FAMILY & CARERS

Arbroath Family Support Team

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Telephone: 01241 870 163
Address: Child And Family Centre, East Mary Street, Arbroath, DD11 1PR

The four Family Support Teams provide services for children, young people and their families aged 0-16 years, providing a range of early intervention services on an individual and group work basis.  Services are provided depending on the needs of each child and family.

Breast Buddies

Website: https://www.facebook.com/breastbuddiesangus
Email: kimberley@voluntaryactionangus.org.uk
Opening Hours:

  • Monday: 10am – 11:30am

Drop in for breastfeeding support, a cuppy and a chat.

FOOD PROVISION

Arbroath Foodbank

Website: https://angus.foodbank.org.uk/
Email: info@angus.foodbank.org.uk
Telephone: 01307 466 841
Telephone (Norman): 07964 292 349
Address: 1 Gravesend, Arbroath, DD11 1HT
Opening Hours:

  • Monday: 10am – 12pm
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 10am – 12pm
  • Thursday: Closed
  • Friday: 1pm – 3pm
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed

We don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That’s why we provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.

HEALTH & WELLBEING

Arbroath Eyes & Ears by NESS

Website: https://www.nesensoryservices.org/
Email: cilmi.eldho@nesensoryservices.org
Telephone: 0345 271 2345

Sensory Impairment, Social Activity, Support Group. The group is a social and information group for people experiencing sensory loss in the Arbroath area.

Havilah Arbroath (Community Spirit)

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Email: havilah-cs@btconnect.com
Telephone: 01241 434 088
Address: 7a Fisheracre, Arbroath, DD11 1LE

Havilah is a faith based community drop in centre in Arbroath where everyone is welcome. We offer a tea/coffee/toast service along with a soup lunch every day. We have many facilities and activities, a pool table, dart board and table tennis.

We also have a relaxation suite where anyone can take advantage of a quiet space to talk one to one or participate in relaxation therapies.

We also have an IT suite where our members are encouraged to learn/practice their IT skills. It’s a well-equipped space and many members use the computers for benefit applications, CV writing and job search.

The space is also used as a classroom for 121 and group literacy and numeracy learning.

Overall we take pride in offering a service and a space where the socially excluded, homeless, those suffering an addiction be it alcohol or drugs can begin their road to recovery in a relaxed, open and supportive environment. We connect and refer to other agencies who can provide a more formalised recovery programme.

Arbroath Social Prescribing

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Email: regan@voluntaryactionangus.org.uk
Telephone: 07857 618 026
Telephone: 07857 618 029

Social prescribing is not new to the county of Angus. Strong partnership working and respectful collaborations across primary care and third sector have formed part of a vision to create ‘An Angus that actively cares’, which is an integral part of our Health and Social Care Strategic Plan. Angus is mostly a rural county where the population of 106,800 people is anticipated to grow and where demographic forecasts predict an aging population (perhaps more dependent on primary and other care services). There are also increasing challenges concerning to public health where poverty, mental health, alcohol and drug deaths are increasing across the county and in its neighbouring Local Authority, Dundee.

Friockhub

Website: https://www.friockhub.co.uk/
Email: info@friockhub.co.uk
Telephone: 01241 829 214
Address: Eastgate, Friockheim, Arbroath, DD11 4TG
Opening Hours:

  • Monday: 9am – 5pm
  • Tuesday: 9am – 5pm
  • Wednesday: 9am – 5pm
  • Thursday: 9am – 5pm
  • Friday: 9am – 5pm
  • Saturday: 9am – 4pm
  • Sunday: Closed

FriockHub is a local project creating a community centre developing the redundant Eastgate School in the heart of Friockheim, a large village in Angus, Scotland. The Hub will provide services, facilities and support available to any and all the residents of the local area.

Friockheim Community Hub is a fully inclusive project involving the whole community which is owned, managed and operated by the community itself as a registered charity.

JOB & FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Arbroath Job Centre

Website: https://vaalocalitylocator.scot/listing/arbroath/-/arbroath-jobcentre/
Telephone: 0345 604 3719
Address: 2 Chalmers St, Arbroath DD11 1PP

Specialist Advisor Support including Access to Work and specialist disability services. Access to jobs across the UK and Europe, training opportunities, job search assistance, work experience placements, sector based work academies and Work Trials. Assistance provided to Employers with using our Universal Jobmatch service to advertise vacancies.

The Learning Tree Partnership

Website: http://www.thelearningtree.org.uk/
Telephone: 01241 230 561
Address: 32-34 Guthrie Port, Arbroath, DD11 1RN

The Learning Tree Partnership supports people with a learning disability to gain skills and experience in customer service. We do this through a person centred learning approach which​ ensures that everyone has an opportunity to learn in a way that suits them. 

Our customer service learning is done through selling used books, DVD’s and CD’s in our Bookshop. We strive to ensure that our customers are happy with the level of service they get. 

MENTAL HEALTH

Reach Across

Website: https://www.reachacross.org.uk/
Email: reach-across@hotmail.com
Telephone: 07729 160 419
Address: 36 Guthrie Port, Arbroath, DD11 1RN
Opening Hours:

  • Monday: 9:30am – 12pm
  • Tuesday: 9:30am – 12pm
  • Wednesday: 9:30am – 12pm
  • Thursday: 9:30am – 12pm
  • Friday: 9:30am – 12pm
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed

Reach Across are a registered charity based in Arbroath, Scotland, who provide help and support for those experiencing mental health difficulties. The charity was set up by Sandra Ramsay, her son Ryan and Donna Bow in 2015 following the loss of a loved one to suicide.

Since the tragedy, Reach Across has received an over-whelming show of support from the local community which has now led Sandra to retire and focus on those in need of support. We urge anyone who is experiencing, or knows anybody going through such difficulties to get in touch with the charity as soon as possible. In other words, let’s reduce the stigma together!

PEER SUPPORT

Hillcrest Futures – Angus Mental Health Peer Support Service

Website: https://www.hillcrest.org.uk/futures/
Email: customerservice@hillcrest.org.uk
Telephone: 0300 123 2644
Address: 1 Explorer Road, Dundee, DD2 1EG

The Angus Mental Health Peer Workers service is based in GP Practices in the North Locality of Angus. The service is to provide peer support to people with their mental health and wellbeing. Peer Support is defined as the help and support that people with lived experience of poor mental health and wellbeing can provide for others struggling to manage their mental health and wellbeing, built on shared personal experience and empathy.