Mental Health

Access Therapies Fife is part of Fife’s Health and Social Care Partnership’s Psychology Service. We are an NHS service offering a range of free psychological therapies to adults in Fife.

Web: https://www.accesstherapiesfife.scot.nhs.uk/

Please remember that A&E or phoning 999 are for emergencies only, such as severe injury, a suspected heart attack or stroke, breathing difficulties, or severe bleeding.

If you think you may need emergency care but it’s not critical or life-threatening, call NHS 24 on 111, day or night.

Web: https://www.nhsfife.org/services/all-services/accident-and-emergency/

There is support available for those struggling with addictions in Fife. In the first instance, you should speak to your GP who'll refer you to a specialist if this is the appropriate treatment for you.

Web: https://www.nhsfife.org/services/all-services/addiction-services/

CAMHS is for children and young people up to 18 years who are experiencing persistent, complex or severe mental health difficulties.

Web: https://www.nhsfife.org/services/all-services/child-and-adolescent-mental-health-service-camhs/

Citizens Advice Scotland, the Extra Help Unit and our 59 member bureaux together form Scotland’s largest independent advice network.

Web: https://www.cas.org.uk/

Cruse Scotland has been supporting bereaved adults, children and young people across Scotland for over 60 years. Together with our 230-strong team of compassionate, committed and caring volunteers, we offer hope when the future seems empty.

Web: https://www.cruse.org.uk/

Dunfermline Advocacy brings together local volunteers with vulnerable people, providing long and short term support, understanding and friendship to those who need it.

Web: https://www.dunfermlineadvocacy.org/

The purpose of the ENeRGI Drop-In is to offer practical and emotional support activities (support through recreation, social, and supportive activities) to persons who suffer from mental health problems. The informal setting and structure of the Drop-in Centre provides opportunities for persons to interact in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere.

Web: https://www.energi.org.uk/about.html

Provision of a service to adults over 18 years who have a psychiatric illness or are recovering from a period of mental illness. Operation of 10 groups held throughout Fife providing peer support with the objective of a planned return back into mainstream services or community groups. 

Web: https://www.expressgroupfife.org.uk/

Fife Boomerang is a service for individuals between the ages of 18-65, of all abilities, who are experiencing mental health difficulties. The aims are to promote outdoor pursuits and to encourage personal growth and development through outdoor pursuits. The Association offers a seasonal programme, four times a year, of outdoor activities.

Web: https://www.facebook.com/people/Fife-Boomerang/100080004366289/

Circles Advocacy Fife delivers a free, independent service by providing information and advocacy via telephone, email or video call, drop-in meetings within community resources and home visits to individuals who are unable to access our main office in Fife or suitable public settings.

Web: https://circlesnetwork.org.uk/fife/

Fife Employment Access Trust (FEAT) was set up in 1994 by a small group of people concerned about the lack of employment opportunities for people in Fife who had experience of mental health problems.

Web: https://fifeemploymentaccesstrust.com/

Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre is an independent voluntary organisation that offers a range of free and confidential time limited support to anyone 12+, of any gender, who has been raped or sexually assaulted at some point in their lives.

Web: https://www.frasac.org.uk/contact/

Fife Voluntary Action (FVA) is the third sector interface for the Fife Council area. We are an independent charity that receives funding from key public sector agencies to ensure the third sector is robust, resilient and delivers high quality services for the people of Fife.

Web: https://www.fva.org/

Improving the Cancer Journey (ICJ) provides a one-stop shop for all your cancer support needs.

Cancer doesn’t just affect your physical well-being, it can impact every aspect of your life and the lives of those around you. But knowing where to turn for support isn’t always easy.

Web: https://hscp.nhsfife.org/your-community/improving-cancer-journey/

Supporting adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. 

Web: https://kasp.org.uk/

Link Life Fife is a community support service for anyone in Fife who may benefit from additional support to manage stress, anxiety, or feelings of being overwhelmed that is affecting their mental health and general wellbeing. 

Web: https://hscp.nhsfife.org/your-community/link-life-fife/

We are a trauma-informed Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people of all ages to overcome the negative impacts of trauma, mental health, inequality, and isolation.

Web: https://www.linkliving.org.uk/

The mental health service provides comprehensive, general mental health services for adults and elderly people across the whole of Fife. The Learning Disabilities service also provides hospital and community based services for children and adults with learning difficulties.

Web: https://www.nhsfife.org/services/all-services/mental-health/

If you think you may need emergency care but it’s not critical or life-threatening, call NHS 24 on 111, day or night.

Web: https://www.nhs24.scot/

To provide a befriending service to people in the North East Fife area with mental health issues and who are socially/geographically isolated. Those accessing the service will be matched to a volunteer befriender in order to promote confidence, reduce isolation and meet person-centred, desired outcomes.

Web: https://www.linkbefriending.org.uk/#:~:text=About%20Link&text=In%202003%20LINK%20set%20up,isolated%20due%20to%20mental%20problems.#BefriendingIs supportive

To provide a service the provides peer support, bringing its members out of possible loneliness and isolation building self confidence and self esteem. c) Bring awareness to the community of the problems that mental ill health causes and help to eradicate the stigma of mental health issues.

Web: https://peaceofmind.scot/

We are Penumbra Mental Health, a pioneering charity providing dedicated services for people experiencing mild to serious and enduring mental ill health.

Web: https://www.penumbra.org.uk/

The Psychology Department provides a wide range of clinical services across the lifespan. Staff work in many different settings throughout Fife.

Web: https://www.nhsfife.org/services/all-services/psychology-service/clinical-health-psychology-service/

Sexual abuse in childhood. For 25 years, Safe Space has been a place where people find the courage to begin healing, the strength to take the next step, the voice to challenge their past, the joy of connecting to others, and the power to overcome toxic loneliness and shame.

Web: https://safe-space.co.uk/

Our free helpline is here for anyone who is struggling, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Every year volunteers in Scotland spend a collective 60,000 hours providing emotional support - the equivalent of 2,500 days of listening.

Web: https://www.samaritans.org/

Our free helpline is here for anyone who is struggling, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Every year volunteers in Scotland spend a collective 60,000 hours providing emotional support - the equivalent of 2,500 days of listening.

Web: https://www.samaritans.org/

Today, we operate over 70 services in communities across Scotland, providing mental health social care support, addictions and employment services, among others. Together with national programme work in See Me, respect me, suicide prevention, and physical activity and sport, these services inform SAMH’s policy and campaign work to influence positive social change.

Web: https://www.samh.org.uk/

STAND is a Scottish Charity (SC051652) It exists to support people across Fife who are affected by changes to their memory and day to day functioning.

STAND is in the process of setting up Dementia Friendly Meeting Centre Spaces across the Kingdom.

Web: https://www.dementiavoices.org.uk/group/stand-kirkcaldy/

Support in Mind Scotland is a national mental health charity that ensures no one faces mental ill health alone.

Web: https://changemh.org/

Talk Matters’ aim is to provide a confidential counselling service which addresses the therapeutic needs of those living in Fife.

Web: https://talkmatters.org/

The Well is a place where you can drop-in, both in your community and online and find out information and receive general advice to help you stay well and independent within your local community.

Web: https://hscp.nhsfife.org/your-community/the-well/