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Links and Useful Addresses
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Links and Useful Addresses

• 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.
  
  
• Rehab Scotland: Job Retention & Brain Injury Services
  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).
  
  

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
  
  
• Enable (Scotland)
  6th Floor
  7 Buchanan Street
  Glasgow
  G1 3HL
  Tel: 0141 226 4541
  

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

Rehab Scotland: Job Retention & Brain Injury Services.
Provides an early intervention job retention scheme, community integration project and brain injury vocational rehabilitation:

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

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

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

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

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
  

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

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.