The Advice Service, The Action Group
Contact details
The Advice Service, The Action Group
The Action Group, 1 Granton Mains Avenue
Edinburgh
EH4 4GA
Public phone: 0131 285 5207
Email: advice@actiongroup.org.uk
Website URL: http://www.actiongroup.org.uk
General information
Service offered: For children and adults with support needs and learning disabilites and their carers. The Action Group is about no barriers. It is about changing lives for the better, and making sure that everyone gets the chance to live their life to its fullest potential. Our Advice Service offers free, confidential and impartial advice on Welfare Rights. We have a specialist Advice Service for any parent carer in Edinburgh, and BEMAS which is for carers of disabled children from BME communities in Edinburgh. To make sure that everyone who needs our Advice Service can access it we offer home visits and interpretation wherever required.
Target group: For children and adults with support needs and learning disabilities and their carers.
Area served: Edinburgh, The Lothians, Falkirk
How to contact: Phone (0131 285 5207) / Email - advice@actiongroup.org.uk . Open Mon-Fri 09:00 – 17:00
Availability
Monday: 09:00 – 17:00
Tuesday: 09:00 – 17:00
Wednesday: 09:00 – 17:00
Thursday: 09:00 – 17:00
Friday: 09:00 – 17:00
Weekends: Closed
Office Hours: Out-of-hours appointments can be arranged on a case by case basis.
Accessibility
Wheelchair access: -
Accessible toilets: -
Access notes:
Other information
Languages other than English: We offer interpretation whenever required and are members of Happy to Translate
Charity number: SC005964
Year established: 1976
Staffing: 11 FTE Advice Workers
Public transport:
Record last checked: 30 July 2024