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December 16th 2024

Please find below a number of Charities and their festive opening times. Merry Christmas and all the very best for 2025!

Third Sector Organisations – Festive Period 2024 – Opening Times

ORGANISATION

FESTIVE PERIOD

VAS Shetland Carers

Closing: Thursday 19th December at 5pm

Re-open: Monday 6th January at 9am

COPE Ltd

Closing: Tuesday 24th December

Re-opens: Monday 6th January 25

Ability Shetland

Market House closed from 1pm Tuesday 24th December and re-opens on Monday 6th January at 9am.

E-mails will be checked through this time as and when staff are in.

Compass Centre (previously Shetland Rape Crisis)

Closing: Friday 20th December

Re-opens: Monday 6th January

Shetland Women’s Aid

Closed 24th, 25th and 26th December

Friday 27th December – 9am – 12pm

Monday 30th December – 9am-12pm

Tuesday 31st December – 9am-12pm

Closed 1st and 2nd January

Open as normal from Friday 3rd January

VAS Befriending Scheme

Closing: Friday 20th December

Re-opens: Monday 6th January.

Voluntary Action Shetland

Closing: Tuesday 24th December 2024 at 1pm

Re-open: Monday 6th January 2025 at 9am

OPEN Peer Education

Closed: Friday 20th December

Re-open: 6th January

Moving On Employment Project

Closed: Tuesday 24th December

Re-opens: Friday 3rd January

Shetland Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)

Closing: Friday 20th December at 4pm

Re-opens: Monday 6th January.

British Red Cross

Closing early on the 24th December

Closed 25th 26th and 27th

Closing early on the 31st December

Closed 1st and 2nd JanuaryOpen as normal from the 3rd January

Shetland Bereavement Support Service

Closing: Friday 20th December

Re-opens: Tuesday 7th January

Royal Voluntary Service

Closed: Friday 20th December

Reopens: Monday 6th January

Shetland Foodbank

Closing: Monday 23rd Dec at 4.00pm

Re-opens: Monday 6th January 2025

Shetland Community Connections

Closed: Tuesday 24th December

Re-Opens: Friday 3rd January

Emails will be checked during this period.

Samaritans Shetland

Nationally Samaritans continues as normal

Phone: 116123

Email: [email protected]

Web chat: May be limited over festive period but can be found on Samaritans website https://www.samaritans.org/

Victim Support Shetland

Closing: Monday 23th December

Re-opening: Monday 6th January

Shetland Recreational Trust

Closing: Sunday 22nd at 5pm and closed until Friday 27th at 11am

Open: Friday 27th Saturday 28th, Sunday 29th and Monday 30th 11am-6pm

Closed Tuesday 31st to Friday 3rd January and re-opens as normal from Saturday 4th January.

Relationship Scotland – Shetland

Closing: Tuesday 24th December 2024 at 1pm

Re-open: Monday 6th January 2025 at 9am

Shetland Care Attendant Scheme

Closed: Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th December

Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd January

Mind Your Head

Closing: Tuesday 24th December at 12noon

Re-opening: Friday 3rd January 2025

Shetland Link Up

Open as normal for current clients only.

Any new enquires contact via email or telephone over the festive period.

Phone: 01595693313

Email: [email protected]

Shetland Community Bike Project

Closing: lunchtime on Friday 20th December

Re-opening: Monday 6th January

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