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Lifeline
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.
Local clubs and associations for deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind people
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
Local groups that support and advise carers
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
Local groups that support people with alzheimers disease or dementia
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.
Local help for deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind people
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
Local help for those who may become confused or muddled when going out
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.
Local help for those who may have stopped going out or find if difficult to talk to people
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
Local help to make your home warmer and more energy efficient
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/.
Local Information - Access to Work
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
Local information - Independent sources for help and advice
For specialist demonstration centres for disability equipment offering free and impartial advice, and an opportunity to try the equipment for yourself, Scot Mobility UK Ltd, Fairprice Mobility and Allardyce Healthcare Ltd are all local suppliers. You can find their contact information below.
Contact information
Website: Scot Mobility UK Ltd
Email: info@scotmobility.co.uk
Phone: 01383 739287
Address: Unit 8, Dewar House, Enterprise Way, Dunfermline, Fife KY11 8PY
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30 to 5.00 and Saturday 9.30 to 4.00
Website: Fairprice Mobility
Email: fairpricemobilityperth@gmail.com
Phone: 01592 652244
Address: Unit 9, Mitchelston Industrial Estate, Kirkcaldy, KY1 3NQ
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 to 4.30 and Saturday 10.00 to 3.00
Website: Allardyce Healthcare Ltd
Email: sales@allardyce.co.uk
Phone: 01382 773600
Address: Unit 12, Tom Johnston Road, West Pitkerro Industrial Estate, Dundee, DD4 8XD
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30 to 5.00 and Saturday, 9.00am to 12.00pm
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