteers provide practical solutions to the problems of loneliness, isolation and dependence found in local communities across the UK. WRVS works with a range of organisations including social services and other charities to ensure people are helped in the best possible way.
Client Group: Hospital transport, Community transport,Older people,Home care, Older people, Care for older people,Dial-a-ride
Organisation Type: Registered Charity, Voluntary
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray
Aberdeen Health and Homelessness Directory
The Aberdeen Health and Homelessness Directory - http://www.healthandhomeless.org/ - is an online service directory for professionals working with and for homeless people in Aberdeen City.
Client Group: Housing advice services,Homelessness, Health care,Housing advice services, Homelessness
Organisation Type: Partnership
(within office hours. answerphone outwith.)
Area Covered: Aberdeen
Scottish War Blinded
The Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded (SNIWB) provide care and welfare to any person who has served in the armed forces and who now suffers a visual impairment.
Client Group: Service associations,Social housing, Housing associations,Charities,Trusts,Workplace training and development, Disabled people
Organisation Type: Scottish Charity
This is the Head Office number.
Use this number for Chief Executive, Finance and grants to organisations.
Head office
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Scotland
Hysterectomy - Menopause - HRT Support and Self Help Group
This non profit making group has been formed with backing of the Hysterectomy Support Network and the Amarant Trust.
Client Group: Illnesses, Health care,Urogenital problems
Organisation Type: Voluntary, Self Help Group
Please call after 6.00pm or at weekends
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Scotland, UK
Stresswatch Scotland
Stresswatch Scotland helps people with stress related problems such as phobias, panic and anxiety attacks, and obsessive compulsive disorder. The organisation has a telephone helpline, as well as providing support through a Telephone Recovery Group, a befriending service and one-to-one mentoring. It is a voluntary charitable organisation dating back to the mid 1970s.
Client Group: Illnesses,Illnesses, Health care,Mental health support
Organisation Type: Voluntary, Scottish Charity, Self Help Group
National Helpline
Mon-Fri: 9.00am-9.00pm
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Scotland
Supporta Care
Supporta Care provides a wide range of domestic, personal care, rehabilitation and social care services to people in their own homes.
Client Group: Care for older people, Care for disabled people,Respite care, Disability ,Respite care, Older people,Home care
Organisation Type: Profit Making
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Bipolar Aberdeen
Bipolar Aberdeen has been operating in the North East of Scotland area since 1987, providing information and support to anyone affected by Bipolar Affective Disorder.
Client Group: Mental health support,Illnesses, Health care,Mental health support,Anxiety, Depressive disorders
Organisation Type: Voluntary, Scottish Charity, Self Help Group
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray
Aberdeen and North East Blood Transfusion Service
The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service needs a thousand donors every day to meet the demand for blood in hospitals. The Aberdeen and North East Blood Transfusion Service is one of five Donor Centres in Scotland. The service also runs a Mobile Unit which travels throughout the Grampian area. Blood donor sessions are open to people aged between 17 and 60 for first time donors and between 17 and 66 for regular donors.
Client Group: Health care
Organisation Type: National Health Service
For Donor Enquiries in Scotland
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray
St Cyrus Carers Group
The St Cyrus Carers Group is currently suspended and is awaiting new members. Please contact the Carers Support Worker for more information.
Client Group: Carer Support
Organisation Type: Voluntary
Area Covered: Aberdeenshire
Grampian Transport Museum
Grampian Transport Museum has a considerable collection of all forms of road transport from horse drawn vehicles to modern performance cars, and visitors are allowed to climb aboard some of the exhibits. Historical displays on many subjects are on view and many of the exhibits are unique to the North East of Scotland.
Grampian Transport Museum is operated by the Grampian Transport Museum Trust.
Client Group: Museums and galleries
Organisation Type: Voluntary, Scottish Charity, Company Limited by Guarantee
Area Covered: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray
Balvenie Castle - Historic Scotland
Originally the seat of the powerful Comyn Earls of Buchan, Balvenie is a 13th century castle of enclosure with massive curtain wall.
Client Group: Visitor attractions, Historic buildings, Parks and gardens,Visitor attractions
Organisation Type: Statutory
Area Covered: Moray