Traveline Scotland

Traveline Scotland provides public transport information between any two locations in Scotland. To plan your journey, view timetables or find next departures for any bus, train, coach, ferry, tram or Glasgow Subway service in Scotland, go to their website.

Womans Aid East & Midlothian

Womens Aid is a charity limited by guarantee to provide support, information, advocacy and temporary accommodation to all women including transwomen, children and young people who have subjected to domestic abuse.

Lothian Buses

Lothian Buses have over 70 services that run across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Visit their website to view timetables, route maps, ticket pricing, and to plan your journey.

Andy's Man Club

Andy's Man Club are real, non judgmental, talking groups for men. Their aim is to halve the number of suicides in men under 45.

Shelter Scotland

Shelter Scotland is a charity that works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad housing. They do this by giving advice, information and advocacy to people in housing need, and by campaigning for lasting political change to end the housing crisis for good.

Breathing Space

Breathing Space are a free, confidential, phone service for anyone in Scotland over the age of 16 experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety.

Rock Trust

The Rock Trust works with young people between the ages of 16- 25 who are affected by homelessness.

Penumbra

Penumbra Mental Health, provides dedicated services for people with mild to serious and enduring mental ill health.

They support people on their journey to better mental health, by working with each person to find their own way forward. 

Contact them here: https://penumbra.org.uk/contact-us/

Young Scot

Young Scot is the national youth information charity, with discounts in shops and travel for 12 - 26 year olds.

SAMH (Scotland's Action for Mental Health)

SAMH has been here for Scotland’s mental health for a century. They operate over 70 services in communities across Scotland, providing mental health social care support, addictions and employment services, among others. 

Health in Mind

Health in Mind promote positive mental health and wellbeing, and provide a wide range of services and courses to support people and enable them to make a positive difference in their lives.  

Support enquiry form here. 

Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council

Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council or ELREC works towards creating a prejudice free society where everyone is treated with equality and justice.

The Chalmers

Lothian Sexual and Reproductive Health Service provides a range of services at the Chalmers Centre in Edinburgh (2A Chalmers Street) and at local clinics across the Lothian area.

Cycle Streets

CycleStreets provides a free-to-use national cycle journey planner for the United Kingdom. Input your start and end postcodes to be supplied with route options for your journey.

Living Rent

Living Rent is Scotland’s tenants’ union. They fight for safe, secure and affordable housing for everyone, with better protections against rent increases, evictions and poor-quality housing.

Zero Waste Scotland

Zero Waste Scotland supports businesses, communities, and the government to manage Scotland's resources responsibly. They have lots of advice on their website that will help you reduce your waste and save money.

Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre

Students across the Edinburgh College Community who have experienced sexual violence at any time of their life will be offered long-term, trauma-informed, one-to-one support. This support will be offered in blocks of six sessions, with students having access to up to 18 individual sessions if needed.

Any students on the College support waiting list will be given the opportunity to access the normal Rape Crisis services for short-term support while they wait. This is in the form of the Here and Now service for over 18s or the STAR Project for under 18s.

If you would like to refer yourself to this service, please email studentsurvivors@ercc.scot or call 0131 556 9437, call/text 07966 067 301 and state you are an Edinburgh College student. Please note staff cannot refer students.

Citizens advice Scotland

Citizens Advice Scotland, the Extra Help Unit and the 59 member bureaux together form Scotland's largest independent advice network. They offer a free advice service that is independent, confidential and impartial.

Samaritans

Samaritans is the charity that prevents suicide through the power of human connection. Connecting people in crisis with trained volunteers who will always listen. People calling for change with those who need to listen. People who've been there before with those struggling now.

Better Health: Quit Smoking

You're four times more likely to quit smoking with NHS help. Find your local Stop Smoking Service on the SmokeFree website.