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.

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.

Edinburgh Trams

Edinburgh's tramline runs from the city centre west-ward to the airport. Get off at Bankhead for our Sighthill campus. Visit their website to view their timetable, route map, ticket pricing, and to plan your journey.

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.

Edinburgh City Council

Local authority support for those facing homelessness or at risk of being made homeless.

Edinburgh Council Bins & Recycling

Home Energy Scotland is a network of local advice centres covering all of Scotland. Their expert advisors offer free, impartial advice on energy saving, keeping warm at home, renewable energy, greener travel, cutting water waste and more. Their mission is to help people in Scotland create warmer homes, reduce their bills and help tackle climate change.

Change Mental Health

Change Mental Health provide transformational support for people ensuring that everyone has access to the support they need, when they need it and in a way which works best for them.
They seek to change society by changing attitudes, fighting stigma and influencing government to ensure a better quality of life for those affected by mental illness.
 

Beat Youthline

Beat is an organisation that provides helplines offering support and advice on eating disorders, they are the UKs leading eating disorder charity and are on a mission to stop the pain and suffering caused by eating disorders.

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.

The Junction

The Junction is a safe, friendly, confidential centre which offers lots of health-related services, education and support for young people in Leith and North East Edinburgh aged 12-21.

The Junction is a safe, friendly, confidential centre which offers lots of health-related services, education and support for young people in Leith and North East Edinburgh aged 12-21.

Fast Forward

Fast forward provide high quality health education and prevention interventions and projects to enable young people to make informed choices about their wellbeing and live healthier lifestyles

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.

Clear Your Head

The Scottish Government's national mental health campaign to help support people throughout the country during the pandemic. There are tips and ideas for how you can clear your head as well as links to places you can go to for more formal support and advice

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.

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.

Young Scot

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

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.

Edinburgh Nightline

Edinburgh Nightline is a confidential and non-judgemental support and information charity, run by students, for students.

They are currently open from 8pm till 8am for 5 days a week:  Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Their listening volunteers ensure every student has the opportunity to talk about their feelings in a safe, non-judgemental environment.

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.

Shakti's Womens Aid

Shakti is here to help ethnic minority (BME) women, children and young people who are experiencing, or who have experienced, domestic abuse. This charity originally offered support provisions in Edinburgh but have expanded to Fife, Falkirk and Dundee.