Birchwood Highland: Independence, Inclusion, Recovery

Birchwood Highland was established 25 years ago as a charity working with people with mental ill-health.

Whilst we have retained our expertise in supporting people with mental ill health, today we focus on improving the quality of a person's life experiences, whatever their background.

We aim to increase a person's capacity to live independently and feel part of the community, thus reducing feelings of isolation. We support people to build self-confidence and adopt lifestyles that improve their health and wellbeing.

We operate in the Inverness, Easter Ross and Lochaber areas. Many of our staff have been with us a long time and have experience of working with vulnerable people and supporting their recovery.

We believe that investment in staff training is essential in order to provide high quality care, and we require all our staff to work towards the vocational standards set by Care Commission Scotland (now Social Work Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland).

A date for your diary - Thursday 20th September 2012. That's when we're holding our charity golf competition at Grantown-on-Spey. See see News and Events page for further details.

The Healthy Working Lives  Mental Health and Wellbeing Commendation confirms that we recognise the importance of mental wellbeing in relation to our employees' physical health, social inclusion and productivity.

APS is the national quality standard designed specifically for mentoring and befriending projects. For more information, please click on the logo.