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Exchange Counselling | Mental Health Service Provider - A new free service from Argyll and Bute Council, in partnership with Exchange Families is available for parents and carers to help support their child.  A range of support, workshops and resources will be on offer to help better understand common issues and learn how you can help.

Exchange Families offers support for parents and carers with concerns about the wellbeing of their children. They provide specialist guidance to families worried about their young people. The organisation helps adults to help their families through workshops, resources, guidance and advice.

There are workshops (in person or on-line) with practical strategies for parents and carers to support their children and young people, covering a range of areas: anxiety, neurodiversity, low self-esteem, self-harm, low-mood, bereavement, family break up. Workshops available to book thus far are:

  • Workshops - Age 4-7 - Promoting confidence and self-esteem in young children
  • Workshops - Age 8-11 - Building confidence and self-esteem in children
  • Workshops - Age 12+ - Techniques for preventing anxiety and panic.  Stress management techniques for supporting teens
  • An online Mental Health Hub - Living Well in Argyll and Bute

BBC Scotland - The L.A.B Scotland, The importance of respite for young carers - Young carers from Carers Trust Scotland and the Scottish Young Carers Services Alliance discuss why it is so important for them to get a break from their caring responsibilities.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the basis of all of our work. It is the most complete statement of children’s rights ever produced and is the most widely-ratified international human rights treaty in history. The Convention has 54 articles that cover all aspects of a child’s life and set out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that all children everywhere are entitled to. It also explains how adults and governments must work together to make sure all children can enjoy all their rights.

YoungMinds - Whether you want to understand more about how you're feeling and find ways to feel better, or you want to support someone who's struggling, we can help. For parents, young people and those that work with young people.

Scottish Child Law Centre, Edinburgh - Free Expert Legal Advice About Children’s Rights And Child Law In Scotland. We provide free and confidential legal advice by phone and email about Scots law relating to children and young people. Every phone call and email we get is answered by a qualified solicitor.

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