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Service / Project	Young Runaways Service
Sector	Voluntary / Community
Address Line 1	20 Carden Place

City	Aberdeen
Postcode	AB10 1UQ
Phone Number	01224 624090

Send Email >>	andrew.virasami@barnardos.org.uk
Visit Website >>	http://www.barnardos.org.uk
Brief Outline of Service	The Young Runaways Service helps young people who are under 16 years of age and who spend time away from home without permission, young people who are thinking about running away and young people who are forced to leave home by their parents and carers.

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


Who is the Service for?
Male	Yes	Female	Yes
Children	Yes	Families	No
Age range	9-16

Personal Circumstances catered for
Pregnancy	No	People with children	Yes
People on benefits	Yes	People with pets	Yes
People who smoke	Yes	Former Prisoners	No
Offenders	Yes	Ex Armed Forces	No
Physical health & wellbeing	No	Diagnosed mental illness	No
Mental health problems	Yes	Discharged from hospital	No
Domestic abuse	Yes	Alcohol misuse	Yes
Drug misuse	Yes	People in drug treatment	No
Rent arrears	No	Mortgage problems / repossession	No
Evicted / asked to leave by landlord	No
Any Other Groups (Please Specify)	Young People who go missing from home or abscond from care. Young people who are thinking about running away.


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

How?
In person (drop-in)?	No	By telephone	Yes
By appointment	Yes

Any other relevant details	YRS only works with people who want to access the service. Involvement is completely voluntary.

Opening Times
Which days are you open?	Weekdays Only	Do you open 24 hours?	No
Opening Hours	Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
Emergency / out of hours service?	No

Do you operate year round or seasonally?	Year-Round



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


Additional Information
Details of all selected categories	Advice on Health & Wellbeing and Accommodation. Sexual Health, Drug Misuse, Alcohol Misuse. The service helps by listening to young people and help them to work out their difficulties, helping the young person have their view heard and understood, finding out information that could be of help to young people and their parents, putting young people and their families in touch with other services which may be able to help.

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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