Edinburgh

A safe and welcoming space to read, relax and access a wide variety of support.

The Edinburgh Support Hub is a place where anyone experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness can drop in for information, advice, care & support

The Access Place offers integrated services including housing, health and social work, to anyone experiencing homelessness who has additional needs.

Positive Help offers support to people affected by HIV and Hepatitis C in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

The Access Place has a weekly clinic for assessment, supoprt and treatment of blood borne viruses.

Local service specialising in HIV, Hep C and sexual health care in Scotland.

Edinburgh City Home Delivery Outreach Service provided by staff from NHS Lothian and Simon Community's Harm Reduction Outreach Teams.

The NHS Lothian Harm Reduction Team offer specialist health services in a non-judgemental, discreet and friendly environment.

The Turning Point Scotland North East Edinburgh Recovery service focuses on supporting people with problematic alcohol and other drug use.

The Crew Drop-in provides sexual health services such as free pregnancy tests, condoms, and lube, and testing for sexually-transmitted diseases.

The Chalmers Centre is an NHS Lothians clinic providing a range of routine and emergency sexual health support services.

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

This application form will allow you to order free condoms by post. If you live in the EH postcode area (Edinburgh & the Lothians) and are age 13 or older they can send a small pack to your home address. This will contain 12 condoms and some water based lubricant. It will arrive within one week in a plain, unmarked A5 envelope.

Crew offers professional training and outreach services; a drop-in information shop based in the city centre and a free person-centred counselling service.

This resource provides a directory of available local support services.

Turning Point uses a no wrong door, strength based, trauma informed approach throughout their alcohol and other drugs services to promote hope, choice and resilience.

Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre offer free and confidential emotional and practical support, information and advocacy to women, all members of the trans community, non-binary people and young people aged 12-18 in Edinburgh, East and Midlothian, who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their lives. This includes, rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, childhood sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation.

The Chalmers Centre is an NHS Lothians clinic providing a range of routine and emergency sexual health support services.

Saheliya works across Scotland to support the mental health and well-being of women experiencing racial inequality, including asylum seeking and refugee women.

Help for black minority ethnic (BME) women, children and young people who are experiencing, or who have experienced, domestic abuse.

Edinburgh Women's Aid offers support and advice to women experiencing domestic abuse.

Edinburgh charity working towards a society free from domestic abuse. Offering practical and emotional support to women and young people.

FearFree provides support for people experiencing domestic abuse in Scotland who identify as a man or from the LGBT+ community.

LGBT Health and Wellbeing works to improve the health, wellbeing and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Scotland.

ROAM is a community-based, outreach sexual health service working across Lothian with cis/trans gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM).

LGBT Health and Wellbeing works to improve the health, wellbeing and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Scotland.

Sacro provides a wide range of Criminal Justice Services, all of which are aimed at safeguarding communities and reducing offending within the community.

Willow centre provides a range of support services to women over 17 in Edinburgh or Midlothian or returning from prison to these areas.

Willow Service is in partnership between NHS Lothian and the City of Edinburgh Council working with a number of different partners to address the social, health and welfare needs of women in the criminal justice system.

Shine is a national mentoring service for women offenders. The service is available to all adult females who are currently serving a custodial sentence in Scotland of less than four years and not subject to a statutory order or; on remand or; subject to a Community Payback Order