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Service / Project	Foyer Health
Sector	Voluntary / Community
Address Line 1	Marywell Centre
Address Line 2	Marywell Street
City	Aberdeen
Postcode	AB11 6JF
Phone Number	01224 212924
Fax	01224 252899

Visit Website >>	http://www.aberdeenfoyer.com
Brief Outline of Service	Offers a wide range of community health services to those already accessing an Aberdeen Foyer related service (e.g. supported housing or education and training programmes/centres), to ICDRS service users and to clients accessing the wider Health & Homelessness network. Foyer Health provides support on key areas of health including: mental health and wellbeing; drugs and alcohol; cannabis and tobacco; sexual health and Blood Borne Virus (BBV); physical activity; nutrition and healthy lifetsyle choices. Specific services include: person centred therapy, auricular acupuncture, information provision, assessment of need/action planning, lifestyle/health assessments, smoking cessation, healthy eating/nutrition support, sexual health awareness, BBV info, part-time health visitor service, training, advocacy, complimentary therapy and health events. Cannabis and tobacco cessation project 'Pack it in'.

Area of Operation
City Wide	Yes	North	Yes
South	Yes	Central	Yes


Who is the Service for?
Male	Yes	Female	Yes
Children	No	Families	Yes
Age range	16+ (different Foyer services have different age criteria)

Personal Circumstances catered for
Pregnancy	Yes	People with children	Yes
People on benefits	Yes	People with pets	No
People who smoke	Yes	Former Prisoners	Yes
Offenders	Yes	Ex Armed Forces	Yes
Physical health & wellbeing	Yes	Diagnosed mental illness	Yes
Mental health problems	Yes	Discharged from hospital	Yes
Domestic abuse	Yes	Alcohol misuse	Yes
Drug misuse	Yes	People in drug treatment	Yes
Rent arrears	Yes	Mortgage problems / repossession	Yes
Evicted / asked to leave by landlord	Yes



Access to the Service
What is the charge to the client?	No charge
Is the client expected to pay personally?	No

Who can refer clients?
Professional referral	Yes	Self referral	Yes
Any other relevant details	Professional referral with the full consent of the client.
How?
In person (drop-in)?	Yes	By telephone	Yes
By appointment	Yes



Opening Times
Which days are you open?	Weekdays Only	Do you open 24 hours?	No
Opening Hours	Monday-Friday 9am-5pm (flexible). Other Foyer services, e.g. supported housing, are operational 24 hrs a day.
Emergency / out of hours service?	Yes, for existing service users
Please give details	On-call service available to Foyer Housing tenants.
Do you operate year round or seasonally?	Year-Round

Are there any specific closures?	25th, 26th December and 1st, 2nd January are the only set public holidays.

Additional needs catered for
Literacy	No	Hearing Impairment	No
Visual Impairment	No	Physical Disability	No
Wheelchair Users	Yes	Learning Disability	No
Dementia	No	Other	No


Additional Information
Details of all selected categories	Health & Wellbeing Support, Mental Health Services, Counselling, Sexual Health Services, Drug Misuse, Alcohol Misuse, Personal Development, Life Skills.

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This project is funded by The Aberdeen Homelessness Strategy © Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations 2008

This project is funded by The Aberdeen Homelessness Strategy
© Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations 2008