About VSA Since the charity was first established in 1870, Aberdeen Association of Social Services (more commonly known as VSA) has helped thousands of the most vulnerable people and their families living in our communities across the North East of Scotland. Today VSA provides vital support and services to people of all ages across four core areas: Children and Families, Adult and Community, Education and Learning, and Carers Support. At VSA we support a person’s physical, mental, emotional and social wellbeing through a range of residential and outreach support services. We are incredibly proud to be able to say that 98p in every £1 generated in support of VSA goes directly to our charitable work across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
Adult and Community We provide support to adults and older people, some further challenged by dementia, poor mental health or learning disability. We also support people on their journey to recovery from addiction. Across these services, we provide care homes, housing with support, outreach, day care, carers support and activity centres.
Children and Family We provide school-based counselling to support young people’s mental wellbeing, and provide a range of services that support children with complex and additional support needs.
Education and Learning We provide residential and day education for young people with additional support needs and housing with support for young adults.
Carers Support We provide support to adult carers throughout Aberdeen City and have specialist services for those affected by mental ill health; this includes weekend day care and home support for those affected by dementia.
Across all of our service areas, we support the most vulnerable people living in communities with: •
Complex learning needs
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Additional support needs
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A mental health diagnosis
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Living in poverty
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Loneliness and isolation
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Addiction (alcohol and drugs)
Last year we, directly and indirectly, supported and reached 20,169 people. We currently operate nearly 40 different support services, and further information about our services and our heritage can be found on our website www.vsa.org.uk
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