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The Action Group
Provide a range of services for children and adults with a learning disability: welfare rights advice, supported employment, housing with support, services for children, adults, care at home and a volunteer unit. |
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The Albion Trust
Enables other voluntary organisations to focus on their core activities by providing accommodation and services at low cost while maintaining very high quality.
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Provide information, support and training to anyone affected by childhood acquired brain injury. This includes the child or young person themselves, their family and the professionals who support them. |
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Coalition of Care & Support Providers in Scotland
Are the national voice of voluntary sector care providers. CCPS is the association of voluntary sector organisations providing care and support services in Scottish communities.
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Community Law Advice Network
Cl@n is a unique specialist legal service which carries out legal representation for children, in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
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ECAS
Dedicated to giving friendly and practical help to physically disable people. To achieve this ECAS does everything from running classes through to providing individual grants for holidays and equipment and supporting initiatives to bring greater freedom to physically disabled people.
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Edinburgh Cyrenians
Cyrenians provides effective help for people in need and develops
enterprises and community initiatives for a greener, healthier and more
inclusive society in which future need is reduced.
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Edinburgh Tenants Federation
Support local tenant groups in their work by providing information, advice and training to help them be more effective. Help tenants and resident associations to set up new local groups.
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Edinburgh Young Carers Project
To provide support for children and young people who have caring responsibilities at home.
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FABB Scotland
Aims to empower people who have disabilities to engage in the social, leisure and educational activities of their choice. 22 clubs across Scotland, 3 youth clubs in Edinburgh.
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Grapevine
Grapevine provides information, mostly by telephone, on matters such as benefits, housing, transport and equipment for disabled people in the Edinburgh area.
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Intowork
Employment assistance to people with disabilities - one to one support, getting disabled people into employment, creating their own jobs and giving network support to employers seeking help in this area. Provide a database of employers, help organisations to market to employers for disability employment and have an interactive web site.
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Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living
Assist disabled people to live independently in the community by means of independent living, payroll, and training and peer counselling services.
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MILAN
MILAN (SWO) Ltd is a day care provision for older Asian people from Indian Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Mauritian communities.
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Men in Childcare
Men In Childcare attract and increase the number of men in the childcare profession.
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| Mindroom provide one-to-one support for families affected, offer help and advice for individuals and organisations who work with people with learning difficulties, and strive to increase knowledge and understanding among policymakers.
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Penumbra
A mental health charity that provides support services for vulnerable people across Scotland.
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SEAD has two main aims: - To challenge the causes of poverty, social injustice and environmental degradation
- To support the community-based movement for positive social change – people collectively tackling challenges which have both a local and global perspective
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Shakti Women’s Aid
Provides support, information, counselling and safe temporary accommodation for ethnic minority women who are suffering from domestic violence or any form of abuse.
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SkillNet
Training and adult guidance project which seeks to empower black minority ethnic people, helping them access sustainable employment directly or via appropriate education and training programmes.
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Venture Scotland
Provides programmes for young people with limited opportunities with an emphasis on personal and social development, shared experiences and enjoyment in an outdoor setting.
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Visualise
Assist multi disabled visually impaired children and adults to help them fulfil their maximum physical, intellectual, emotional and social potential and providing residential and day-care assistance.
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Women Onto Work
Women onto Work provides intensive pre-vocational training courses and guidance programmes to women who face the greatest disadvantages in terms of accessing employment, education and training opportunities
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