Please click on the links below to access information to resources.

Disclaimer: The following are external resources and as such, NHS Grampian does not take responsibility for their content or services.

Aberdeen City

• Aberdeen Birth Collective - Full-spectrum doula services.
• Abernecessities - Provides disadvantaged families with the essential and basic necessities.
• ALISS - Directory of services, groups and activities for health and wellbeing across Scotland.
• Andy's Man Club - Men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free peer support groups.
• AVENUE - Support for families and individuals with a focus on relationships, wellbeing and children.
• Children 1st - providing support to help families
• Family Nurse Practitioners - voluntary home visiting programme for all eligible first time parents.
• Fit Like - Family wellbeing hubs supporting children and young people’s mental wellbeing.
• Four Pillars - information and support for LGBT+ community.
• Grampian Women's Aid - Domestic abuse specialist support service.
• Home Start Aberdeen - Practical and emotional support for families with young children.
• LATNEM - Peer support group for mums and birthing people in Scotland.
• Man Chat - Peer support mental health for men in Aberdeen & Shire.
• Men in Mind - Peer to peer support group for men. 
• NHS Grampian Maternity Services Website - Website dedicated to providing information on maternity services offered in Grampian.
• Pathways - Seeks to remove barriers to employment, encourage participation in lifelong learning and promote positive mental health.
• SANDS Aberdeen - Stillbirth and neonatal death charity.

Aberdeenshire

• Aberdeen Birth Collective - Full-spectrum doula services.
• Abernecessities - Provides disadvantaged families with the essential and basic necessities.
• ALISS - Directory of services, groups and activities for health and wellbeing across Scotland.
• AVENUE - Support for families and individuals with a focus on relationships, wellbeing and children.
• Bairnecessities - Provide pre-loved baby essentials for those in need.
• Family Nurse Practitioners - voluntary home visiting programme for all eligible first time parents.
• Four Pillars - information and support for LGBT+ community.
• Grampian Women's Aid - Domestic abuse specialist support service.
• Home Start Deeside, Alford & Strathdon - Assists vulnerable families with young children throughout the entire Deeside area.
• Home Start Garioch - Parents supporting parents in Garioch and Formatine.
• Home Start Kincardine - Helping families with children under 5 with practical and confidential support.
• Home-Start North East Aberdeenshire - Helping families with children under 5 with practical and confidential support.
• LATNEM - Peer support group for mums and birthing people in Scotland.
• Man Chat - Peer support mental health for men in Aberdeen & Shire.
• Men United - Peer support, mentoring and practical advice for men who are experiencing issues that are having a detrimental affect on their mental health and wellbeing.
• NHS Grampian Maternity Services Website - Website dedicated to providing information on maternity services offered in Grampian.
• Positive Steps Kemnay - "A wee walk and a big chat", open to parents, grandparents and carers. 
• SANDS Aberdeen - Stillbirth and neonatal death charity.

Moray

• ALISS - Directory of services, groups and activities for health and wellbeing across Scotland.
• AVENUE - Support for families and individuals with a focus on relationships, wellbeing and children.
• Children 1st - providing support to help families
• CrossReach - Perinatal counselling and therapy.
• Family Nurse Practitioners - voluntary home visiting programme for all eligible first time parents.
• Family Support - Re-volution for Good - Counselling - dignified and empowering support to people, enabling their potential.
• LATNEM - Peer support group for mums and birthing people in Scotland.
• Moray Women's Aid - provider of support services to women and children experiencing Domestic Abuse/Violence throughout rural Moray
• NHS Grampian Maternity Services Website - Website dedicated to providing information on maternity services offered in Grampian.
• SANDS Aberdeen - Stillbirth and neonatal death charity.

Nationwide Support

• Aberlour
• Action on Postpartum Psychosis | The national charity for mums and families affected by postpartum psychosis (app-network.org)
• Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC) – non-directive information and support before, during and after antenatal screening (arc-uk.org)
• Best Beginnings
• Birth Trauma Association
• BLISS
• Bookbug and PIMH
• Children 1st
• Dads Rock
• Fathers Network Scotland
• Inspiring Scotland Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Third Sector Service Directory
• Let's do Peer Support: Bump, Birth & Beyond - Scottish Recovery Network
• LGBT Mummies
• MISS
• Mood disorders during pregnancy and after the birth of your baby
• NHS Inform - Your wellbeing after the birth
• PANDAS Foundation UK
• Parent-Infant Foundation
• Parent Club - Wellbeing and Mental Health
• Pregnancy for trans and non-binary parents | Tommy's (tommys.org)
• SilverCloud. Making Space For Healthy Minds (silvercloudhealth.com)
• Solihull Approach - online courses for patients and carers
• Solihull Resources
• The Queer Parenting Partnership (parentingqueer.co.uk)
• Tommy's
• Women and Families Maternal Mental Health Pledge

Carers support

Carers are people who look after someone else who could not manage alone, possibly because of illness or disability.

If this is you and you would like some support, local carer services can advise and help you. Information on your local services is available. 

 

Published: 12/03/2024 13:30