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ANNEX E: SUPPORT ORGANISATION DETAILS

Local authorities can give service users details of local support organisations that can offer advice, information and services. Alternatively the following organisations can give information or direct people to their nearest local support:

Direct payments specific support organisations

Angus and Dundee Direct Payments Support Service
Telephone: 01382 200 422
Website: http://www.dundeecarerscentre.org.uk/PASNoFrames.htm
E-Mail: directpayments@dundeecarerscentre.org.uk

Borders Direct Payments Agency
Telephone: 01896 759 700
Website: http://www.bordersdpa.org.uk/pages/whatisadirectpayment.html

Direct Payments Caledonia
Telephone: 01463 224 740
Website: www.dpcaledonia.org.uk

Dumfries and Galloway Direct Payments Support Service Partnership

Telephone: 01387 240000
Mobile: 07834 667545
Email: dgdpsupportservice@btconnect.com

East Dunbartonshire Direct Payments Support Service

Telephone: 0141 776 2219 or 0141 776 6342
Fax: 0141 776 2219
Email: direct.payments@eddpss.co.uk
Web site: www.eddpss.co.uk

Fife Direct Payments Support Service

Telephone: 01333 592305
Fax: 01333 592304
Website: http://www.fife.gov.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=service.display&objectid=E7303EE0-651C-4410-B4B26419B670B708

Forth Valley Direct Payments Support Service
Telephone: 01324 508 794

Independent Living Project - Orkney Islands
Telephone: 01856 870 777

Inverclyde Community Care Forum
Telephone: 01475 728 628

Other Support Organisations for disabled people

Advocacy Safeguards Agency ( ASA)

Telephone: 0131 524 9380
Fax: 0131 524 9381
E-mail: info@advocacysafeguards.org
Website: www.advocacysafeguards.org.uk

Age Concern Scotland

Telephone: 0845 833 9326
E-mail: enquiries@ascot.org.uk
Website: http://www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk/
Free phone Helpline: 0800 00 99 66 (7.00am-7.00pm, 7 days a week)

Ayrshire Independent Living Network

Telephone: 01294 272260
Website: www.ailn.org
E-mail: mail@ailn.org

The Care Commission

The Care Commission can be contacted at its Headquarters, as above, or at regional offices listed on the website: http://www.carecommission.com/
Telephone: 0845 603 0890 (Local rate applies)

Cobhair Bharraigh (Western Isles)

Telephone: 01871 810 906
Fax number: 01871 810 906
E-mail: cobhairbharraigh@waitrose.com

Contact a Family Scotland

Helpline 0808 808 3555 (Free phone for parents and families: 10.00am to 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

Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living ( GCIL)

Telephone: 0141 550 4455
Fax: 0141 550 4838
Minicom: 0141 554 6482
E-mail: gcil@gcil.org.uk

Lothian Centre for Integrated Living ( LCIL)

Telephone: 0131 475 2350
Fax: 0131 475 2392
E-mail: LCIL@lothiancil.org.uk
Website: http://www.lothiancil.org.uk

National Centre for Independent Living ( NCIL)

Telephone: 0207 587 1663
Fax: 0207 582 2469
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org.uk
Website: www.ncil.org.uk

New Employer Helpline
Helpline: 0845 60 70 143
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

North Lanarkshire

Telephone: 01236 761 428
E-mail: nlucf@btinternet.com

People First (Scotland)

Telephone: 0131 478 7707
Fax: 0131 478 7404
E-mail: P1st@btconnect.com

Perth and Kinross Association of Voluntary Services
Telephone: 01738 567 076
E-mail: asummersgill@pkavs.org.uk
Website: www.pkavs.org.uk

Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability ( SCLD)

Telephone: 0141 418 5420
Fax: 0141 429 1142
E-mail: administrator@scld.co.uk
Website: http://www.scld.org.uk/

Scottish Personal Assistants Employers Network ( SPAEN)

Telephone: 01698 250280
Fax: 01698 250236
E-mail: info@spaen.co.uk
Website: www.spaen.co.uk

Shetland Islands Citizen Advice Bureau

Telephone: 01595 694 696
Fax: 01595 694776
Website: http://www.cas.org.uk/WebOfficeDetails.aspx?id=86&letter=L
E-mail: sicab@zetnet.co.uk

Scottish Helpline for Older People ( SHOP)

Telephone Helpline: 0845 833 0200 (Monday to Friday, 10.00am-4.00pm)
(David Brownlee, Information Manager - 0131 625 9332)

South Lanarkshire Disability Forum

Telephone: 01698 307733
Fax: 01698 3077133
Website: http://www.sldf.org.uk/
E-mail: info@sldf.org.uk

Tagsa Uibhist (Western Isles)

Telephone: 01870 602 111
Fax: 01870 603 450
E-mail: tagsa.uibhist@care4free.net

UPDATE

Telephone: 0131 558 5200
Fax: 0131 558 5201
Minicom: 0131 558 5202
E-mail: info@update.org.uk
Website: www.update.org.uk

Values into Action ( VIA)

Telephone: 0207 729 5436
Fax: 0207 729 7797
E-mail: general@viauk.org
Website: http://www.viauk.org

West Dunbartonshire Independent Living Support Services ( WDILSS)
Telephone: 0141 951 4840
Website: http://www.wdilss.co.uk/
E-mail: info@wdilss.co.uk

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