Every church and every community has people who have had some experience of stress, anxiety or depression - people in search of wholeness,  fulfillment in  life and recovery.

 

Peaceseekers is a Christian Enterprise set up to provide additional help and support  to those people,  of faith or no faith, who want to engage in this challenging  journey of discovery.

 

Our help is given from a clear Christian perspective and understanding.

 

We work alongside and in relationship with - Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs), GPs, Psychiatrists, Psychotherapists, Ministers and a number of Charities and Voluntary sector organisations who also work in this field.

 

We  have Dr David Finch as one of our  valued Trustees who is a  trained Counsellors, as well as Rev Jim Neil of the United Free Church, also previously a Healing Rooms Director in Burntisland.

 

We do all we can to get the best help possible and to assure the best standards of care and support.

 

Most of our small band of workers are Volunteers for whom we are developing a training programme.

 

Our Training  Materials  are being sourced from professionals from Acorn Healing Centre, Nottingham, Fife Health and Wellbeing Alliance Training Programme, and Quiet Waters in Falkirk. All produce excellent training materials for many NHS professionals, for Churches and other Volunteers who work in various community settings.

 

We now operate as a Company Limited by Guarantee with Charitable Status since July 2010. Our funding has come mainly through donations - though we have had some grants from Scotland Unlimited and Coalfields Regeneration Trust, Alloa.

 

Scottish Charity Number SCO 41670

 

 

           The Centre

 

The Farmhouse Centre  is a place of quiet restfulness  for people seeking  help to find a better quality of life.

 

 

 

To experience stress, anxiety, or depression or even more traumatic Mental Illness is  a devastating  thing . It can happen to anyone. 

 

In my late twenties I experienced a  severe nervous breakdown. My life changed dramatically. Family and friends didn’t understand what had happened. They found it difficult to cope. I didn’t help things much. I didn’t know what to do , and I was too pig headed to get help. I was afraid someone would lock me up in an institution and throw away the key.

 

I was fortunate. I gradually got better.

 

Of the many things that helped me -having something useful to do, being with people who were understanding about what  I was going through, having opportunity to talk to others, and finding strength and guidance through  Christian faith, were amongst the most helpful.

 

There are so many people we meet who are experiencing much worse mental health problems than I did.

 

Peaceseekers want to make our contribution to help others  find hope, meaning, purpose and a  better quality of life.