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Lifeline 24 is a telephone-based system which you can use to summon help, call assistance, or give you reassurance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
The main role of the lifeline service is to obtain help for an elderly or disabled person when an emergency arises. The 'Lifeline' is connected to a control centre where there is always a control operator on duty to respond immediately. This operator is supported by a mobile warden service.
For more information, please use the following details.
Contact information
Website: Lifeline 24
Email: info@lifeline24.co.uk
Phone: 0800 999 0400 (Monday to Friday 8.30am -6pm, Saturday 9am -5pm)
Alternatively, the Fife Falls Response Team can be contacted by pressing Community Alarm, via your GP or NHS24 (Tel. 111).
Fife Council also provide a community alarm service. For further information call the Contact Centre on 03451 551503 to see whether you are eligible.
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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Alzheimer’s Scotland Fife Group provides advice, information and support to people with dementia and their carers. They also provide carer education and outreach support.
To find out more, please get in touch using the information below.
Contact information
Website: Alzheimer's Scotland
Email: 01592 204541
Phone: fifeservices@alzscot.org
Dementia-Post Diagnostic Support Service provides people with Dementia, 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.
This service can be accessed via a referral from your GP or a diagnosing specialist.
In addition, the Fife Forum can help people make community connections. If you'd like to find out more, please visit www.fifeforum.org.uk.
You have suggested that you are at risk of getting confused or muddled when you go out and may not be able to find your way home.
Often talking this over with an organisation, or with someone who understands this difficulty, can relieve your fears as well provide advice on what to do.
Alzheimer’s Scotland can also give you helpful information. This is not to say your memory loss is dementia related, however, this service will be able to give you advice and guidance on helping with these issues.
If you'd like to find out more about the services they can provide, please get in touch using the information below.
Contact information
Website: Alzheimer's Scotland
Phone: 0808 808 3000
Alternatively, you could also talk to you GP.
You have indicated that you do not go out as much as you used to because you don’t feel as comfortable talking to people.
Often discussing this with an organisation, or with someone who understands this difficulty, can relieve your fears and give you advice on what to do.
Advocacy services are provided by Fife Council as a relaxed, informal resource for people asking about mental health and well-being issues at a local level. To find out more, please use the details below.
Contact information
Website: Circles Network
Email: info@circlesnetwork.org.uk
Phone: 01788 816 671
The Mood Cafe can give you access to self help guides. if this is something you'd be interested in, please visit their website by following the link here.
If you would prefer to speak to someone, Breathing Space also offer a free confidential phone service for anyone in Scotland experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety.
If you'd like to get in touch, please use the following information.
Contact information
Website: Breathing Space
Phone: 0800 83 85 87
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If you are a council tax payer and home owner, and you get either loft or cavity wall insulation from our approved supplier British Gas, you will be entitled to a one-off £50 payment.
You don't have to be a British Gas customer to benefit from this initiative, but to qualify the insulation must be installed by them, specifically through the council tax rebate offer.
If you own your home and are interested in the scheme please call British Gas on 0845 605 2535 quoting reference NLCT. Lines are open 8am - 8pm Monday to Friday, 8am - 1pm Saturday.
There are a number of options available to owner occupiers when having energy saving measures carried out in their homes.
The Councils own Energy Advice Unit will give impartial advice on the full range of subsidised options available for the installation of cavity wall and loft insulation. They also give general advice on other ways to reduce the cost of fuel bills and can explain the benefits of taking advantage of the increasing range of renewable energy technologies.
You can also obtain independent energy saving advice from Change Works. If you'd like to get in contact with them, then please use the details below.
Contact information
Website: Change Works
Email: ask@changeworks.org.uk
Phone: 0131 555 4010
For fuel poverty advice, please visit www.fifedirect.org.uk/.
You have indicated that you may have lost interest in the things you once enjoyed or that you are feeling stressed or anxious at this time.
You may find that exercising or participating in group activities could help. If you don’t feel confident, we have found going with someone you know might help.
Fife Council offer a scheme which gives price reductions on sport, leisure and cultural activities for more information on programmes and charges contact your local leisure facility.
To find out more, please contact the Fifestyle Co-ordinator on 01383 602360 or visit www.fifedirect.org.uk/ and search for Fifesytle.
You can also speak to your GP for advice and support or to find out whether there are any local support groups in Fife.
To access self-help guides, please visit www.moodcafe.co.uk/.
If you would prefer to speak to someone, Breathing Space offer a free, confidential phone service for anyone in Scotland experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety.
If you'd like to get in touch, please contact them using the information below.
Contact information
Website: Breathing Space
Phone: 0800 83 85 87
To find out what services are available in your local are, please visit www.onyourdoorstepfife.org/.
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You have mentioned that you may be feeling stressed, anxious or low.
To find out more about anxiety and stress, as well as self-help tips, please visit www.nhsinform.scot/ and search for anxiety and stress.
The Mood Cafe can provide you with self-help guides. If this is something you would be interested in, please visit www.moodcafe.co.uk.
You can also speak to your GP for advice and support, as well as to find out whether there are any local support groups in Fife.
Fife provide Advocacy services which may help you. To find out more, please use the information below.
Contact information
Website: Circles Network
Email: info@circlesnetwork.org.uk
Phone: 01788 816 671
Breathing Space also offer a free, confidential phone service for anyone in Scotland experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety. To get in touch, please use the following details.
Contact information
Website: Breathing Space
Phone: 0800 83 85 87
To search for community groups, organisations, information and support in Fife please visit www.onyourdoorstepfife.org/.
You have answered that you don’t go out as often as you used to as you don’t feel as steady or you cannot walk as far as you need to.
You may find a mobility service that provides scooters and wheelchairs helpful. Fife shop mobility have a range of mobility equipment, for more information please visit their website by following the link here.
WRVS Fife Good Neighbours scheme gives people with limited mobility the opportunity to access their town centre shops and leisure facilities with freedom and independence.
To find out more, please contact WRVS Fife using the information below.
Contact information
Website: Digital Fife
Phone: 01592 269654
You have mentioned that you may be feeling stressed or anxious due to a recent life event. You may find talking to someone would help to relieve this anxiety.
There are several organisations which you can contact for help, details of which you can find below.
Cruse Scotland exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people in Fife. To find out more, please use the details below.
Contact information
Website: Cruses Scotland
Phone: 0845 600 2227
Breathing Space offer a free confidential phone service for anyone in Scotland experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety. Please contact them using the following information.
Contact information
Website: Breathing Space Scotland
Phone: 0800 83 85 87
Moodcafe can provide you access to self-help guides. Visit their website by following the link here.
Samaritans volunteers listen in confidence to anyone in any type of emotional distress, without judging or telling people what to do. For their national services, please use the details below.
Contact information
Website: Samaritans
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Phone: 116 123
You can also get in touch with local Samaritans branches using the information below.
Organisation: Samaritans Dunfermline
Phone: 01383 72222
Address: 22 Townhill Road, Dunfermline, Fife, KY12 0QX
Organisation: Samaritans Kirkcaldy
Phone: 01592 654242
Address: 246 St Clair Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY1 2DB
Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project is a free, confidential phone and web based service for people in Fife experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety. If you'd like to get in contact, please use the following details.
Contact information
Website: Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project
Email: info@kasp.org.uk
Phone: 01592 644217