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National Advice and Support Service
Money worries and mental health are often connected. Mental health problems make it harder to recover from financial difficulty, which in turn can both prolong and worsen periods of poor mental health.Â
Our National Advice and Support Service can provide support and signposting for a wide range of topics, such as looking after your own mental health or caring for someone with mental health problems. We’ll help connect you with the most appropriate local support, including our own Change Mental Health services.
We have an experienced team of advisers who can also help with any money worries you might have, including:
- Carrying out a benefit check to ensure you are in receiving everything you are entitled toÂ
- Completing applications for benefits with youÂ
- Applying for grants such as fuel vouchers, crisis grants and community care grants
- Offering debt advice and support.
Please note our National Advice and Support Service is not a crisis service.
If you are experiencing significant mental health distress and require urgent support, we encourage you to contact any of the organisations at the bottom of this page.
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open Monday to Friday
10am to 4pm
(closed for lunch between 12.30 to 1.30pm)
0808 8010 515
Young People’s Programmes
Bloom, Your Resilience and Me & Money are the largest programmes building young people’s mental health resilience with early preventative support. We equip young people with the tools and knowledge to manage their mental health through life’s transitions and develop personalised action plans to gain confidence in talking about their own mental health.
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National Rural and Islands Mental Health Forum
As an action point of the Scottish Government’s Mental Health Strategy, the Forum has grown to approximately 300 membership organisations from the public, private and third sector across Scotland to make it everyone’s business to tackle mental health. This initiative aims to address mental health issues through open discussions and evidence-based interventions, as well as influence policymakers and drive positive change.
