The Midspace support directory can help you find support available for adults living and/or working in Midlothian.
If you are a service provider and would like to add your services to this directory, please go to the provider’s area or email midspace@health-in-mind.org.uk.
The following services are available
A Good Start (Midlothian Sure Start)
Support for parents and guardians with children under 3 years old.
Abused Men in Scotland (AMIS)
AMIS operate a national helpline, website and training services for male victims of domestic abuse.
Ageing Well Midlothian (Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership)
Physical activity project for older people in Midlothian.
Al-Anon Family Groups
A fellowship of relatives and friends of people with a drink problem.
Alcoholics Anonymous
A fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
ANDYSMANCLUB
ANDYSMANCLUB is a volunteer led, male suicide prevention charity that offers free peer to peer support groups.
Art & Craft in Wellbeing (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind
Art Psychotherapy (Health in Mind)
Emotional and physical wellbeing supporting using art materials alongside talking.
Art Therapy (Midlothian Young People’s Advice Service – MYPAS)
Art therapy for young people.
Baby loss counselling (Held in Our Hearts)
Counselling service for bereaved parents.
Befriending Network
An online directory for volunteer and befriending opportunities.
Beyond Diagnosis (Bipolar Edinburgh)
Beyond Diagnosis connect anyone who has recently been diagnosed with bipolar and is looking for some support, with a Peer Worker and/or Peer Volunteer who also live with bipolar.
Birthlink
Support for adults affected by Adoption with a Scottish connection.
Black and Minority Ethnic Peer Connecting Service (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind
support people from minority ethnic communities looking to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Bridges Project
Support4Tomorrow provides tailored support packages to young people to help them cope with the mental health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic including social isolation and anxiety.
Carer events and activities for unpaid carers (VOCAL Midlothian)
Support and information for unpaid carers living in Midlothian.
Children and young people’s service (Salvesen Mindroom Centre)
Advocacy and support for children and young people with learning difficulties.
Collective advocacy East Lothian and Midlothian (CAPS Independent Advocacy)
A collective advocacy for people living in Midlothian.
Community Food Pantry (Mayfield and Easthouses Development Trust)
The pantry aims to reduce the use of food banks and food poverty support you to budget effectively and free up money for other essentials.
Community Support Team (Waverley Care)
Community support for people living with or affected by HIV, hepatitis C or poor sexual health.
Community-based counselling (Midlothian Young People’s Advice Service – MYPAS)
Open access counselling for young people.
Counselling for adult male survivors of sexual abuse (Health in Mind)
A counselling service for men who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Courage Over Fear Workshops (Anam Cara)
Anam Cara provide skills and techniques, through wellbeing workshops that enable women to make the positive changes required to help them lead healthier and happier lives.
Creative photography group – access (Health in Mind)
Promoting mental health and wellbeing through photography.
Creative Wellbeing Group (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind
Day Opportunities (Alzheimer Scotland)
Day opportunities for those affected by demenita.
Dementia Advisor (Alzheimer Scotland)
Point of contact with people living with dementia and those close to them.
Dial-A-Ride and Dial-A-Bus (Handicabs Lothian Limited – HcL Transport)
Supported community transport services in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Direct Help and Support Service (Salvesen Mindroom Centre)
This is a Post Diagnostic Support Service offering short-term, confidential, 1:1 support through a blend of in-person and online working.
Drop-in peer support (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind
Drop-in peer support for people who want have a space to be listen to and to connect with other who understand you.
Drug and alcohol support (Midlothian Young People’s Advice Service – MYPAS)
Drug support service for young people.
Education as Advocacy (CAPS Independent Advocacy)
Experience led learning opportunities about mental health.
Enterprise (Prince’s Trust)
Support and resources for young people to start a business.
Experiences of Psychosis (CAPS Independent Advocacy)
A collective advocacy group for people with experience of psychosis.
Fair Start Scotland (Triage Central)
Fair Start Scotland deliver employability, skills and education services that help people find stable employment and improve their quality of life.
Family Support (Midlothian Sure Start)
Tailored support for families
Family Wellbeing Hub Midlothian (Children 1st)
Support for families and children impacted by substance use and mental health difficulties.
Future Pathways
Support for people who were abused or neglected as children while they were living in care in Scotland.
Gentle Cycling Group (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind
Gorebridge Sporting Memories Club (Sporting Memories)
Love to talk about sport? Sporting Memories clubs are for older people to come together to talk and reminisce about sport. As well as a friendly welcome their volunteers provide fun and inclusive social and physical activities on a weekly basis.
Greenspace (Health in Mind)
An outdoors group set in a beautiful old walled garden in Dalkeith. The group will enable people to connect with others, learn new skills, develop confidence, enjoy and appreciate nature.
Group support (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind offers a wide range of groups, workshops and courses that are based on the five ways to wellbeing. Groups are meeting online and in the community venues.
Guided Self-help (Health in Mind)
The service is based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and provides one-to-one support to access self-help materials.
Historic Adoption Peer Support Service (Health in Mind)
A dedicated helpline in collaboration with The Scottish Government for people affected by former forced adoption policies
Improving the Cancer Journey (Macmillan Cancer Support)
Improving the Cancer services supports people affected by cancer (including family members and carers).
Independent Advocacy (EARS Independent Advocacy Service SCIO)
Independent Advocacy for adults aged 65 years and over with a physical disability (or an acquired brain injury) and/or a stroke survivor
LGBT+ support (Midlothian Young People’s Advice Service – MYPAS)
Group and individual support for young people who identify as LGBT+
Listening Space, Bonnyrigg Rose (Health in Mind)
A safe space for adults experiencing mental health difficulties in talking and connecting with support services in Midlothian.
Listening Space, Danderhall (Health in Mind)
A safe space for adults experiencing mental health difficulties in talking and connecting with support services in Midlothian.
Listening Space, Danderhall (Health in Mind)
A safe space for adults experiencing mental health difficulties in talking and connecting with support services in Midlothian.
Listening Space, Gorebridge (Health in Mind)
A safe space for adults experiencing mental health difficulties in talking and connecting with support services in Midlothian.
Lothian Bipolar 18-30 Self-help Group
Self-help group for people affected by bipolar.
Lothian Bipolar Self-help Group
Self-help group for people affected by bipolar.
Lothian Deaf Counselling Service (Health in Mind)
A counselling service for adults who are Deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or deafblind.
Lothians Veterans Centre
Support for veterans and their immediate families.
Man2Man (StrongMen)
Man2Man is a telephone-based peer support service from a trained StrongMen volunteer with first hand experience of losing a loved one.
Midlothian Access Point (Health in Mind)
Signposting service for peopel looking to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Midlothian Community Hospital Garden (Cyrenians)
A community garden in the grounds of the Midlothian Community Hospital.
Midlothian Community Mental Health Team (Midlothian Health and Social Partnership )
Same-day urgent mental health assessment for individuals who are experiencing an acute crisis/deterioration in their mental health.
Midlothian Foodbank (Trussel Trust)
Providing emergency food to people in Midlothian.
Midlothian Mental Health and Resilience Service (MHARS) (Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership)
MHARS is a free confidential helpline for Midlothian residents aged 18-65, who experience mental health and wellbeing distress or crisis.
Midlothian project (Women’s Aid East and Midlothian)
Support and refuge to women who have experienced domestic abuse.
Midlothian Wellbeing Service (Thistle Foundation and Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership)
Support for people living with long term health conditions or facing challenging life situations to find ways to better manage and live well.
Milestone Residential Support Service (Waverley Care)
Intensive support for people living with HIV and hepatitis C.
Mindful Photography Group – Access (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind
Much More Than A label (CAPS Independent Advocacy)
A collective advocacy project for people with experience of a personality disorder.
Mumswalk Midlothian
Walking group for mums with experience of mental health difficulties.
Music for Wellbeing Group (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind
This group provides an opportunity to meet new people, practice creative self-expression and learn positive coping skills.
Music Therapy (Nordoff Robbins)
Music therapy for those in need.
Neighbourhood Links and Local Area Co-ordinators (British Red Cross)
advice, information and practical support older people in Midlothian.
New Beginnings Course (Health in Mind)
A free six week course for people over 18. This online course will look at how grief affects us and learn some ways to face the future.
One-to-one support (Health in Mind)
A safe, confidential space for people who live in Midlothian to access short-term support.
Oor Mad History (CAPS Independent Advocacy)
Collective advocacy project on community history and the arts.
Out Of Sight Out Of Mind (CAPS Independent Advocacy)
An annual exhibition of artwork by people with experience of mental health difficulties.
Outdoor Garden Group (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind
Outdoor Therapy Service (Venture Trust)
Vanture Trust aims to support people by combining the full range of benefits from time in nature and the outdoors with professional therapy to improve mental health and wellbeing.
P.S. Dads Rock (Dads Rock)
A peer support service for new Dads in Scotland.
PASDA
Pasda aims to improve the health and wellbeing of family carers of autistic adults in Edinburgh and the Lothians through peer support, information and activities.
Peer Connecting (Health in Mind)
Peer Connecting Midlothian offers one-to-one and group support for people over 18 who live in Midlothian and who are looking to improve or manage their mental health and wellbeing.
Peer Connecting, Black and Minority Ethnic communities (Health in Mind)
Peer Connecting offers one-to-one and group support for Ukranian people over 18 and who are looking to improve or manage their mental health and wellbeing.
Peer Support (Held in Our Hearts)
A peer support service for bereaved parents and grandparents, who have experience the death of a baby or infant.
Personal and Social Development (Prince’s Trust)
Support and resources to support young people’s learning and employability.
Positive mental health, social inclusion, and positive destinations (Bonnyrigg Rose Community Football Club)
Bonnyrigg Rose Community Football Club works in partnership with Health in Mind supporting the delivery of #MidlothianMenMatter; a peer support group for women and a group focusing on engaging those socially isolated in our local area.
Reading is Caring (Scottish Book Trust)
Reading is Caring trains people who care for someone living with dementia to create personalised, shared and sensory reading experiences through free workshops that can help maintain their caring relationships, spark memories and relieve stress.
Recovery and Justice Support (Health in Mind)
Peer support for people aged 18 and over with substance use problems who want to work towards positive mental wellbeing.
Renew 26 (Penicuik Churches)
A quiet shared space where it’s ok to not be ok. Renew 26 is open to anyone in the community.
Safe Sleep Scotland (Scottish Cot Death Trust)
A learning platform which focuses on increasing awareness of safe sleep for infants for the public and professionals.
School counselling (Midlothian Young People’s Advice Service – MYPAS)
Counselling for young people in a school setting.
Scottish Cot Death Trust
Scottish Cot Death Trust
A learning platform which focuses on increasing awareness of safe sleep for infants for the public and professionals.
Seen But Not Heard (CAPS Independent Advocacy)
A collective advocacy project for people with experience of eating disorders.
Shared Care Scotland
Assistance for unpaid carers to take regular breaks from their caring responsibilities.
Stress Relief and Resilience Group (Health in Mind)
This group promotes mental health and wellbeing through stress relief and building resilience.
Substance misuse one-to-one support (Mid and East Lothian Drugs – MELD)
Recovery Workers offering one-to-one psychosocial support and recovery planning.
Suicide Intervention Centre (Chris’s House)
A centre for help, response and intervention surrounding suicide
Support and information for unpaid carers (VOCAL Midlothian)
Support and information for unpaid carers living in Midlothian.
The Lothian Bipolar Carers Group
Self-help group for people affected by bipolar including carers and supporters.
The Power of Slavic Skirts Circle – Peer Connecting, Black and Minority Ethnic communities (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind The Power of Slavic Skirts Circle is a new group for Polish women, who are interested in self-development and peer support.
The Prince’s Trust
Support and resources to support young people’s learning and employability.
Therapeutic service (Midlothian Sure Start)
Therapeutic service for carers of children.
TransparenTsees
Transparentsees is a service is for parents, carers and other family members over 16 of trans people. service is for parents, carers and other family members over 16 of trans people.
Trauma Counselling Line Scotland (Health in Mind)
A trauma counselling service for people in Scotland who experienced abuse in childhood.
Trauma support (Health in Mind)
Practical and emotional support for men who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse or men who have experienced rape/sexual abuse or domestic violence as adults.
Veterans First Point Lothian (NHS Lothian)
Support for veterans looking for mental health and wellbeing support.
Victim Support Edinburgh (Victim Support Scotland)
Support for those who are victims/survivors of a crime.
Vocational Traning Services (Rural & Urban Training Scheme RUTS)
Vocational training and employability support to young people.
VoiceAbility Independent Advocacy – Support for Social Security Scotland benefit applications (VoiceAbility)
Volunteer Midlothian
Encouraging more people to volunteer in Midlothian.
Walking Group (Health in Mind)
Health in Mind
Wee Breaks Midlothian (VOCAL Midlothian)
Support for unpaid carers to take a break from their caring responsibilities.
Wellbeing Scotland
Offering a range of support to people whose adverse life circumstances have had any impact on their wellbeing.
Witness service at Edinburgh High Court (Victim Support Scotland)
Support for those who are victims/survivors and/or witnesses of a crime.
Witness service at Edinburgh Sheriff Court (Victim Support Scotland)
Support for those who are victims/survivors and/or witnesses of a crime.
Writing and Mindfulness for Wellbeing Group (Health in Mind)
Providing an opportunity to meet new people, build confidence and learn new skills through writing and mindfulness.
Young Onset Service (Alzheimer Scotland)
Support people with dementia, their families, relatives and friends at any stage of the illness.