In 1981 a small group of parents, who were experiencing problems with their crying and sleepless babies, set up a support group. They discovered how important support is and how reassuring it can be to talk to someone. Today that support group has become Cry-sis, the only UK charity offering help and support to parents with babies who cry excessively or have sleeping problems. From modest beginnings Cry-sis has become a well-respected national charity which:

Provides a telephone Helpline available 7 days a week from 9.00am until 10.00pm.

Offers Adviceand information on how to cope with a crying and/or sleepless baby.

Increases public Awareness and conducts research.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for children, teenagers, young people & adults. Professional and effective CBT in the Highlands of Scotland and UK Wide.

Dornoch Beach Wheelchairs is a Scottish Charity that believes that everyone has the right to enjoy the beautiful beaches. To hire a wheelchair (free of charge) please contact the team of volunteers on 0300 770 4624 or message them through their Facebook page. They have a hydraulic hoist for safe transfer and a changing bed inside.

Our organisation has Highland NHS funding for delivering various projects in and around the Dornoch Area all aimed at reducing isolation and improving health and wellbeing.

We have a Food Waste prevention project where we collect food from supermarkets and encourage folk to come and get it otherwise it just goes to landfill. We also deliver emergency food parcels to anyone who needs it all a weekly delivery for food waste to help local families and individuals who ask for it.

We also have a Men’s Shed with Community workshop open to all.

We also have a Pottery workshop for people to come and mess with ceramics, we have wheels and a kiln.

We run a Parent and Toddler project. A weekly buggy walk group.

We run Dornoch Emergency Resilience with over 100 volunteers.

We have a lunch club for over 55s and run crafting groups for people to get together.
We also have a bakery project for pupils with the local Academy and run a cub for adults with additional needs

Free to all men in East Sutherland with some time on their hands.

ENABLE Works is a supported employment service aimed at supporting disabled people towards a positive destination. They provide 1:1 person centered support, accredited qualifications, training, workshops including Health and Wellbeing, online fitness classes, benefits advice service, social groups, employer sessions and employability skills

Supported Employment Service for any ages, funded by ESF through Highland Council this service is aimed towards disabled people who would like to enter employment, further education, gain a qualification or training. Health and Wellbeing, confidence building, stress awareness workshops all on offer regularly.

Work with a range of tools and approaches to help you move towards greater fulfillment and mental or physical health.

A local, independent charity which provides free, impartial and confidential advice and information to give you the tools you need to sort out any issues or problems.

East Sutherland Art society is an organisation for all artists amateur and professional, who live in the East Sutherland Area. We run several art workshops a year in Dornoch and hold an annual exhibition each summer in Golspie.