# Conscious Edinburgh

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC049488
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** July 29, 2019
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC049488


## Contact

- **Address:** 23/3 Union Place, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH1 3NQ
- **Website:** www.consciousedinburgh.com



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of health&#x27;,&#x27;the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Charitable purposes: 1. To advance mental health education amongst the student population via information sessions, smaller group sessions and flyers. 2. To advance the health of the student population through the provision of safe spaces on campus for students to talk about mental health in an encouraging environment enabling peer support, the provision of fully-subsidised mental health first aid training to spot the signs of mental illness including suicidal thoughts, and the provision of partially-subsidised therapy with professional psychotherapists. 3. The organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the person for whom the activities are primarily intended by encouraging students to take part in activities such as yoga and other team building activities.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Other defined groups&#x27;

**Objectives:** The purposes of Conscious are: 4.1. To advance the education amongst the student population through the provision of information sessions, smaller group sessions and flyers surrounding mental health and how to deal with stress. 4.2. To advance the health amongst the student population through the provision of safe spaces on campus for students to express their mental health in an encouraging environment enabling peer-support, along with the provision mental health first aid training to spot the signs of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts as well as other mental health issues. 4.3. The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended by encouraging students to take part in activities such as yoga and other team building activities.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area






