The Beacon is a new Community Wellbeing Centre in Arbroath.
They offer kind and caring support to people experiencing emotional distress, their carers, families and friends. Anyone living in Angus aged 16 and over can access support from 12 noon to 12 midnight, 7 days a week, every day of the year.
Suicide support is provided by The Beacon and available to all adults living in Angus who experience thoughts of suicide or who may have attempted suicide. Support is also available for family members, carers or friends of adults experiencing suicidal thoughts.
The service is designed to offer assessment of individual need, provide support and interventions that promote safety, well-being and recovery. Information, guidance and signposting regarding suicide prevention will also be provided.
A comprehensive list of mental health, wellbeing, suicide prevention and crisis support links in Angus can be found here.
Mental Health + Wellbeing
Enhanced Community Support (ECS) Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs
These hubs manage referrals for adult patients who need additional support or specialist care and treatment for:
mental health and wellbeing
self-harm
substance use
The Hub also accepts referrals for 11 to 16 year olds for the Young People’s Peer Support Worker. This service is for young people with less complex mental health and well-being challenges.
How to access the hubs
Call your GP surgery and ask to be referred into the ECS Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub for support. GP surgery staff can complete the self-referral form on your behalf or you can complete it yourself.
Or download the self-referral form and patient information leaflet from your GP’s website.
About the hubs
There are four hubs, one in each Angus locality. They are made up of staff from the following teams. They meet daily to review all mental health and wellbeing referrals.
Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs)
Angus Integrated Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service (AIDARS)
Angus Psychological Therapy Service
Mental Health and Wellbeing Peer Support
Community Link Workers
Peer Support Services in Angus
Mental health support and/or advice from a worker who has their own lived experience of mental health challenges. Can help with low mood, anxiety, sleeping problems, stress, coping strategies and connect people with self-help/community resources or organisations.
Adult Service (age 16 and over): Ask at your GP Reception to be referred to Peer Support or use the contact information above to make a referral via the ECS Hub.
Young People’s Service (11 to 15 years, in secondary education): Talk to the young person’s school, GP receptionist or contact Penumbra or Hillcrest directly:
South Angus (Arbroath, Friockheim, Carnoustie & Monifieth):
This service is available to anyone aged 16+ registered with a Tayside GP Practice via both staff-initiated and self-referrals.
Fully trained volunteer listeners provide 50-minute confidential appointments on the phone or within your GP practice for talking about grief/loss, challenging relationships, stress, work illness, caring responsibilities etc.
This is a national charity with a Tayside service. They provide non clinical, person centred support to people affected by mental illness in the community.
An interactive website for anonymous and confidential health related questions, answered honestly and correctly. Offers reassurance, encouragement, information and advice on any health related issue as well as signposting to appropriate services.
Self-harm is a complex way of coping with difficult emotions. If this is something you’re experiencing in your life this support service can offer you a safe, non-judgemental space where you can talk openly and explore how you’re feeling.
A free, anonymous, digital mental wellbeing service, available to Tayside residents aged 16 and over providing practical wellbeing tools and resources.
There is peer support which is monitored and moderated by licensed mental health practitioners.
Emergency referrals can be made via your GP. For non-emergency situations referral can be made by any professional involved in support to the child or young person.
Address: 8 St Leonards Bank, PH2 8EB / 19 Dudhope Terrace, Dundee, DD3 6HH
The Advice Centre offers signposting on a range of topics including welfare benefits, money worries and debt, housing food and fuel including support for carers
Main concourse, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, DD21SG
If you are unable to complete form or text, and are in a vulnerable situation, contact via ACCESSLine 03452 777 778.
Other Supports
Community Link Worker
Non-clinical advice and support to improve health and wellbeing for people affected by social or environmental issues such as feeling alone, a lack of support, poor housing, or debt. Help to access local activities.
Self-refer: Ask at your GP Reception to make an appointment
Promoting and supporting local community and voluntary action. If you are involved with a charity, community group, or voluntary organisation, or are looking to get involved in your local community, then we offer a range of support services of interest to you.
Provide free and confidential support services to women, and children of all genders aged 8 to 18, who have been raped, sexually abused or sexually exploited at any time in their life.
Comprises senior representatives from statutory and voluntary sector organisations. This multi-agency group will ensure the delivery of key outcomes to address substance use in Angus; influence the planning and commissioning of substance use services and ensure that the provision of these services meets local needs and priorities.
We want to make it as easy as possible for you to access drug or alcohol treatment services.
Drug and alcohol treatment in Angus is provided by a single Substance Use Service team, which is also integrated with the Social Work alcohol, drug and blood borne virus service.
This is a Tayside organisation that has a range of services. This includes support, information, advice and counselling services for those concerned about their own or another person’s alcohol use.
A free Peer Support Group for women aged over 18 years. It offers safe, confidential space to receive and give support through the power of conversation. This is a national organisation that has local groups led by volunteer facilitators. There is no referral you just go along.