Local Help and Support

The Corner is a confidential health and wellbeing service for young people aged 11-19 (and up to 25 if vulnerable). The Corner is located at 13 Shore Terrace, Dundee, on the corner of Castle and Exchange Street, across from Slessor gardens in Dundee’s city centre.

The Corner offers a wide range of services including sexual health, emotional health, counselling and crisis support. They also support young people experiencing exam pressures, bullying, body changes, relationship concerns and more. Their drop-in at 13 Shore Terrace is a safe and welcoming space where their experienced team of staff offer young people confidential support.

They are currently running by appointment only and you can book a telephone appointment directly on their website to discuss your concerns:

During each telephone appointment, a member of The Corner staff will ask you a few questions and discuss all of your options with you. They will then advise you on next steps and explain everything clearly.

Facebook and Twitter: @thecornerdundee

Instagram: @cornerdundee

On The Corner’s website, you can use their live chat or confidential video call service options anytime between 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday, and you can also contact them via social media, email or phone.

Email address: tay.office.corner@nhs.scot

Phone number: 01382 206060

Remember that their services are free and confidential, and they are there to support you. They can also provide support to parents, carers and professionals.

Cool2talk provides a safe, anonymous online space for young people aged 12-26 where they can ask any health related question and get an answer within 24 hours. The site also has lots of information about a wide range of health related topics and a local resources section helping young people and parents to locate local services. 

As part of Scottish Government plans, all schools in Tayside now have access to counselling services for those aged 10 years and up. All schools aim to support children and young people as part of their approach to Getting it Right for Every Child.

If you have any concerns about your child’s emotional and mental health, these can always be discussed with the school to try and provide appropriate support.

Each of the Tayside local authorities are now providing access to the online resource Togetherall for 16-24 year olds as a support for mental and emotional health.

Togetherall is a free digital mental wellbeing service for all residents aged 16-24 living in a Tayside postcode area. Togetherall is a multi-award winning service  designed to help people get support, take control and feel better. It provides 24/7 peer and professional support (with trained healthcare professionals online at all
times), plus a range of wellbeing tools to help people self-manage. It is a safe, anonymous, online support 24/7, with a supportive community, information and self-help resources. Access is easy: if you are a young person simply go to www.Togetherall.com and enter your postcode.

"Feeling Strong is an exciting Dundee-based charity with the ambition to improve the lives of young people living with mental health and wellbeing challenges by fostering the skills, confidence and aspirations they need to flourish. We believe strongly that our services should be designed by young people, delivered by young people for the benefit of young people. We want to use skills development, mentoring and confidence building to promote positive outcomes for young people, tackling the disparity they face in unemployment, underemployment and accessing opportunities like further and higher education.

We are a promising, high-momentum start-up, having received seed funding and secured further project funding to deliver three projects on behalf of young people with mental health challenges in Dundee. We have two more projects ready to start pending funding. We were founded early in 2018 by our Project Director Brook Marshall, and since have been joined by a dedicated team of experienced Trustees and enthusiastic Volunteers whom you can read about here."

Hot Chocolate Trust is a Youth Work organisation, based in Dundee city centre. It is open to all young people without prejudice or distinction of religion, race, culture, health, disability, gender, hair colour, sexuality or politics. The only restrictions are of age: secondary school age up to 21 yrs old.

Hot Chocolate can offer a wide range of support and opportunities, from drop-in youth work and 1-1s to groups, trips, and residentials.

Drop-in times.
TUE/WED 7-9pm and SAT 3-5pm.
Due to Covid restrictions, all drop-in youth work is currently based online using a variety of platforms. We are live and available at the times above and if you’re 12-21 you are very welcome to join us.

Click on the links below to access the webpages of additional sources of support for young people around Tayside.