Children 1st - Midlothian Family Wellbeing Hub
Contact details
Children 1st - Midlothian Family Wellbeing Hub
Unit 40/9
Hardengreen Business Park
Dalhousie Road, Eskbank
Dalkeith
EH22 3NU
Public phone: 0131 654 9540 / 08000 28 22 33
Email: midlothian@children1st.org.uk
Website URL: http://www.children1st.org.uk
General information
Service offered: The support is relational, trauma-informed and child-centred. The staff and volunteers will work with you and your family to better understand the challenges you face and what role Children 1st can play to overcome these. The service has peer support and project workers in the team, who can offer one-to-one and whole family support to strengthen relationships. There is also an option for money advice and support, and to attend to financial hardships. The service also offers opportunities for group-based support for parents focussing on positive wellbeing, along with family-based activity sessions for fun.
Target group: Children and their families impacted by substance use and mental health difficulties, whether this is current, historic or involves intergenerational experience ie through a grandparent
Area served: Midlothian.
How to contact: Phone (0131 654 9540 / 08000 28 22 33), email or website.
Availability
Monday: 9am - 5pm
Tuesday: 9am - 5pm
Wednesday: 9am - 5pm
Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Weekends: Group Activities
Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes - limited
Accessible toilets: No
Access notes: Home visits. Meetings can be arranged at accessible venues. With regards to this our disabled toilet it may not be accessible for wheelchairs as the door open the wrong way for access though it is a large room.
Other information
Languages other than English: Access to interpreters.
Charity number: SCO16092
Year established: 2001
Staffing: Service Manager, Administrator, Project Workers, Peer Support Workers, Sessional Workers, Volunteers
Public transport: Lothian buses 3, 3A, 49. First buses 86, 86A.
Record last checked: 24 July 2024