The Advice Service, The Action Group
Contact details
The Advice Service, The Action Group
The Action Group, Norton Park Centre
57 Albion Road
Edinburgh
EH7 5QY
Public phone: 0131 475 2315
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 called BEMAS 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 disabilites and their carers.
Area served: Edinburgh, The Lothians, Falkirk
How to contact: Phone (0131 475 2315) / Email
Availability
Monday: 08:30 – 17:00
Tuesday: 08:30 – 17:00
Wednesday: 08:30 – 17:00
Thursday: 08:30 – 17:00
Friday: 08:30 – 17:00
Weekends: Closed
Office Hours: Out-of-hours appointments can be arranged on a case by case basis.
Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes - full
Accessible toilets: Yes
Access notes: Our head office has parking for disabled drivers; ramped or level entrances available; lifts in the building; fully adapted toilets; a loop system; BSL and community language interpretation can be arranged for appointments.
Other information
Languages other than English:
Charity number: SC005964
Year established: 1976
Staffing: 11 FTE Advice Workers
Public transport: Our head office is a short walk from Easter Road. Lothian Busses number 1 and 35 stop nearby. The two closest bus stops are ‘before Brunswick Road’ and ‘opp Montgomery Street’. We also have regional offices in East Lothian, West Lothian, Midlothian and Falkirk
Record last checked: 09 January 2023