Website: https://www.scra.gov.uk/recruitment/day-life-reporter/
Information for interest in applying as a role as a Children’s Reporter.
Advisory Services
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Adoption UK in Scotland
Website: https://www.adoptionuk.org/scotland
Adoption UK in Scotland provides information, support and advice to those parenting children who are no longer able to live with their birth families, across Scotland. Their services are provided through their helpline, online support systems, training workshops and support groups.
They work closely with voluntary adoption agencies and local authorities across Scotland. If you are based in Scotland and are interested in adopting a child please contact thems for information and advice about the routes to adoption in your area. They also run the Kinship Care Advice Service for Scotland (KCASS), alongside their partners AFKA Scotland.
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Advocacy Orkney
Website: https://orkneycommunities.co.uk/ADVOCACYORKNEY/
Advocacy Orkney is a registered charity and an independent service which provides FREE and CONFIDENTIAL, INDEPENDENTÂ advocacy within Orkney.
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Advocacy Orkney – Disability Information Scotland (disabilityscot.org.uk)
Website: https://www.disabilityscot.org.uk/organisation/advocacy-orkney/
Phone: 0300 323 9961
Hours: Monday – Friday, 10am to 4pm
Information for Advocacy Orkney listed on Disability Information Scotland.
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Age Scotland Orkney
Website: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/scotland/orkney/
Phone: 01856 872438
Email: enquiries@agescotlandorkney.org.uk
Times: Monday – Friday, 9.00am – 5.00pm
Age Scotland Orkney has been working with and for older people for over 25 years.
Previously Age Concern Orkney, we now work with sister charity Age Scotland to ensure that everyone can love later life.
The aims of the charity are to:
- Help and support older people who live in their own homes, to retain dignity, choice and independence and to enjoy a good quality of life.
- Work with other groups; both statutory and voluntary, national and local, on issues which will have an impact, in the longer term, on the lives of all older people.
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All Age Learning Disability Team (orkney.gov.uk)
Website: https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Service-Directory/S/all-age-learning-disability-team.htm
Phone: 01856873535
The All Age Learning Disabilities Team accepts referrals for children, young people and adults who have an identified Learning Disability.
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Benefits and financial support | Macmillan Cancer Support
Information for claiming benefits and support for those struggling with cancer.
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Bereavement Support (orkney.gov.uk)
Website: https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Service-Directory/B/Bereavement-Support.htm
List of services for support following the loss of a family member, friend or loved one in Orkney.
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Blue Badges (orkney.gov.uk)
Website: https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Service-Directory/P/blue-badge
Information for the Blue Badge Scheme provided bu Orkney Islands Council.
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Care Inspectorate
Website: https://www.careinspectorate.com/
Phone: 0345 600 9527
Email: enquiries@careinspectorate.gov.scot
Times: Monday to Friday, between 09:00 – 16:00
The Care Inspectorate is a scrutiny body which supports improvement. That means we look at the quality of care in Scotland to ensure it meets high standards. Where we find that improvement is needed, we support services to make positive changes.
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Carers Scotland (Carers UK)
Website: https://www.carersuk.org/scotland/
Resources and information for carers across the UK.
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Child Tax Credit: Overview – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Website: https://www.gov.uk/child-tax-credit
Information for making claims for Child Tax Credit on the UK Government website.
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Corra Foundation
Website: https://www.corra.scot/
Corra Foundation exists to make a difference to the lives of people and communities. It works with others to encourage positive change, opportunity, fairness and growth of aspirations which improve quality of life. Corra wants to see a society in which people create positive change and enjoy fulfilling lives.
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Cost of living crisis – Cost of Living Support Scotland (campaign.gov.scot)
Website: https://costofliving.campaign.gov.scot/
If you need urgent help with money, food or fuel, your local council may be able to help if you need urgent help with things like food, heating and electricity.
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CyberSafe Scotland | Protecting Children Online
Website: https://www.cybersafescotland.org/
Experts in online child protection. They work with schools, parents and local authorities to protect children in Scotland and around the world from online exploitation and abuse.
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Dan – Galop, the LGBT+ anti-abuse charity – Galop
Website: https://galop.org.uk/dan/
Phone: 0800 999 5428
Email: help@galop.org.uk
Page from galop discussing the experience of an individual after a number of distressing chemsex experiences.
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Disability Information Scotland (disabilityscot.org.uk)
Website: https://www.disabilityscot.org.uk/
Phone: 0300 323 9961
Hours: Monday – Friday 10am to 4pm
Providing information for people living with disability in Scotland.
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Dyslexia Friendly Schools (orkney.gov.uk)
Website: https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Service-Directory/D/Dyslexia-Friendly-Schools.htm
The local authority is committed to supporting schools in developing a variety of approaches to inclusive practice, including Dyslexia Friendly Schools.
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Energy Advice (orkney.gov.uk)
Website: https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Service-Directory/P/energy-advice.htm
Information provided by Orkney Islands Council with a selection of useful energy documents and reports relevant to the Energy field.
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Energy Advice | Energy Advice | energyadvice.scot
Website: https://energyadvice.scot/
Phone: 0808 196 8660
Free, practical advice and information on energy-related matters for the citizens of Scotland.
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Families Outside
Website: https://www.familiesoutside.org.uk/
Phone: 0800 254 0088
Email :Â support@familiesoutside.org.uk
Text: FAMOUT to 60777
Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland working exclusively on behalf of families affected by imprisonment. We speak to thousands of families each year, providing information and support on issues such as housing, finance, and emotional support.
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FASD Hub | Home | Adoption UK Charity
Website: https://www.adoptionuk.org/fasd-hub
FASD Hub Scotland provide a support service for parents/carers (adoptive and biological parents, foster carers, kinship carers and step parents) across Scotland who live with children, young people and young adults who have a history of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), with or without an FASD diagnosis.Â
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Fighting UK Poverty – Turn2us
Website: https://www.turn2us.org.uk/
Turn2us is a national charity providing practical help to people who are struggling financially.
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galop
Website: https://galop.org.uk/
Phone: 0800 999 5428
Email: help@galop.org.uk
Times:
Monday – Thursday, 10am to 8:30pm
Friday, 10am to 4:30pmA support group for LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse and violence.
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Gam-Anon Scotland
Website: https://www.gamanonscotland.org/
Phone: 0370 050 8881 (Open 24/7)
Gam-Anon is a fellowship of men and women who are husbands, wives, relatives or close friends who have been affected by the gambling problem. If you are seeking a solution for living with this problem, we would like you to feel that we understand, as perhaps few can. We too are familiar with worry and sleepless nights and promises made only to be broken. Our thinking had become confused and unreasonable.
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GambleAware®: Gambling Help & Gambling Addiction
Website: https://www.begambleaware.org/
Phone: 0808 8020 133
Live chat option available on website.
GambleAware is the leading independent charity and strategic commissioner of gambling harm education, prevention, early intervention, and treatment across Great Britain.
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Gamblers Anonymous
Website: https://www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk/
Gamblers Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others do the same.This site offers various aids for the compulsive gambler including a forum, a chat room, literature and most importantly a meeting finder.Meetings are the core of Gamblers Anonymous and we have meetings every day of the week throughout England, Wales and Ulster.
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Gamblers Anonymous Scotland
Website: https://ga-scotland.org/
Gamblers Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem.
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Hate crime – Galop the LGBT+ anti-abuse charity – Galop
Website: https://galop.org.uk/types-of-abuse/hate-crime/
Phone: 0800 999 5428
Email: help@galop.org.uk
Information from Galop website regarding hate crimes.