Penumbra's Head Office is moving. Our address from 16 December 2024 will be: Penumbra, 3rd Floor, Orchard Brae House, 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2HS. Our telephone number 0131 475 2380 will be moving with us and we may experience some downtime during the move. If you have problems contacting us, please use our temporary number 0131 380 2669.

Penumbra365

Welcome to Penumbra365.  If you’re feeling overwhelmed or in distress, are worried about your mental health or looking for ways to improve your mental wellbeing, then we can support you

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Milestone ARBD Residential Service

Facebook Phone 0131 441 5778 Email milestone@penumbra.org.uk Referal route NHS Lothian Hospitals Our team at Edinburgh Milestone offer high quality support for people living with the impacts of alcohol related brain damage (ARBD). Support is open to people leaving hospital and is offered on a short term basis. Our multi-disciplinary team includes Team Nurses, Recovery Practitioners and Workers, Peer Volunteers, Consultant Physician, Psychiatrist, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Physiotherapist and Social Worker. We will support your physical and mental health and build routine and structure in your life and you will become empowered to make informed choices about your daily living. We will support you to gain the skills you need to live as independently as possible and meaningfully to enable your return to your community or other suitable accommodation. We’ll work together with you to discover your strengths, and will support you to set and achieve your goals one step at a time.

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Edinburgh Supported Living Service

Facebook Phone 0131 229 9122 Email East@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Social work Our Supported Living Service offers high quality support to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges. Support is offered within your home and around your local community. Our team will support you to become empowered to make informed choices about your daily living through promoting wellbeing and recovery. We will support you to gain the skills you need to live independently and meaningfully within your local community. We’ll work together with you to discover your strengths, and will support you to set and achieve your goals, one step at a time.

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Fife Self-Harm Project

Facebook Phone 01383 747 788 Email SelfHarm.Fife@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Self-referral or third party Our Fife Self-Harm Project can offer you practical and emotional support if you’re experiencing self-harm. We offer a safe, non-judgemental space where you can explore your self-harming behaviours, and we work with you to manage and identify healthy coping strategies. Our team will work with you using recovery tools to discover what matters to you, to develop skills and strategies to help you maintain good wellbeing, and to connect into meaningful community resources. Our Volunteers have lived experience of recovery in mental health and bring that insight to support you on your journey. The service also delivers training and awareness raising sessions on self harm to professionals across the Fife area.

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Edinburgh Gilmore (HMO)

Facebook Phone 0131 221 9607 Email east@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Social work Our service offers high quality support to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges. Tenants have their own tenancy agreementin a shared house for up to 7 people. This includes a private bedroom, shared lounge, kitchen, bathrooms and garden for up to 7 people. Support is offered within the house and around the local community. Our team will support you to become empowered to make informed choices about your daily living through promoting wellbeing and recovery. We will support you to gain the skills you need to manage your tenancy and to live independently and meaningfully within your local community and support you to prepare to move on to more independent living in your own full tenancy. We’ll work together with you to discover your strengths, and will support you to set and achieve your goals one step at a time.

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Edinburgh Downfield (HMO)

Facebook Phone 0131 221 9607 Email east@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Social work Our service offers high quality support to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges. Tenants have their own tenancy agreementin a shared house for up to 7 people. This includes a private bedroom, shared lounge, kitchen, bathrooms and garden for up to 7 people. Support is offered within the house and around the local community. Our team will support you to become empowered to make informed choices about your daily living through promoting wellbeing and recovery. We will support you to gain the skills you need to manage your tenancy and to live independently and meaningfully within your local community. We’ll work together with you to discover your strengths, and will support you to set and achieve your goals one step at a time.

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Park Cottage Community Rehabilitation

Facebook Phone 0131 221 9607 Email east@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Social work Our service offers high quality support to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges. Tenants have their own tenancy agreementin a shared house for up to 7 people. This includes a private bedroom, shared lounge, kitchen, bathrooms and garden for up to 7 people. Support is offered within the house and around the local community. Our team will support you to become empowered to make informed choices about your daily living through promoting wellbeing and recovery. We will support you to gain the skills you need to manage your tenancy and to live independently and meaningfully within your local community and support you to prepare to move on to more independent living in your own full tenancy. We’ll work together with you to discover your strengths, and will support you to set and achieve your goals one step at a time.

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Carntyne Supported Accommodation Service

Facebook Phone 0141 229 2580 Email West@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Social work Our Supported Accommodation at Carntyne offers high quality support to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges. Support is offered within your home at Carntyne and in the community. Our team will support you to make informed choices about your daily living through promoting wellbeing and recovery. We will support you to gain the skills you need to live independently and meaningfully within your community. We’ll work together with you to discover your strengths, and will support you to set and achieve your goals one step at a time.

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Supported Living Service

Facebook Phone 0141 229 2580 Email West@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Social work Our Supported Living Service offers high quality support to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges. Support is offered within your home and around your local community. Our team will support you to become empowered to make informed choices about your daily living through promoting wellbeing and recovery. We will support you to gain the skills you need to live independently and meaningfully within your local community. We’ll work together with you to discover your strengths, and will support you to set and achieve your goals one step at a time.

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