Services offered by Organisations Resident in Market House
Advocacy Shetland
independent, confidential and free voluntary service which helps people have their voices heard
Carer Support
through this Voluntary Action Shetland project, unpaid carers are supported through the Carers Centre with support groups, outreach groups, one-to-one meetings, short break grants, signposting, training, and a one-stop shop approach to relevant information. Also online: Virtual Carers Centre, Facebook page and Twitter Feed.
Disability Shetland
supports the efforts of disabled people to realise their full potential in all areas of life
Mind Your Head
aims to raise mental health awareness in Shetland and reduce the stigma of mental ill-health
Moving On Employment Project
provides support to people with barriers to employment to enter employment through the Job Brokerage Service, as part of the Shetland Employability Pathway. Offer support to rebuilding confidence and skills so clients become more employable; through accessing work placements and volunteering opportunities initially, leading to paid work and eventually 16+ hours per week employment. Also (until December 2018) supports young people aged 16-25 with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and/or Additional Support Needs through the Transition Service; supporting young people in training, work placements and volunteering opportunities as they move from education into Further Education and Employment.
OPEN Project
Peer Education: OPEN supports and trains young people aged 16-25, to become Peer Educators, who deliver issue-based workshops in all high schools across Shetland. OPEN’s training and workshops focuses on sexual health, positive relationships, alcohol and drug use, mental health, and online safety; to raise awareness and provide information on important issues concerning young people.
Peer Mentoring: OPEN also run a peer mentoring programme; which recruits and matches mentors and mentees, to facilitate peer-to-peer mentoring sessions for young people who are care-experienced and/or have experience with the youth justice system; to improve participants’ outcomes and prevent offending behaviour.
Emotional Wellbeing and Resilience: OPEN are now part of the SIC’s Emotional Wellbeing and Resilience (EWR) Project. OPEN recruit, support, and train 6 young people; so they that they can form a lead group to represent young people in the EWR Steering Group.
Parent Link Shetland
a partnership between Voluntary Action Shetland and Parent Network Scotland, set up to deliver parenting courses to all parents and carers in Shetland
Relationships Scotland - Shetland
incorporates Couple Counselling, Community Mediation & Family Mediation
Couple Counselling: Offers a chance for couples or individuals, who have problems with their intimate relationships, to speak confidentially and in privacy to a trained counsellor. Community Mediation: a free, impartial and confidential means of addressing neighbourhood difficulties should a dispute or disagreement with a neighbour or other member of the community arise. Family Mediation: help parents who have separated or divorced make arrangements for their children’s future in a confidential, impartial and neutral setting. Mediation can also take place between different generations such as grandparents/parents or parents/teenage children
RVS
Through their volunteers, the Royal Voluntary Service helps older people in Shetland to stay independent at home and active in the community. They offer practical help that can make all the difference - befriending at home, providing transport in the community, bringing people together through social activities or supporting them in hospital or in an emergency. They offer practical solutions to everyday problems like loneliness and isolation
Shetland Befriending Scheme
offers a one to one support service to young people and young adults aged between 7 and 18 and to adults aged 16+ years of age. Our volunteers support individuals who can benefit from some additional input. There are a whole range of reasons why individuals may want to be part of our scheme but all can benefit from taking part in lots of different and exciting activities in their local community
Shetland Bereavement Support Service
provides help and support to those who have been bereaved through the services of trained counsellors and a library of useful resources
Shetland Care Attendant Scheme (formerly Crossroads)
provides trained Care Attendants to give Carers of vulnerable adults and children quality time to call their own to use as they wish
Shetland Community Connections
provides a brokerage service for social care users in Shetland. This includes person centred planning to identify personal outcomes, help to plan and organise support, support to recruit and manage Personal Assistants, payroll support, peer support, information, advice and signposting
Shetland Islands Citizens Advice Bureau
free, confidential, independent, impartial advice service
Shetland Pre-School Play Ltd
provides advice, support and training on issues of good practice and management to all pre-school groups in Shetland. Provide two toy libraries, one of which is for children with additional needs, supply publications and produce a regular newsletter
Voluntary Action Shetland
Shetland’s Third Sector interface, provides support, advice and services both to established voluntary organisations and social enterprises and to new projects; publishes the New Shetlander, represents the interests of the third sector strategically at local and national level. Places volunteers with volunteering opportunities, offers advice on volunteer policy and procedures, provide training and support for voluntary and community groups, volunteer managers and volunteers and administration of Saltire Awards for young people from Secondary One to age 25. |
