Useful Links
Women’s Aid Groups in the Highlands
Inverness Women’s Aid
01463 220719
info@invernesswa.org
Website
Facebook
Office hours 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday; Advice Available 24 hours
Caithness & Sutherland Women’s Aid (CASWA)
0345 408 0151
info@caswa.org.uk
Website
Office hours 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday; 24 hour answer service
Ross-shire Women’s Aid
01349 863568
info@rosswa.co.uk
Website
Facebook
Lochaber Women’s Aid
01397 705734
lwa@lochaberwomensaid.org
Website
Office hours 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday
Helplines
Scottish Women’s Aid
0131 226 6606 (office hours)
info@womensaid.scot
www.womensaid.scot
Facebook: Scottish Women’s Aid
Scottish Domestic Abuse & Forced
Marriage Helpline
0800 027 1234 (24 hours)
helpline@sdafmh.org.uk
www.sdafmh.org.uk
Victim Support National Helpline
0345 603 9213 (8 am – 8pm, Monday to Friday)
www.victimsupportsco.org.uk
RASASH Rape & Sexual Abuse Service Highland
03330 066909
www.rasash.org.uk
Rape Crisis Scotland helpline
08088 01 03 02 (every day 6pm – 12pm)
www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk
Family Mediation
01463 712100
Zero Tolerance – campaign to end violence against women
www.zerotolerance.org.uk
Safe, Strong & Free
www.safestrongandfree.org.uk
Samaritans
08457 90 90 90
Addictions Counselling Inverness
01463 220995
Breathing Space
0800 838587
Osprey House (NHS substance misuse service)
01463 716888
Childline
0800 11 11
www.childline.org.uk
Runaway Helpline
0808 800 7070
Men’s Advice Line
0808 801 0327
LGBT Services/ Domestic Abuse Services (LGBT supportive):
LGBT Domestic Abuse Project
0141 552 7425
www.lgbtdomesticabuse.org.uk
LGBT Helpline Scotland
0300 123 2523)
www.lgbt-helpline-scotland.org.uk
Scottish LGBT Website
LGBT Youth Scotland
www.lgbtyouth.org.uk
Scottish Transgender Alliance
www.scottishtrans.org
Respect Perpetrators helpline
0808 802 4040
www.respectphoneline.org.uk
Social Work
Call Highland Council switchboard to get details of social work services 01349 886602
Social care emergency out of hours 0845 6014813
Report a child protection concern 0845 601 4813 (out of hours)
Report an adult support and protection concern 0800 902 0042
Housing
Call Highland Council switchboard to get details of housing offices 01349 886602
Homelessness Team 01349 886602 (01349 886691 in evenings or weekends)
Citizens Advice Bureau
Inverness Badenoch and Strathspey 01463 237664
Nairn 01667 456677
Citizens Advice Scotland www.cas.org.uk