MCCF - Useful Links
Other Statutory Bodies and Support Organisations for disabled and older people and children
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- Age Concern Scotland
Causewayside House
160 Causewayside
Edinburgh
EH9 1PR
Telephone: 0845 833 0200
Textphone: 0845 226 5851
E-mail: enquiries@acscot.org.uk
Website: http://www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk
Free phone Helpline: 0800 00 99 66 (7.00am-7.00pm, 7 days a week) - Barnardos Scotland
235 Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7AR
Telephone: 0131 334 9893
Website: http://www.barnardos.org.uk/scotland/ - CAPS - The Consultation & Advocacy Promotion Service
CAPS is an independent advocacy organisation for people who use, or have used mental health services.
Website: http://www.capsadvocacy.org - Capability Scotland
Advice Service Capability Scotland (ASCS)
11 Ellersly Road
Edinburgh
EH12 6HY
Telephone: 0131 313 5510
Email: ascs@capability-scotland.org.uk
Website: http://www.capability-scotland.org.uk - Care Commission
Compass House
11 Riverside Drive
Dundee
DD1 4NY
Telephone: 01382 207100
Telephone: 0845 603 0890 (Local rate applies)
The Care Commission can be contacted at its Headquarters, as above, or at regional offices listed on the website:
http://www.carecommission.com - Children 1st
83 Whitehouse Loan
Edinburgh
EH9 1AT
Telephone: 0131 446 2300
Website: http://www.children1st.org.uk - Children in Scotland
Princes House
5 Shandwick Place
Edinburgh
EH2 4RG
Telephone: 0131 228 8484
Email: info@childreninscotland.org.uk
Website: http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk - Contact a Family Scotland
Norton Park
57 Albion Road
Edinburgh
EH7 5QY
Telephone: 0131 475 2608
Email: scotland.office@cafamily.org.uk
Website: http://www.cafamily.org.uk
Helpline 0808 808 3555 (Free phone for parents and families: 10.00am -
4.00pm Monday to Friday, 5.30pm to 7.30pm Mondays only)
Text phone: 0808 808 3556
Website: http://www.cafamily.org.uk/helpline.html - Down’s Syndrome Scotland
158/160 Balgreen Road
Edinburgh
EH11 3AU
Telephone: 0131 313 4225
Email: info@dsscotland.org.uk
Website: http://www.dsscotland.org.uk - Enable Scotland
6th Floor
7 Buchanan Street
Glasgow
G1 3HL
Telephone: 0141 226 4541
Email: enable@enable.org.uk
Website: http://www.enable.org.uk - In Control Scotland
Room 16
Adelphi Centre
12 Commercial Road
Glasgow
G5 0PQ
Telephone: 0141 518 5433
Email: incontrolscot@scld.co.uk - Lothian Joint Physical and Complex Disability Strategy
Website: http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/pcds/ - Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
K Floor, Argyle House,
3 Lady Lawson Street,
Edinburgh
EH3 9SH
Telephone: 0131 222 6111
Email: enquiries@mwcscot.org.uk
Website: http://www.mwcscot.org.uk - National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL)
4th Floor
Hampton House
20 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7TJ
Telephone: 0207 587 1663
Fax: 0207 582 2469
E-mail: info@ncil.org.uk
Website: http://www.ncil.org.uk - New Employer Helpline
Helpline: 0845 6070 143
Monday-Friday 8.00am-8.00pm
Saturday-Sunday 8.00am-5.00pm
Text phone: 0845 602 1380 (for employers who are deaf or hard of hearing)
Website: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/employers/new-emp-telephone.htm - PAMIS
Springfield House
15/16 Springfield
University of Dundee
Dundee
DD1 4JE
Telephone: 01382 385 154
Email: pamis@dundee.ac.uk
Website: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/pamis - People First (Scotland)
77-79 Easter Road
Edinburgh
EH7 5PW
Telephone: 0131 478 7707
Fax: 0131 478 7404
E-mail: peoplefirst1@btconnect.com - Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
85 Holyrood Road
Edinburgh
EH8 8AU
Telephone : 0131 558 3733
Email: info@sccyp.org.uk
Website: http://www.sccyp.org.uk - Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability (SCLD)
Room 16
Adelphi Centre
12 Commercial Road
Glasgow
G5 0DQ
Telephone: 0141 418 5420
Fax: 0141 429 1142
E-mail: administrator@scld.co.uk
Website: http://www.scld.org.uk - Scottish Consortium of Direct Payments Support Organisations
(SCDPSO)
PO Box 7561
Glasgow
G42 2DG
Telephone: 0870 850 7795
Email: scdpso@btinternet.com
Website: http://www.scdpso.org.uk - Scottish Disclosure Advisory Service
52 Murdoch Terrace
Dunblane
FK15 9JF
Telephone: 01786 825313
Email: michael@mchale90.fsnet.co.uk - Scottish Helpline for Older People (SHOP)
Scottish Helpline for Older People
Age Concern Scotland
Causewayside House
160 Causewayside
Edinburgh
EH9 1PR
Helpline: 0845 125 9732 (Monday to Friday, 10.00am - 4.00pm) - Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
Melrose House
69a George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2JG
Telephone: 0131 260 5380
Email: enquiry@siaa.org.uk
Website: http://www.siaa.org.uk - Scottish Personal Assistant Employers Network (SPAEN)
Unit 9
Motherwell Business Centre
130 Coursington Road
Motherwell
ML1 1PR
Telephone: 01698 250280
Email: info@spaen.co.uk
Website: http://www.spaen.co.uk - Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO)
Freepost EH64
Edinburgh
EH3 0BR
Telephone: 0800 377 7330
Email: ask@spso.org.uk
Website: http://www.spso.org.uk - UPDATE
27 Beaverhall Road
Edinburgh
EH7 4JE
Telephone: 0131 558 5200
Fax: 0131 558 5202
E-mail: info@update.org.uk
Website: http://www.update.org.uk
Or for a direct link to their information on direct payments see http://www.update.org.uk/staff/web_faq_public__list_directpays.php - Values into Action (VIA)
Oxford House
Derbyshire Street
London
E2 6HG
Telephone: 0207 729 5436
Fax: 0207 729 7797
E-mail: general@viauk.org
Website: http://www.viauk.org - VOCAL - the Voice of Carers Across Lothian
VOCAL Carers Centre
8-13 Johnston Terrace
EDINBURGH
EH1 2PW
Telephone: 0131 622 6666
Fax: 0131 622 7621
E-mail: vocal@carers.net
Website: http://www.vocal.org.uk - Voices of eXperience (VOX)
c/o The Mental Health Foundation (Scotland)
5th Floor Merchants House
30 George Square
Glasgow G2 1EG
Telephone: 0141 572 1663
Email: voxscotland@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://www.voxscotland.org.uk