MEET OUR FRIENDS
Liber8
Liber8 is a charity that provides a wide range of counselling services to adults and young people in Lanarkshire. Since 2007, we have supported people affected by mental health problems, alcohol misuse and substance use – ensuring that professional therapy is accessible to anyone who needs it.
Lead Officer: Laura Campbell
Tel: 01698 533035
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.liber8.org.uk
Liber8 - STAR
Liber8’s Service for Trauma, Addiction and Recovery (STAR) provides one-to-one counselling for anyone who has experienced addiction and trauma in their life, whether from a single event or repeated incidences of trauma. STAR is open to individuals, their family members and loved ones.
Lead Officer: Laura Campbell
Email: [email protected]
Phone no: 01698 533 035
Web: www.liber8.org.uk
Saoirse
Project Lead: Lisa Kerr
Email: [email protected]
Phone No: 01698 533 035
Sacro – AYE
In partnership with South Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership, and local Justice Services, Sacro provides a support service for people who have been arrested and charged by Police Scotland. To use the service, they should be resident in the South Lanarkshire area and have alcohol and/or drugs involved in any charges. AYE offers Arrest Referral, Diversion from Prosecution and Bail Supervision and Mentoring services. The team also offers expert help and advice as well as just someone to talk to. Referrals are accepted from police and justice services.
Tel: 0141 248 1763
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.sacro.org.uk/services…
Sacro Connect
In Partnership with South Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership, Sacro provides a support service for people currently in HMP Addiewell serving four years or less or on remand. The service is available for individuals who live in or would like to return to South Lanarkshire area and have a problematic relationship with drugs and/ or alcohol. We offer support within the prison via our Prison Based Worker and then with our Community Based Workers when transitioning back into the community. We can aid with things including but not limited to, harm reduction, setting up benefits, gate pick up, emotional support and structure as well as linking in with housing before release.
Email: [email protected]
Phone No: 0141 248 1763
Whitlawburn Community Resource Centre
Whitlawburn Community Resource Centre is a community centre in Whitlawburn, Cambuslang.
It is community based and led by a voluntary management committee. It delivers a “hub” of services with a clear aim to reduce the impact of poverty by maximising income, improving food security and reducing the effects of trauma through services advice and support.
Whitlawburn Community Resource Centre
57 Belmont Road, Glasgow, G72 8PG
Tel: 0141 641 5005
Web: www.whitlawburncrc.org.uk
The Beacons
The Beacons – a set of four Recovery Hubs based in South Lanarkshire. We believe wholeheartedly that recovery from substance use is possible for anyone. Our purpose is to bring together people with lived experience of substance use to create vibrant recovery communities throughout South Lanarkshire, who support each other and reach out to others who need help.
Blantyre Beacons:
Tel: 01698 755926
Email: [email protected]
Cambuslang Beacons:
Tel: 01698 755 926
Email: [email protected]
East Kilbride Beacons:
Tel: 01355 200 301
Email: [email protected]
Lanark:
Tel: 01698 755926
Email: [email protected]
The GIVIT
The GIVIT is an Intensive Outreach Support Service for young people aged 12-25 with problematic alcohol or substance use, commissioned by South Lanarkshire ADP. Outreach support can be carried out at home, in the community, or in other suitable locations requested by young people. Recovery hubs are run in the evenings and weekends as required.
Tel: 01698 709 050
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.thegivit.org
Equal Say
Equal Say provides advocacy for people age 16+ who have a disability, long term condition, addiction or mental ill health. This may include support for family members. Support is free and confidential.
Tel: 01698 376 777
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.equalsay.org
NHS Harm Reduction Team
The Harm Reduction Team covers both North and South Lanarkshire through a well-travelled outreach van. They also provide services in various clinics and third sector services across Lanarkshire. Their philosophy is based firmly within a harm reduction approach, decreasing the negative consequences of recreational drug use and any related activity without requiring abstinence. We recognise that those unable or unwilling to stop current drug use can still make positive changes that can protect themselves and others. Services we provide include information, testing for BBV and SH issues, access to sterile injecting equipment and other injecting drug related health interventions.
Tel: 07884454961
NHS Substance Use
The Substance Misuse Liaison Nurse Service is a nurse led service based within the three acute hospital settings of University Hospital Hairmyres, University Hospital Monklands and University Hospital Wishaw and operates Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 4pm. The service provides expert advice, care and treatment for individuals aged 16 and over within the acute hospital setting as well as offering advice and support to families, friends and staff. The service ensures the safe management of the acutely unwell patient with co-existing drug and/or alcohol problems and aims to improve access to addiction services through signposting and referral to community services, including liaison with partnership agencies to provide seamless transfer to community care.
Interventions include medical management of acute withdrawal – Substitute prescribing – Harm reduction interventions – Overdose prevention – Access to naloxone – Advice and support – Liaison with partnership agencies – Signposting and referral to community addiction services.
GCA – U-TURN
The project focuses on training young people (12 – 18 years) through supporting Peer Educators, early intervention and prevention for young people looking to address stigma and reduce harm caused by alcohol and drugs within their local communities.
Peer Educators will receive 1:1 support from workers and attend weekly group sessions to build on their confidence, leadership skills and work towards qualifications in a safe and nurturing environment.
Tel: 07514 311 777
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.u-turn.org.uk
Landed
LANDED is a young persons’ charity based in Lanarkshire. Providing support to young people promoting messages of harm reduction on topics such as drugs, alcohol, cannabis, tobacco and sexual health. This is delivering via topic-based workshops to groups of young people.
Tel: 01698 269872
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.landed.info
Turning Point Scotland
The new South Lanarkshire Alcohol & Other Drugs REACHOUT Service is working within the Alcohol & Drug Partnership to establish a service focusing on supporting people over the age of 16 with problematic alcohol & drug use through an Assertive Outreach and Intensive Case Management model. The service will operate 7 days a week including evenings and public holidays.
Hamilton:
Tel: 01698 313290
Clydesdale:
Tel: 0141 280 3717
Camglen:
Tel: 0141 280 3684
East Kilbride:
Tel: 01355 377450
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.turningpointscotland.com
CARES
Community Addiction Recovery Service
The Community Addiction Recovery Service is a community- based integrated alcohol and drug treatment service, designed to support adults age 16+ with their recovery from alcohol or drug dependency.
The CARES team are based in the four localities of South Lanarkshire.
Carluke:
Tel: 01698 754440
Email: [email protected]
Cambuslang Gate:
Tel: 0141 584 2515
Email: [email protected]
East Kilbride:
Tel: 01698 753956
Email: [email protected]
Hamilton:
Tel: 01698 754911
Email: [email protected]
The Navigator Project
Launched in 2015, Navigator is a violence and harm reduction programme based in Accident and Emergency Departments throughout Scotland. This service model supports people (patients) towards healthier lives through a combination of hospital and community-based support.
Navigator staff connect with patients presenting into accident and emergency and work with them in the community upon discharge, supporting and signpost them to services that can assist them to make changes in their lives. The service supports individuals with a wide range of complex issues, namely violence, alcohol and other drug related problems, mental health issues, domestic abuse, homelessness, social isolation, and debt. Within Lanarkshire the service is in Hairmyres UH and Wishaw General.
Tel: 0141 554 9353
Web: www.mav.scot/navigator/
Ponies Help Children
Unlike many other equine assisted therapy charities, Ponies Help Children are one of the few whose sessions don’t involve riding but instead allow the children the opportunity to have hands on close contact with the ponies and develop a special bond between the two.
Each block is made up of 7 weeks of 1 hour sessions, which are individually tailored to each child and involve grooming and lead work. As rescue ponies, they have experienced neglect and abuse, this is to match them with a child who may have underwent similar hardships which assists in creating the amazing bond between the two and helps to form a basis for improving life skills.
Ponies Help Children main aim is to provide a safe haven for families with disadvantaged children and young people to engage with our ponies. These children and young people have the opportunity to build resilience through emotional connection, learn to trust and build relationships, cultivating positive physical, mental health and well-being whilst promoting social inclusion.
Contact – Heather Stephens Co-founder and CEO
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 07729 535183
Families Outside
At Families Outside we offer both practical and emotional support to anyone who is affected by the imprisonment of a loved one (family, partner or friend). We can be a listening ear for those who want to speak about their experience of having a loved one in prison and help them to explore their feelings around this.
We also offer 1:1 support for adults, children and young people who may need extra support around the imprisonment of a relative, whether that be with emotional and/or practical issues. For example, practical support may be around helping with someone’s understanding of imprisonment and the Scottish prison system and how to keep in touch with someone in prison. Our 1:1 support sessions can also provide a safe space for family members to ask any questions they might have, have open discussions about what they are going through and help them navigate their emotions. 1:1 support is delivered by our Family Support Team who work locally across Scotland and can be offered at home, at school, over the phone or in the community.
In addition we offer a number of peer support groups and participation opportunities across Scotland, Our Helpline can provide more information about these.
Web: https://www.familiesoutside.org.uk
Email: [email protected]
Tel: Helpline 0800 254 0088 (For Family members and professionals)
VoiceAbility
Advocates from voice and rights charity VoiceAbility can support you to access benefits from Social Security Scotland, if you identify as disabled.
Support is also available for parents, guardians or carers who are accessing benefits for a disabled child. And for parents, guardians or carers who are disabled and want support to access social security benefits for their child.
The service operates in Lanarkshire and across the whole of Scotland.
How can an advocate help?
An advocate will support you to apply for the right benefits. Your advocate can speak with you on the phone, over video call or might meet you in person.
Some people might not need to talk things through with an advocate, so one of our advocates can send you a self-advocacy toolkit instead with advice and examples to help you complete the process.
An advocate will support you in the way that works best for you so you can understand what is happening and say what you want.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0300 303 1600 (Freephone)
Lanarkshire Carers
Information, advice and support for people who care.
Lanarkshire Carers works with and for to develop and deliver services that make a positive difference to their lives. We place carers at the heart of our organisation to ensure the services we offer are effective and accessible regardless of personal circumstances or caring situations.
Web: www.lanarkshirecarers.org.uk
Tel: 01698 428090
Where to get urgent help for mental health
If you need help for a mental health crisis or emergency, you should get immediate expert advice and assessment.
It’s important to know that support services are available for you to access, whatever you’re going through.
Urgent Advice: You need urgent help for your mental health. Get help from 111 online or call 111 and select the mental health option. 111 will tell you the right place to get help. You may be able to speak to a trained mental health professional over the phone. A GP can advise you about helpful treatments and also help you access mental health services. You may be able to refer yourself to some services.
Other ways to get help with your mental health: Free listening services – These services offer confidential support from trained volunteers. You can talk about anything that’s troubling you, no matter how difficult.
Call 116 123 to talk to Samaritans or email [email protected] for a reply with 24 hours.
Text “SHOUT” TO 85258 to contact the Shout Crisis Text Line or text “YM” if you’re under 19. If you are under 19 you can also call 0800 1111 to talk to childline. The number will not appear on your phone bill.
These services will only share your information if they are very worried about you or think you are in immediate danger.
Routes to Work South Lanarkshire
Routes to Work South Lanarkshire is dedicated to alleviating poverty by supporting unemployed residents in South Lanarkshire. We help individuals develop the skills and knowledge needed to achieve their aspirations, progress into sustainable employment and thrive in their roles.
Our experienced staff offer tailored, person-centered services including: Career guidance, Access to skills and training opportunities, Wellbeing and Holistic Interventions, Personal development and employability workshops, Accredited training and certification, Industry-specific training, Ongoing support during the transition to employment.
Web: www.southlanarkshirejobs.org.uk
Tel: 0800 731 0444
Email: [email protected]
Contact Person: Julie Davidson
Cruse Scotland
At some stage in our lives, we all experience bereavement, whether it’s the death of a parent, a relative, a friend or a child. The experience often means that our lives will never be the same again. Sometimes the feelings – despair, loneliness, anger or even guilt – can overwhelm us, so much so that we need help. In time, and with support, we can work through such feelings and learn to live with our loss.
Cruse Scotland provides professional support for bereaved adults, children and families across Scotland.
We also train and educate individuals and organisations to help bereaved people.
Address: Cruse Scotland, Suite 4/2, Great Michael House, 14 Links Place, Edinburgh, EH6 7EZ
Tel: 0808 802 6161
Police Scotland (South Lanarkshire)
Always dial 999 in an emergency.
By Phone 101 for non-emergencies (+44 (0)141 308 1070 if calling from outwith the UK.
Online – for issues of a non serious nature our website: www.scotland.police.uk/contact-us
Hamilton Police Station, Campbell Street, Hamilton, ML3 6AS
East Kilbride Police Station, Andrew Street, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G74 1AA
Lanark Police Station, 27 Westport, Lanark, ML11 9HB
Rutherglen Police Station, King Street, Rutherglen, G73 1DG
Blantyre Police Station, Victoria Street, Blantyre, G72 0AS
Larkhall Police Station, Caledonian Road, Larkhall, ML9 1EP
Web: www.scotland.police.uk
Family Support Hubs
Our Family support hubs are social work teams that provide whole family support for families in need across South Lanarkshire.
What We do
We have a team of social workers and support workers who work alongside a range of agencies to support families.
· The support is available to families from the pre-birth stage until young people are 18 years old.
· The support can include helping individual family members or the whole family, support during and after pregnancy, family group decision making, peer support, parent support groups, therapeutic interventions, outdoor activities and providing advice about other services.
Who can ask for help
· We accept requests for assistance from families themselves and other agencies.
· Families can contact us directly by phone or visiting one of our hubs. Contact details below.
How to get in touch
· Hamilton Family Support Hub, 2 Donaldson Street, Hamilton, phone 01698 458832
· Camglen Family Support Hub, 5 Johnson Drive, Cambuslang, phone 0141 646 1008
· East Kilbride Family Support Hub, Scholars Gate, East Kilbride, phone 01355 228093
· Clydesdale Family Support Hub, 40 North Vennel, Lanark, phone 01555 6732Social Work Services
If you have a Social Work enquiry, you will be directed to your local social work office. Our local offices are based in Cambuslang, East Kilbride, Hamilton and Lanark.
Staff within these teams will seek to deal with and resolve the issues that you raise at the time of your call. If this is not possible, they will seek to carry out more in depth inquiries to determine what further supports you may require.
You can contact us about:
· someone who needs help to look after themselves in their home due to a disability, illness, mental health, dependency issues etc
· someone who is caring for a person and may be needing support in order to continue doing this
· someone who may need help with substance misuse or addiction issues
· yourself – you may want advice about services or you may require support and assistance
· you may wish to request information about Fostering and Adoption
You can contact us by phone, email, by writing to us or by visiting one of our local offices.
You can also submit a social work enquiry form online.
Local office opening hours are Monday to Thursday 8.45am – 4.45pm Friday 8.45am – 4.15pm.
If you need to contact us out with opening hours for urgent enquiries only, please contact the Emergency Social Work Service. : 0303 123 1008/ [email protected]
Contact Details:
Clydesdale 0303 123 1008 or email [email protected]
East Kilbride 0303 123 1008 or email [email protected]
Hamilton/ Blantyre/ Larkhall 0303 123 1008 or email [email protected]
Rutherglen/ Cambuslang 0303 123 1008 or email [email protected]
