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Blackwood Homes
Blackwood-homes provide accessible housing, care and support in a variety of locations across Scotland. All Blackwood- homes housing schemes across Scotland have a mix of family houses to suit wheelchair users, people with mobility... -
Highland's Homeless Prevention Team
The homeless prevention approach was implemented in Highland in June 2011 and has now been rolled out across the Highlands. Homeless Prevention Officers are working in your area and are currently helping young people at... -
Cairn Housing Association Ltd
Provider of both rented and shared ownership mainstream housing. Housing is provided in Badenoch & Strathspey, Caithness, Inverness, Ross & Cromarty and Nairn. -
Pentland Housing Association – Care and Repair
If a young person in Caithness is a homeowner or private tenant, and their home is in need of repair or adaptation, the Care and Repair service offers independent advice and assistance to help... -
CASWA - Caithness & Sutherland Women’s Aid
CASWA is a specialised organisation in Caithness and Sutherland for women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. We have been delivering a support and information service since 2005 and are registered in... -
Lochaber Housing Association
Provider of rented mainstream housing in the Lochaber area. -
Link Housing Association
Link housing has: Fort William – Maryburgh Court – has 23 single person two–apartment flats and five 2–person two apartment flats. Kyle of Lochalsh – Dun Alainn – has 11 single person two–apartment flats... -
Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association
A registered social landlord that provides rented accommodation for a wide range of client groups in the Skye & Lochalsh area. Further information can be obtained via their website. -
Albyn Housing Society Ltd Inverness
Albyn Housing Society Limited serves an ever-growing number of communities in the Highlands, providing good quality, affordable housing for thousands of people across the region. Through four decades the Society has listened and responded to... -
Pulteneytown People’s Project
Pulteneytown People’s Project (PPP) is a community group which provides services and support for everyone in East Caithness. From newborn babies to senior citizens, PPP offers classes, groups and programmes aimed at helping people reach... -
Seashell Trust
Royal College Manchester is situated in Cheadle, Stockport and is a wonderful place to learn. We offer day and residential courses to students aged between 19 and 25 years with a broad range of... -
Highland Small Communities Housing Trust
The main purpose of The Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust is to take direct and practical steps of intervention on behalf of disadvantaged smaller communities in the Highlands, which will help them realise good, long–term... -
Albyn Housing Society Ltd Invergordon
Albyn Housing Society Limited serves an ever-growing number of communities in the Highlands, providing good quality, affordable housing for thousands of people across the region. Through four decades the Society has listened and responded to... -
New Start Highland
New Start Highland works to help young people to realise the valuable potential within themselves. New Start provides a range of services from practical assistance in setting up a home to work experience, vocational qualifications... -
Pentland Housing Association
Pentland Housing provides affordable housing solutions across Caithness, including: affordable rented housing, housing waiting list, paying rent, reporting repairs, building new houses for rent, managing houses for others, low cost home ownership, shared ownership... -
Richmond Fellowship
Richmond Fellowship provide a range of services for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems. Most of the people they support have their own tenancies. Support is offered to meet the unique requirements... -
Birchwood Highland Housing Support Service Inverness
Birchwood Highland Housing Support Service provides support to people in the Inverness area. We work with people in their own home who may have mental health conditions, learning disabilities or problems with addiction. We do... -
Birchwood Highland Invergordon
Birchwood Highland Housing Support Service provides support to people in Dingwall, Tain, Alness and Invergordon. We work with people in their own homes who may have mental health conditions, learning disabilities or problems with addiction... -
Money Advice
Money advice The Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) provide advice on managing money. They can: Discuss what options are available to you Advise you how to deal with the companies/organisations that you owe money to Negotiate... -
Key
Key provides accommodation and support to enable people with learning disabilities to live in and be part of their local community. Key’s vision has always been that people with learning disabilities should have the choice... -
Birchwood Highland Fort William
Birchwood Highland Housing Support Service provides support to people in Fort William and the surrounding areas. We work with people in their own homes who may have mental health conditions, learning disabilities or problems with... -
Sense Scotland
Sense Scotland works with children and adults who have communication support needs because of deafblindness, sensory impairment, learning or physical disability. They lead the field in communication and innovative support services for people who... -
L'Arche Crafts and Horticulture
L'Arche Workshops and Training Centre is part of the L'Arche Inverness Community which has been in Inverness since 1975. There are 4 workshops – Candles, Woodwork, Garden and Retirement/Recreation. All the workshops aspire to... -
CELCIS - Looked After Children in Scotland
We are CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland, based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. We want to make a difference. Taking a multi-agency, collaborative approach, we break down... -
Tigh Na Drochaid
Tigh Na Drochaid is a NHS Highland Resource Centre, providing adult services with support in the north of Skye. We may also become involved in the transition from children to adult services. The centre... -
Birchwood Highland Recovery Centre Inverness (18+)
Birchwood Highland Recovery Centre is a residential 23 bedded unit for individuals with mental ill health and complex needs. Accommodation includes 11 self–contained flats and 12 single rooms. Staff provide 24 hour support to... -
Nansen Highland
Nansen Highland offers a specialised day training centre for young adults with learning difficulties and related disabilities. Nansen Highland provide individualised packages incorporating SQA qualifications, practical, independence, social and life skill training, within a... -
Department for Work and Pensions Helpline
This helpline provides information on individual benefits to people with disabilities and their carers. The line also offers help with claim form completion for certain benefits. The Department also produce a website which has... -
Thor House - Stage 1 + 2
What do we offer at Stage 1+2? Thor House is a custom built facility carefully designed to provide a range of client services – all under one roof. The aim within this unit is to... -
Key - Fort William
Key provides support and care services for people with a range of support needs including Learning Disabilities & Autism. As part of this we provide support to people of all ages including young people making... -
Calman Trust Ltd
At Calman, we provide a number of training opportunities in Inverness and Invergordon for young people aged 14 to 25. We have training centres where we run our life skills and employability programmes and you... -
Hearing & Sight Care, Caithness & North Sutherland - Thurso
Hearing and Sight Care, Caithness and North Sutherland has 2 drop–in centres: The Sensory Centre Thurso is open Tuesday ,Wednesday and Friday 10am-2pm Some of the many services provided are: The provision of hearing aid... -
Hearing & Sight Care, Caithness & North Sutherland - Wick
Hearing and Sight Care, Caithness and North Sutherland consists of 2 drop–in centres; The Sensory Centre Wick is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 10am-2pm The centre provides many services including: The provision of hearing aid... -
Highlife Highland: Adult Learning (Literacies): Caithness
Free confidential tuition is provided on a one to one or on a small group basis to improve skills. We offer help to people who want to: Improve reading, writing and spelling Improve counting, calculating... -
Highlife Highland: Adult Learning (Literacies): Lochaber
Free confidential tuition is provided on a one to one or small group basis to improve skills or learn new ones. We offer help to people who want to: Improve reading, writing and spelling Improve... -
Highlife Highland: Adult Learning (Literacies): Skye and Lochalsh
Free confidential tuition is provided on a one to one or on a small group basis to improve skills or learn new ones. We offer help to people who want to: Improve reading, writing and... -
Highlife Highland: Adult Learning (Literacies): Sutherland
Free confidential tuition is provided on a one to one or on a small group basis to improve skills or learn new ones. We offer help to people who want to: Improve reading, writing and... -
Highlife Highland: Adult Learning (Literacies): Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Free confidential tuition is provided on a one to one or on a small group basis to improve skills or learn new ones. We offer help to people who want to: Improve reading, writing and... -
Highlife Highland: Adult Learning (Literacies): Inverness
Free confidential tuition is provided on a one to one or on a small group basis to improve skills or learn new ones. We offer help to people who want to: Improve reading, writing and... -
Highlife Highland: Adult Learning (Literacies): Ross and Cromarty
Free confidential tuition is provided on a one to one or on a small group basis to improve skills or learn new ones. We offer help to people who want to: Improve reading, writing and... -
AbilityNet
AbilityNet supports anyone living with any disability or impairment to use technology to achieve their goals at home, at work and in education. AbilityNet was created in 1998 by IBM and Microsoft to share tech... -
Highland Disability Sport
Highland Disability Sport (HDS) is the branch member of Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) who are the governing body for leisure and sport for people with disabilities in Scotland. As a branch member, HDS co–ordinates... -
Deaf Services
The Deaf Services Team provide a range of services throughout the Highland area for people of all ages who are Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened or Deafblind and their families and carers. The work of... -
UHI North Highland
At UHI North Highland, we deliver flexible and supported learning from access level to PhD to suit more people, at more levels, for more reasons from our campuses in Alness, Dornoch, Halkirk and Thurso. We... -
Down's Syndrome Scotland
We work to help people with Down's syndrome reach their full potential by providing information and support to them, their families, carers and to professionals. Our information and support service, consisting of home visits, web... -
Sight Action
Sight Action provides services to blind and partially sight adults and children across the Highland region and in the Western Isles. People can refer themselves to us or are referred by GP, Health visitor, nurse... -
Highland Libraries
There are 40 public libraries across Highland plus 8 mobile libraries all of which are accessible. It is quick, easy and free to join, and you can use any library once you are a member... -
Connecting Carers - Young Carers
Connecting Young Carers is a service within the region-wide charity Highland Community Care Forum. We work to raise the profile of Young Carers, their rights and the vital role they play. We help Young Carers... -
Action for Children
Our vision is to ensure that every child and young person in the country has a safe and happy childhood and the foundations they need to thrive We protect and support children and young people... -
Artlands North
JOIN A DIGITAL COMMUNITY OF NORTHERN ARTISTS & MAKERS Introducing Artlands North: an online, interactive map showcasing the wealth and diversity of art and craft in the North of Scotland. Maintained by Timespan, this register... -
English for speakers of other Languages (ESOL Classes)
What do we offer? ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) are basically English lessons for anyone who is not a native English speaker. There are general everyday communications, conversational classes, work or study related... -
Work Experience - School and Young People Guidance
As part of the national Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) agenda, The Highland Council, Schools, Colleges and DYW Regional Groups are working in partnership to develop and increase work-related learning opportunities for young people through... -
Change Mental Health
For 50 years, our mission has remained the same: to help and support people affected by mental illness. We are excited to continue that journey as Change Mental Health.At Change Mental Health, we place people...