• Crossroads & Enable
  Organisations who provide support to people with care needs and respite relief for carers
  
  
• Headway
  A charitable organisation whose aims are to promote understanding of all aspects of head injury and to provide information, support and services to people who have suffered a head injury, their family and carers.
  
  
• Momentum
  Provides an early intervention job retention scheme, community integration project and brain injury vocational rehabilitation.
  
  
• Carers UK
  Information and advice on all aspects of caring to both carers and professionals.
  
  
• Alcoholics Anonymous
  Advice and support for people with alcohol problems.
  
  
• Speakability
  Information and advice and support for people who have aspasia (difficulty communicating after a stroke or brain injury).
  
  
• Law Society of Scotland
  Law Society (England / Wales) For legal advice and details of solicitors in your area contact.
  
  
• Citizens Advice Bureax
  For financial advice contact your local benefits agency or Citizens Advice Bureax.
  
  
• Job Centre Plus
  for more information on the following benefits on Severe Disablement Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Disabled Persons Tax Credit, Incapacity Benefit, Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (accidents).
  
  
• Scottish Head Injury Forum
  an national umbrella organisation within Scotland that represents the interests of survivors of brain injuries, their families and those who work with them
  
  
• Scottish Society of Rehabilitation
  Provides a multidisciplinary forum for health and social services workers in clinical and academic practice who are interested in effective rehabilitation.
  
  
• Enquire
  Advice service for additional support for learning.
  
  
• Calvert Trust
  A company who specialize in providing outdoor activities for people with disabilities.
  
  
• Richmond Fellowship
  Provider of community care services.
  
  

Organisations who provide support to people with care needs and respite relief for carers:

• Crossroads (Scotland) - Caring for Carers
  24 George Square
  Glasgow
  G2 1EG
  TEL: 0141 226 3793
  
• Crossroads (England / Wales) - Caring for Carers
  10 Regent Place
  Rugby
  Warwickshire
  CV21 2PN
  Tel: 01788 573653
  
• WebSite: www.crossroads.org.uk


• Enable (Scotland)
  6th Floor
  7 Buchanan Street
  Glasgow
  G1 3HL
  Tel: 0141 226 4541
  
• WebSite: www.enable.org.uk

Headway
A charitable organisation whose aims are to promote understanding of all aspects of head injury and to provide information, support and services to people who have suffered a head injury, their family and carers.

• Headway - The Brain Injury Association
  4 King Edward Court
  King Edward Street
  Nottingham
  NG1 1EW
  Tel: 0115 924 0800
  
  
• Headway Edinburgh
  Headway House
  Astley Ainslie Hospital
  Canaan Lane
  Edinburgh
  EH9 2HL
  Tel: 0131 537 9116 / 9557
  
  
• Headway Glasgow
  Head Injury Thro Care Project
  Southern General Hospital
  1345 Govan Road
  Glasgow
  Tel: 0104 201 2359
• WebSite: www.headway.org.uk

Momentum
Provides an early intervention job retention scheme, community integration project and brain injury vocational rehabilitation:

Momentum
7th Floor
Savoy Towers
77 Renfrew Street
Glasgow
G2 3BZ
TEL: 0141 333 0567

WebSite: www.momentumscotland.org

Information and advice on all aspects of caring to both carers and professionals:

Carers UK
Ruth Pitter House
20 -25 Glasshouse Yard
London
EC1A 4JT
Tel: 020 7490 8818
Freephone Carers Line: 0808 808 7777

WebSite: www.carersuk.org

Advice and support for people with alcohol problems:

Alcoholics Anonymous
Po Box 1
Stonebow House
Stonebow
York
YO1 7NJ
Tel: 01904 644 026
National Help Line: 7833 0022

WebSite: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

Information and advice and support for people who have aspasia (difficulty communicating after a stroke or brain injury):

Speakability
1 Royal Street
London
SE1 7LL
Tel: 020 7261 9572
Helpline: 080 8808 9572

WebSite: www.speakability.org.uk

For legal advice and details of solicitors in your area contact:

• Law Society of Scotland
  26 Drumsheugh Gardens
  Edinburgh
  EH3 7YR
  Tel: 0131 226 7411
  
  
• Law Society (England / Wales)
  114 Chancery Lane
  London
  WC2A 1PL
  Tel: 020 7320 5793
  
• WebSite: www.lawscot.org.uk
• WebSite: www.lawsociety.org.uk

For financial advice contact your local benefits agency or Citizens Advice Bureax.
For details of your local Citizens Advice Bureax contact:

Citizens Advice Bureax
Myddelton House
115 - 123 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9LZ
Tel: 020 7833 2181

WebSite: www.citizensadvice.org.uk

See www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk for more information on the following benefits:

• Severe Disablement Allowance
  If you are aged 16 or over and under 65, have been unable to work for at least 28 weeks and cannot get Incapacity Benefit.
  
• Disability Living Allowance
  If you are aged under 65 and need help looking after yourself or getting around:
  
• Disabled Persons Tax Credit
  If you are aged 16 or over, disabled and working 16 hours a week or more.
  
• Incapacity Benefit
  If you were not working when you became sick or were self-employed or were sick for more than 28 weeks.
  
• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (accidents)
  If you have had an accident at work.