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Barnardos Blackford Brae Project is a multidisiplinary education & social work project working with children & their families, both in Blackford Brae school & the mainstream schools in the North West and South East of Edinburgh, to maximise the child's potential.

Working to support homeless and vulnerable people to live independently within society

bfriends is a service delivered by CHILDREN 1ST and is the largest befriending service for Scotland's children. There are currently over 100 volunteers supporting vulnerable children and young people throughout Edinburgh and lothian

Volunteer Befrienders offer one-to-one companionship to service users living in Bield's supported housing schemes. This involves visiting a service user on a regular basis in their own home and/or doing local activities together. Volunteers must be 16 or over.

Liver Transplant Support Line (Scotland) supports patients, carers and their families in Scotland to cope with liver transplant. This is a joint partnership project with the British Red Cross and the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit Edinburgh

Broomhouse Youth Befriending Project recruits, trains and supports volunteers in befriending young people in Broomhouse and the surrounding areas.

Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) aims to improve the quality of life for people affected by chest, heart and stroke illness in Scotland. The organisation funds medical research and provides a range of support services for people in the community. We rely on a team of over 1000 volunteers across Scotland to help deliver services to people who have suffered a stroke or heart failure. The organisation supports members on one-to-one basis using a person-centred plannning approach.

Starting up new outreach stroke service in Glasgow.

bfriends train adult volunteers to provide support and friendship to children and young people, aged 5-16, who are experiencing difficulties at home, school or in the community.

Volunteering Partners (VP) is a major national volunteering programme delivered by CSV. We currently provide befriending to young people at risk in North Lanarkshire.

Cyrenians HPS is an Edinburgh wide service which offers advice and support to people to stop them from losing their homes. We work with people in their own homes, usually seeing them once a week for between 4 and 6 months. .It’s free .Support is available regardless of tenure (council, private let, own home/mortgage) .Support is flexible (between 8am and 8pm Monday-Friday and by arrangement on Saturdays. .Track record of good outcomes .Easily accessible .Quick response time .Available to anyone 16+ .Highly skilled staff team .Good links with other services

The Befriending Service offers the oppertunity to young people with a range of disabilities to develop their interests, social skills, independence and links into the community. Volunteers are local who are given appropriate training and support

Linking those socially isolated or excluded due to physical disabilities with others in a similar situation

Edinburgh Headway Group Befriending Project recruits, trains and matches volunteer befrienders with socially isolated adults (18+), within Edinburgh City Council, who have an acquired brain injury

Fresh Start Befriending Service is a befriending service available to people who have experienced homelessness and now live independently in Edinburgh. It aims to help people in new tenancies to maintain their tenancies.

Group still in formation, aims to provide a focused befriending service, based on garden sharing to adults with disabilities and to older people

Voluntary home-visiting scheme offered to families with at least one child under five. Families are referred by HVs, SWDs and Education.

Payback Creative Industries is a new project taking place at Libertus in the South Side of Edinburgh. We are looking for be-frienders to assist others to take part in the Creative Industry program. Activities include; drama (culminating in a theatre production at this years Edinburgh Festival!), film groups (with submissions to Edinburgh Film Festival), fine art groups, alcohol awareness through arts program, holistic health groups and web design projects. We are particularly interested in people who want to do intergenerational befriending.

Providing car service for health appointments for elderly or those unable to use public transport and caring service for socially isolated elderly and families

A family support organisation for families with children from 0 - 3 who are feeling stressed or isolated. There are six centres in Midlothian offering a friendly,safe environment. Professionally run playrooms for children. Peer support and learning opportunities for parents. We provide counselling, parenting, skills, complimentary therapy, play therapy and career advice.

NHS Lothian voluntary service provides support for people in hospital and community settings both long term and acute.

Volunteers reflect the values & beliefs of the community project which is primarily focused upon carers & those they care for by befriending carers Volunteers can make a huge impact to social & personal lives , improving quality of life`

We work with people over 60 with a wide range of health & social needs. Providing companionship & friendship to people who are isolated housebounds or just want more company.

Support through professional staff and volunteers to blind and partially sighted people across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Scottish Churches Housing Action is an advisory service to church groups undertaking work to support homeless people at a local level.

To provide friendly social contact to people aged 15 and over who are socially isolated due to ill health or disability

We offer therapeutic and one-to-one support to children who are affected by drug and alcohol misuse within their families.

VCE provides a focus for voluntary activity and encourages people to engage in voluntary work Promotes and develops volunteering opportunities Encourages good practice in involving volunteers Promotes social inclusion through volunteering Our employment mentoring project matches people who are unemployed with trained volunteer mentors.

Recruit , train and match volunteer befrienders to adults with learning disabilities, to have fun and spend time together.

Volunteers support older people by visiting them at home or helping them to go out with an aim to reducing isolation.We accept referrals from the following GP practices (rather than a set geographical area): Bangholm Medical Centre, Blackhall Medical Centre, West End (Chester Street) Medical Practice, Cramond Medical Practice, Crewe Medical Centre, Davidson's Mains Surgery, East Craigs Surgery, Eyre Medical Practice, Inverleith Medical Practice, Ladywell Medical Centre - East and West, Muirhouse Medical Practice, Murrayfield Medical Practice, Parkgrove Medical Centre, Stockbridge Health Centre - Green and Blue

One of the largest youth work organisations in Scotland, YMCA works on over 120 sites from Stornoway to Stranraer. One of the priority areas of our work is the provision of mentoring programmes for vulnerable teenagers. YMCA's PlusOne mentoring programmes are delivered in partnership with social work and with police.