Adoption & Fostering Group Angus

Website: https://www.angus.gov.uk/fosteringandadoption/
Email: fosteringandadoption@angus.gov.uk
Telephone: 01241 464 646

A small, registered Charity, SCO34175. Our Objectives are to provide an inclusive and supportive environment for families including those youngsters who have a disability, special need or culture needs. We provide a meeting place, usually once a month, so people can get together for the purpose of mutual support and encouragement in their fostering tasks and to organising activities and social events. We offer all youngsters new opportunities and good experience through our activities and day trips.

Angus Carers Centre

Website: https://www.anguscarers.org.uk/
Telephone: 01241 439 157
Address: 8 Grant Road, Ground Floor, Arbroath, DD11 1JN
Opening Hours:

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

Angus Carers Association is an organisation established by carers, for carers. The Association was established in October 1996 and became part of the Royal Princess Trust for Carers network in November 1997, then becoming known as ‘Angus Carers Centre’. Our vision is that all carers in Angus will receive appropriate information and support to enable them to feel valued and confident in their caring situation, and to develop their own potential. We provide information, advice and a range of services to unpaid carers located in Angus and the surrounding areas.

Angus Council – Support for Families

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Telephone: 03452 777 778

We offer support to children, young people and their families where there are concerns about the welfare of children or where parents need additional help to allow them to cope. We work with children and young people from birth to 18 years and sometimes with parents before a child is born.

Anyone can contact us for support either for themselves, or because they have concerns regarding the welfare or safety of a child. Call ACCESSLine on 03452 777 778. The type of support we provide includes:

  • assessments to help decide if parents can care for children or would benefit from extra support
  • reports that provide information to the Children’s Hearing system
  • one to one work with children, young people or work alongside parents to consider specific problem issues
  • family work which may look at relationships between family members
  • group work with parents to help develop their parenting knowledge and with children to address concerns and challenge behaviour

Angus Council – Support for Unpaid Carers

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Unpaid carers make an extraordinary contribution to communities in Angus. We are committed to valuing their contribution and recognising the impact that a caring role can have on a carer’s own health and wellbeing. Whatever your age, if you provide support to a vulnerable friend or relative as an unpaid carer there is support available to you.

Angus Young Carers

Website: https://www.anguscarers.org.uk/young-carers/
Telephone: 01241 439 157
Address: 8 Grant Road, Ground Floor, Arbroath, DD11 1JN
Opening Hours:

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

The purpose of Angus Young Carers is to support young people, ages 8-18, who have a moderate to significant level of caring and where those duties impact on their wellbeing. They can be caring for a family member or friend with a physical or mental health condition, long term disability or learning difficulty, or alcohol and substance misuse. We offer:

  • One to One Support
  • Young Carer Groups
  • Residential Breaks and Day Trips

Home-Start Angus

Website: https://www.homestartangus.org.uk/
Email: info@homestartangus.org.uk
Telephone: 01241 431 131
Address: 27 Hamilton Green, Arbroath, DD11 1JG

Home-Start Angus offers a unique service to young families.  We offer regular support at home to parents-to-be and to those bringing up pre-school children.  Our organisation recognises that for all of us that are bringing up or have brought up young children it can be hard.  We are never quite prepared for the emotional onslaught of parenting responsibilities and when other factors such as not living near extended family, experiencing poor mental health, relationship difficulties, becoming a lone parent, poor housing or battling to get help for a child that has additional needs, parents can find themselves feeling overwhelmed and guilty that they are not coping.

Parent to Parent

Website: https://parent-to-parent.org/
Email: trudy.doidge@parent-to-parent.org
Telephone: 01382 817 558
Address: Ardler Clinic, Turnberry Avenue, Dundee, DD2 3TP

Parent to Parent support parents and carers of children with additional needs living in Angus, Dundee, and Perth & Kinross. We can provide one-to-one emotional support, group support, workshops on managing challenging behaviour, advocacy at meetings and appointments, information about local services, and links to other parents with a child with an additional need. Children and young people with additional needs can also receive advocacy and support to help them voice their worries and concerns to parents, teachers, social workers, etc.

ParentClub

Parenthood is an amazing job, but it’s not an easy one. There’s often lots of conflicting information out there. Doing the right thing for your wee ones can seem impossible sometimes. Parent Club is here to help by giving you information you can trust, all in one place.

Website: https://www.parentclub.scot/

Relationships Scotland FM Tayside and Fife

Website: https://familymediationonline.co.uk/
Email: info@familymediationonline.co.uk
Telephone: 01382 201 343
Address: 4 Dudhope Terrace, Dundee, DD3 6HG
Opening Hours:

  • Monday: 9am – 5pm
  • Tuesday: 9am – 5pm
  • Wednesday: 9am – 5pm
  • Thursday: 9am – 5pm
  • Friday: 9am – 12:45pm
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed

Evening appointments may be available by arrangement only.

Primarily offering appointments in Arbroath, Montrose and Forfar but cover the whole of Angus and Dundee, too. Services include:

  • family mediation
  • child contact centres

Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum (Staf)

Website: https://www.staf.scot
Telephone: 0141 465 7511
Address: Edward House, 2nd Floor, 199 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EX

Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum) is Scotland’s national membership organisation for all of those involved in the lives of young people leaving care. Our vision is that the wellbeing and success of young people leaving care across Scotland is indistinguishable from that of theirs peers in the general population. Together we can make that happen.