The NHS Audiology Department in Fife can provide you with expert help and advice. There is a Referral Procedure: If you have never been seen at the audiology department, you must contact your GP initially for assessment and onward referral. If you are an existing NHS Hearing Aid user in the Fife area, contact details are as follows: Queen Margaret Hospital, Audiology Department, Whitefield Road, Dunfermline, KY12 0SU.

On Your Doorstep is the leading mental health charity for Fife. They campaign vigorously to create a society that promotes and protects good mental health for all - a society where people with experience of mental distress are treated fairly, positively and with respect.

For more information, please contact them using the information below.

Contact information
Website: On Your Doorstep
Email: thecottage@supportinmindscotland.org.uk
Phone: 01334 657421

If you would like help and advice about your career then you can contact the Fife Careers Centre using the following details.

Contact information
Website: Fife Carers Centre
Phone: 01592 205472

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Seescape provides a high quality service to adults with a sensory loss in sight.

Their aim is to reduce the impact your sensory loss has on your daily life. Rehabilitation workers can help with the following aspects of your life: mobility, daily living, communication.

They can also help those people close to you to understand the implications of your sight loss.

To find out more about the services they provide, please get in touch using the information below.

Contact information
Website: Seescape
Email: info@seescape.org.uk
Phone: 01592 644 979
Address: Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY2 5EF

If your sensory loss is in hearing then the Deaf Communications Service at the Social Work Contact Centre provide help and advice, you can contact them on 01383 441177 for more information.

At some point in our lives, many of us due to illness, disability or old age will need some form of support with everyday things like getting washed, dressing or cooking a meal. This help is often called social care.

Asking for help is sometimes the hardest thing to do. However, Fife Council provide a range of social care services to suit people's needs. If you'd like to find out more, please visit www.fifedirect.org.uk and search for health and social care.

In addition, Social Care Direct is a dedicated team of officers who are your first point of contact if you feel you need social care help and support from Fife Council. Contact them on 01383 44117, or on their website using the contact social work enquiries online link.

Kingdom Housing provides a handypersons service that undertakes small scale jobs for residents of Fife who are one of the following:

• over 60
• disabled
• a victim of crime
• at high risk of falling
• who are vulnerable in any other way
• have no-one else who can do the task for them

To find out if you are eligible for the service, please contact Kingdom Housing Care using the information below.

Contact information
Phone: 01592 632592
Email: careandrepair@kingdomhousing.co.uk

You have mentioned that you may be feeling stressed or anxious due to a recent life event.

If this is a result of your financial circumstances, there is help and advice available from the Citizens Advice Bureau. Citizens Advice and Rights Fife is a voluntary organisation which is dedicated to helping alleviate these severe pressure on people suffering financial hardship due to physical or mental disability and their carers.

You can find more information by using the information below.

Contact information
Website: Citizens Advice Bureau
Phone: 0345 1400 095 (general advice) or 0345 1400 094 (debt advice)
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.00pm

Fife Direct for People with Disabilities aims to assist and support people with disabilities and to encourage their active involvement in promoting and understanding of disability issues, which is done through disability awareness and equality training.

If you'd like to find out more about this service, please contact Social Work Enquiries using the following details.

Contact information
Website: Fife Direct
Phone: 01383 441177

You could qualify for concessionary travel, such as a Myfife card, for bus travel or for help managing your benefits. To find out more, please visit www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.

For advice on careers, please get in touch with the Fife Careers Centre using the information below.

Contact information
Email: centre@fifecarers.co.uk
Phone: 01592 205472
Text: 07781691391
Address: 157 Commercial Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY1 2NS

Alternatively, Fife Forum is a Fife based Agency concerned with the needs and aspirations of older people. For further information, please use the following details.

Contact information
Website: Fife Forum
Email: info@fifeforum.org.uk
Phone: 01592 643743
Address: 1-2, Fraser Buildings, Millie Street, Kirkcaldy, KY1 2NL

Kirkcaldy Hard of Hearing Group provides support and advice for deaf people of all ages, from interpreting services and sign language training to information about hearing aids.

The club also hosts a range of social events, clubs and societies.

To find out more, please get in touch using the details below.

Contact information
Email: jackhoh1@aol.com
Phone: 01592 204 185

Crossroads Fife Central is an organisation that represents carers interests and works to improve the quality of their lives.

Membership is available to anyone in Fife who is a carer in any capacity. For the group based in Fife. please call on 01592 610540. For further information, please visit their website by following the link here.

Carers Trust Scotland (previously the Princess Royal Trust for Carers) provides support to carers by giving them relief from isolation, help to care for their own health and wellbeing, as well as a voice in planning and developing centre services.

To find out more about the services they provide, please use the following details.

Contact information
Website: Carers Trust
Phone: 01592 205472
Address: 157 Commercial Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 2NS

The Parkinson’s Self Help Group (PSHG) provides people with parkinson’s, as well their carer’s and families, with information and advice on all aspects of living with their conditions to improve their quality of life.

They do this through friendship, encouragement and social activities.

For more information, please get in contact using the information below.

Contact information
Website: Parkinson's Self Help Group
Phone: 0123 676 6350

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Fife Deaf Communication Service is a service that provides a range of specialist services, information and support to those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

To find out more or to get in touch, please use the details below. 

Contact information
Website: Fife Direct
Email: swinfo.deafcommunications@fife.gov.uk
Phone: 01383 441177
Address: Fife Deaf Communication Service, 2nd Floor, Town House, 2 Wemyssfield, Kirkcaldy KY1 1XW

Alternatively, you can text the Fife Deaf Communication Service on BT Text Direct: 18001 01383 441177

Fife Sensory Impairment Centre provides help, information and advice for deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deaf/blind people. To find out more, please get in touch using the details below.

Contact information
Website: SeeScape
Email: info@seescape.com
Phone: 01592 644979

Support and advice is available to those with a disability regarding returning to or getting into employment. For more information, please visit www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index and search for hearing impairment.

On Your Doorstep also provides information on the services available surrounding employment in the area. if you'd like to find out more, please visit www.onyourdoorstepfife.org.

Equipment Services have an extensive range of catalogues, leaflets and information relating to equipment. They can:

• advise you about specific equipment and services
• send out brochures or information which may be useful to you
• help you find products, information and suppliers

There is also a limited range of equipment available for demonstration purposes.

For more information, please contact the following companies.

Contact information

Website: Scot Mobility UK Ltd
Phone: 01383 739287
Address: Unit 8, Dewar House, Enterprise Way, Dunfermline Fife, KY11 8PY

Website: Fairprice Mobility
Phone: 01592 652244
Address: 9, Mitchelston Industrail Estate, Carberry Pl, Kirkcaldy, KY1 3NQ