Useful Links
The Scottish Executive website contains further information on equality issues for disabled and older people, Self Directed Support and sensory and physical impairment
External sites that may be of interest:
The Scottish Government accepts no responsibility for the content of the following sites.
Care Information Scotland - http://www.careinfoscotland.co.uk/home.aspx, or call the helpline on 08456 001 001. The helpline is available from 10.00am - 8.00pm, Monday to Friday and 10.00am - 4.00pm on Saturday, with calls charged at the local rate.
Care Information Scotland is a new telephone helpline and website service. The primary purpose of the service is to provide information about community care services for older people. A key role of the service is to act as a guide through the maze of information sources that are currently available, but it is more than a signposting service and aims to resolve the majority of queries directly without the need to refer customers to other organisations. The service includes national information and information about locally delivered services and caters for a disparate target audience.
Audit Scotland -www.audit-scotland.gov.uk
Age Concern -www.ageconcern.co.uk
Capability Scotland -http://www.capability-scotland.org.uk
Contact a Family -www.cafamily.org.uk provides support and advice to families of disabled children.
Disabled Living Foundation -www.dlf.org.uk and www.livingmadeeasy.org.uk
Living Made Easy is an impartial advice and information website about daily living equipment and other aspects of independent living developed by the Disabled Living Foundation.
Equality and Human Rights Commission -www.equalityhumanrights.com
The Family Fund -www.familyfund.org.uk
The Family Fund is an independent charitable organisation funded by Governmnet that makes small grants to families on low incomes with severely disabled children under 16 to pay for items that are not usually provided by the NHS or local authorities.
Help the Aged -www.helptheaged.org.uk and www.helptheagedshop.co.uk
Help the Aged Shop offers a huge selection of mobility aids for the elderly to help older people stay independent.
Quarriers - http://www.quarriers.org.uk/
Royal National Institute for the Deaf -www.rnid.org.uk
Royal National Institute for the Blind -www.rnib.org.uk
Scottish Childcare - www.scottishchildcare.gov.uk
Scottish Helpline for Older People - 0845 125 9732 and www.olderpeoplescotland.org.uk
The Scottish Helpline for Older People is managed by Age Concern Scotland and provides a free confidential telephone helpline for people in Scotland, aged 50+.