Accredited Advice Agencies
ACCREDITED ADVICE AGENCIES
British Polio
http://www.britishpolio.org.uk/
The British Polio Fellowship is a charity dedicated to helping, supporting and empowering approximately 120,000 people in the UK living with the late effects of Polio and Post Polio Syndrome (PPS), a neurological condition. It provides information, welfare and support to those living with the effects to enable all to live full independent and integrated lives.
Tel: 0800 043 1935
CP House, Otterspool Way, Watford, WD25 8HR
https://www.facebook.com/BritishPolioFellowship/?locale=en_GB
Casus Omissus
The Aberdeen Law Project ("ALP") students are trained to undertake legal research, write letters, provide legal opinions, attend mediations, negotiate settlements and, if necessary, appear in Court.
The team advises and represents across many areas of law. Cases that it has handled to date include housing, employment, charity & commerce, consumer and miscellaneous.
Tel: 0122 427 2434
The Aberdeen Law Project c/o School of Law, Taylor Building, The University of Aberdeen, AB24 3UB
https://www.facebook.com/aberdeenlawproject/?locale=lt_LT
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS)
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) are a national umbrella body that provides essential services to Citizens Advice bureaux across Scotland.
Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) are independent, local charities that are members of Citizens Advice Scotland. They provide advice that is free, independent, confidential and impartial to people in communities, in over 200 locations in Scotland. Please check with your local Citizens Advice Bureau about local provision. Get advice | Citizens Advice Scotland.
Tel: 0800 023 2581
Admin office: Citizens Advice Scotland, 1st Floor, Broadside, 2 Powderhall Road, Edinburgh, EH7 4GB
https://www.facebook.com/citizensadvicescotland/?locale=en_GB
Citizens Rights Project
Citizens Rights Project (CRP) provides free, confidential and multilingual advice and support to EU citizens and their family members in Scotland.
CRP can help with EU Settlement Scheme applications and eVisa matters. The organisation is accredited by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) to provide free immigration advice at Level 1.
The Citizen’s Rights Project also offers advice on other citizens’ rights issues and can provide initial welfare advice to people with pre-settled and settled status.
info@citizensrightsproject.org
Tel: 01313581795
St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh, EH7 6AE (our office operates by appointment only)
https://www.facebook.com/EURightsProject/
Civil Rights First
Civil Rights First (CRF) was founded to ensure everyone has free access to justice. It provides specialist advice and effective advocacy with a holistic and innovative approach, while aiming to make a real difference in social justice. It covers a range of areas including human rights, discrimination, housing, adaptions, self-directed support, education, and equalities legislation.
Tel: 0770 341 0584
Civil Rights First, Strathleven House, Levenside Road, Dumbarton, G82 3PD
https://www.facebook.com/people/Civil-Rights-First/100064321977018/?locale=et_EE
Clackmannanshire Tenants and Residents Federation
www.clacks.gov.uk/housing/ctrf/
Clackmannanshire Tenants and Residents Federation promotes the rights of tenants and residents throughout Clackmannanshire, working for the improvement of their housing conditions, amenities and environment.
Tel: 0125 945 0000
Clackmannanshire Council, Kilncraigs, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, FK10 1EB
https://www.facebook.com/ClacksTRF/?locale=en_GB
Clan Childlaw
Clan Childlaw is a legal and advocacy service for children and young people that delivers free, confidential legal advice and representation in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Glasgow. It helps children and young people up to the age of 18, or 21 if they have been looked-after.
Its lawyers are experienced child lawyers who only represent young people and can meet them at a time and place where they feel comfortable. It provides free information and guidance about children's rights and the law though a phone enquiry information service to family members, carers and adults who work with children or young people in Scotland, as well as training about children's rights and the law across Scotland.
Tel: 0808 129 0522
Edinburgh office: Norton Park, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY
Glasgow office: 15 East Campbell Street, G1 5DT
https://x.com/clanchildlaw/status/1851999099517645261
Disability Law Service
Its mission is to provide free legal advice to people with disabilities and their carers to ensure that they have access to their rights and justice.
It covers community care, employment, housing and welfare benefits and aims to respond to enquiries within three to five working days. Please note that it can only advise on discrimination in employment cases.
Tel: 0207 791 9800
The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London, SE11 5RR
https://www.facebook.com/disabilitylawservice/?locale=en_GB
University of Edinburgh Free Legal Advice Centre
https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/about-us/free-legal-advice-centre
The Free Legal Advice Centre delivers pro bono legal services to members of the public living in and around the Edinburgh area who, for whatever reason, cannot access legal advice elsewhere. Student advisers, members of staff, and qualified volunteer solicitors work together to offer advice on legal problems. These volunteer solicitors supervise the student advisers and assist them in their research, but the student advisers are responsible for dealing with individual cases.
It can provide advice and assistance on the following: Company & Commercial, Contract, Disputes, Employment, Family, Property, Intellectual Property, Landlord and Tenant, Wills and Inheritance, and Personal Injury.
It cannot provide advice or assistance on the following: Criminal Law, Tax, Immigration Law, and anything out width Scots law, or Representation or advice in tribunals, hearing, or the vast majority of court cases.
Tel: 0800 073 0150
School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL
https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghFLAC/?locale=en_GB
Edinburgh Napier Law Clinic
The Edinburgh Napier Law Clinic is a voluntary organisation aiming to provide free legal advice and assistance. We help those citizens of Edinburgh, who do not qualify for legal aid or need to make a significant contribution towards the legal cost, which they cannot afford to pay. The clinic is established and run by law students from Edinburgh Napier University. They have all passed appropriate training which will enable them to provide legal assistance in the areas of employment, housing and consumer contract. There are also a number of experienced professionals who will be volunteering their time in supervising the students and the clinic’s activities. It is our belief that the clinical education is essential for law students because it will not only improve their problem-solving abilities, but will also provide them with a direct client contact at the very beginning of their professional development. One of the clinic’s main objectives is to broaden the concept of access to justice. In our view, in order to be effective the access to justice shall be conceived more broadly than just access to the lawyers and courts. We believe that the law clinics fit well this purpose, by supporting people in need with legal assistance. The clinic is supported and funded by Edinburgh Napier University.
Emma Ritch Law Clinic
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/gojustice/gojustice-projects/emmaritchlawclinic/
The Emma Ritch Law Clinic provides free independent legal advice and representation to complainers in sexual violence cases in the criminal justice system. The clinic operates on a referral only basis with clients referred from Rape Crisis Scotland’s National Advocacy Service and other Violence Against Women and Girls Charities. Emma Ritch was a pioneering Scottish women's rights campaigner who sadly passed away in 2021. She graduated from the University of Glasgow and the work of the clinic seeks to honour her memory.
emma-ritch-law-clinic@glasgow.ac.uk
University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS)
The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland’s mission is to assist members of the public and civil society to understand and exercise their rights in environmental law and to protect the environment. We offer free advice to individuals, community groups and organisations on environmental and related planning law to improve access to information, public participation in environmental decision-making, and access to justice on the environment.
To make an enquiry, please complete the online form at https://www.ercs.scot/get-advice/. We will acknowledge your enquiry with an email within three working days. We may then arrange a telephone call to gain further information and agree next steps with you.
Tel: 0131 358 0038
Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB
https://x.com/ERCScot/status/1818935240208879974
Ethnic Minorities Law Centre
The Ethnic Minorities Law Centre is a recognised Scottish charity and has been operating since 1991 as a non-profit making company limited by guarantee providing ethnic minority communities with access to professional services to address unmet legal needs. Based in Glasgow and governed by a voluntary Board of Directors, we are the only dedicated centre in Britain providing legal services exclusively to black and ethnic minority communities. Consequently we have developed specialist knowledge and experience in specific areas of the law, particularly discrimination and immigration. We therefore offer a unique range of legal services to ethnic minority communities who need help in accessing their rights and in redressing racial discrimination; potentially a model for national application.
Tel: 0141 204 2888
41 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, G1 2ER
Fife Law Centre
Fife Law Centre has a team of solicitors who provide free legal guidance and possible representation for the people in Fife who need it most. They can provide legal guidance and support on a range of matters, including housing, benefit appeals, criminal injuries compensation applications (CICA), low level employment issues, Scottish Social Services Council matters (SSSC) and more. If they're unable to help, they'll do their best to refer people to someone who can.
Tel: 0159 278 6710
Ore Valley Business Centre, 93 Main St Lochgelly, Fife, KY5 9AF
https://www.facebook.com/FifeLaw/?locale=en_GB
FJSS Group
Fair Justice System for Scotland Group is a grassroots-led legal charity that works towards comprehensive justice sector reforms in Scotland that will bring about greater equality and diversity in the Scottish justice system. It works to influence justice delivery policy in Scotland through informing policy formulation, development and engaging with key decision and policy makers.
The FJSS Group’s community-led strategic implementation approach has been developed through long-term understanding of, and navigation within, the local and national organisations that seek to address racial equality but have not achieved positive outcomes for BAME communities across Scotland.
The organisation has the singular aim of a fair and inclusive Scotland for all. Its aims and objectives entail but are not limited to, providing free legal advice and assistance to citizens who do not qualify for legal aid and refugees.
The FJSS Group can provide assistance with employment and immigration cases. However, they do not have capacity to assist on civil and criminal cases.
Tel: 0131 285 1013
Justice House, 24 - 26 Main Street, West Calder, West Lothian, EH55 8DR
https://www.facebook.com/FJSSGroup/?locale=en_GB
Granton Information Centre (GIC)
Granton Information Centre (GIC) provides free, impartial and confidential expert advice, information and representation to the residents of North Edinburgh on a range of issues and by a variety of methods, including centre-based interviews, home visits, outreach / drop-in clinics, representation, training provision and raising awareness sessions.
The main issues it deals with are welfare benefits, housing advice, employment rights, debt / financial advice and fuel poverty and energy efficiency.
Tel: 0131 551 2459 or 0131 552 0458
134-138 West Granton Road, Edinburgh, EH5 1PE
https://www.facebook.com/GrantonInfoCentre/
Just Right Scotland
JustRight Scotland uses the law to defend and extend people’s rights. It aims to increase access to justice by providing direct legal advice and representation to disadvantaged community groups across Scotland, including women, children, disabled people, refugees, LGBTQ+ people and survivors of trafficking, particularly in the areas of human rights and equality law. It is a trauma-informed team that collaborates closely with specialist organisations to provide person-centred support.
https://www.justrightscotland.org.uk/need-help/make-a-referral/
Tel: 0808 801 0789
Robertson House, 152 Bath St, Glasgow, G2 4TB
https://www.facebook.com/justrightscot/?locale=en_GB
Legal Services Agency
Legal Services Agency (LSA) is a Law Centre and Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) committed to tackling inequality, defending legal rights and using the law to effect social change.
We focus on supporting individuals in vulnerable circumstances who would otherwise struggle to access legal assistance. We do this by providing high-quality legal advice and representation, raising awareness of legal rights, and campaigning to challenge legal system failures.
We take pride in our person-centred approach and draw on our expertise in a range of areas of social welfare law – including mental health, housing, criminal injuries compensation, benefits and employment law. We address complex legal issues to combat disadvantage and discrimination, empowering individuals to assert their legal rights and reach their full potential.
Our service operates on a broad scale, covering all of Glasgow, with a dedicated base in Inverclyde, and extending support to communities throughout Scotland.
Address: Legal Services Agency, Savoy House, 2nd Floor, 140 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3DH
Tel: 0141 353 3354
Email: mail@lsa.org.uk
MR Associates
MR Associates provides specialist advice, representation and training around the housing benefit scheme in relation to supported accommodation. It has in-depth knowledge of the scheme, years of experience in successfully resolving housing benefit disputes, and a small team of committed specialists.
The area of supported housing and benefits can be complex and time-consuming. It can assist on a range of issues by providing clear guidance and expert opinion on the housing benefit scheme in relation to supported accommodation.
Tel: 0147 572 7089
https://www.facebook.com/mrassociatesuk/
MECOPP Carers Centre
By working in partnership with carers, the voluntary and statutory sectors, MECOPP actively seeks to challenge and dismantle barriers that deny Black and Minority Ethnic carers access to health, social work and other social care services in Edinburgh, the Lothians and further afield.
Tel: 0131 467 2994
Norton Park Conference Centre & Hub, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY
https://www.facebook.com/MECOPP/?locale=en_GB
Midlothian Council Welfare Rights Service
https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/612/benefits_and_grants/516/benefits_advice
Midlothian Welfare Rights Service offers free confidential and impartial help and advice on a range of problems. It accepts referrals from internal departments and external local agencies for residents who reside in Midlothian covering tax and pension credits, disability and carers benefits, housing benefits, council tax benefits, universal credit and social security appeal representation.
Tel: 0131 270 8922
welfarerights@midlothian.gov.uk
Fairfield House, 8 Lothian Road, Dalkeith, EH22 3AA
National Gulf Veterans & Families Association
The NGVFA is an independent registered charity supporting those affected by Gulf War 1 and Gulf War 2 (Iraq), the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, and all future desert conflicts.
Tel: 0148 280 8730
NGVFA, Unit 1A, K3 Business Park, 200 Clough Road, Hull, HU5 1SW
https://www.facebook.com/ngvfa.ngvfa/?locale=en_GB
Planning Aid Scotland
Planning Aid Scotland is a charity and social enterprise that helps people navigate the planning system. Its free and impartial Advice Service – funded by the Scottish Government - is offered by a mix of staff members and volunteers. All advisors are chartered planners who can advise members of the public/ community groups/business start-ups about planning matters.
However, Planning Aid Scotland cannot provide technical legal advice/opinions on planning legislation or advise about a legal challenge/judicial review of planning decisions, due to not having in-house lawyers.”
Tel: 0131 220 9730
Planning Aid Scotland, 11/2B Tweeddale Court, 14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
https://www.facebook.com/planningaidscot/
Rape Crisis Scotland
Rape Crisis Scotland aims to transform attitudes, improve responses and ultimately end rape and sexual violence. It works with a network of 17 independent local rape crisis centres across Scotland that provide trauma-informed support to more than 6,000 survivors annually. The Rape Crisis Scotland Helpline is a free and confidential service which supports anyone aged 13 and above that has experienced rape, sexual violence or abuse, whether it happened recently or in the past.
Survivors can also self-refer to centres if they require face to face support or Advocacy services. All centres do have their own helpline also. All local centres are listed on our website note who they can provide their services to: https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/help-local-rcc
Support@rapecrisisscotland.org.uk
Tel: 0141 331 4180
Helpline: 0808 801 0302
Rape Crisis Scotland, 2nd Floor, 138 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 2RQ
https://www.facebook.com/rapecrisisscot/
Renfrewshire Law Centre
Renfrewshire Law Centre (RLC) uses the legal system to improve the life chances of individuals and groups facing poverty or disadvantage across Renfrewshire. It provides legal advice and representation, usually free of charge. RLC is part of the Scottish Association of Law Centres.
customerservices.contact@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Tel: 0300 300 0300
43/45 George Street, Paisley, PA1 2JY
https://www.facebook.com/RenfrewshireCitizensAdviceBureau/?locale=en_GB
RNIB
http://www.rnib.org.uk/scotland/contact-rnib-scotland
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) supports everyone affected by sight loss by providing practical and emotional support. It offers support ranging from advice on staying in work, using technology to help with everyday tasks, or emotional support to help someone come to terms with sight loss.
Tel: 0303 123 9999
RNIB Scotland, 12–14 Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh, EH7 5EA
https://www.facebook.com/rnibuk/?locale=en_GB
Robert Gordon University Pro-Bono Unit
https://www.rgu.ac.uk/life-at-rgu/learning-facilities/law-facilities/the-law-clinic
Robert Gordon University's Law School Clinic, launched in November 2013, has recently been rebranded as the Grampian Community Law Centre. Its student members provide free, confidential, and independent legal advice, generally on social welfare and environmental law issues, to people in Aberdeen and the surrounding North-East area who would otherwise be unable to afford a solicitor. The Law Centre also runs a virtual Orkney clinic and provides the same legal advice and assistance service to the residents of Orkney. The student volunteers work under the supervision of academic staff and qualified solicitors. The key aims of this initiative are both to provide students with the opportunity to gain practical experience, and to benefit the local community by providing access to justice to those who may need legal advice but who cannot access it elsewhere.
Tel: 0122 426 2394
Grampian Community Law Centre (part of RGU School of Law and Social Sciences), Riverside Building, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, AB10 7QE
The Royal British Legion Scotland
http://www.legionscotland.org.uk/
The Royal British Legion Scotland (Legion Scotland) is Scotland's largest veterans' membership charity. It looks after the interests of Scotland's ex-service men and women as well as their families, whether they left service yesterday or 50 years ago. It offers comradeship and practical support such as a wellbeing and befriending service, and a specialist disablement pensions advice and advocacy service.
Its disablement pensions service is provided free to veterans who have become disabled, physically or psychologically, as a result of their service in the Armed Forces. It offers telephonic advice on potential claims, help with completing claim forms, and representation at pensions tribunals.
It helps veterans to pursue their possible entitlement to a military disablement pension or a claim related to:
- War Disablement Pension: for injuries pre-6th April 2005
- Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: for injuries after 6th April 2005
- War Widows Pensions
- Supplementary Allowances
n.robinson@legionscotland.org.uk
Tel: 07309 098 421
https://www.facebook.com › LegionScotland
Scotland Shelter
http://scotland.shelter.org.uk/
Shelter Scotland is a charity that exists to defend the right to a safe home and fight the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people and society. We do this with campaigns, advice and support. Shelter Scotland’s Housing Law Service can provide legal advice and representation to those who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness or living in unsuitable accommodation, including: -
- Evictions
- mortgage repossessions
- homelessness
- dampness and disrepair
- unlawful evictions
- abandonments
You can get advice on our website at http://scotland.shelter.org.uk/get_advice where you can search for different advice articles using key words.
You can chat to one of our experienced housing advisers online Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm: https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/about_us/contact_us/webchat.
If you are homeless, threatened with homelessness or in an urgent situation you can call our free national helpline on 0808 800 4444. Lines are open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. The helpline is free to call from landlines and mobiles.
Tel: 0808 800 4444
Scotland Shelter, 116 Osborne Street, Glasgow, G1 5QH
https://www.facebook.com/ShelterScotland/?locale=en_GB
Scottish Child Law Centre
This organisation works exclusively for children and young people and provides services across Scotland. It assists children and young people, their families and carers, and professionals working for and with children by providing free expert legal advice and information through its advice line, email and text services.
It also provides a wide range of training on the law and children's rights to groups and individuals across Scotland, and has a range of leaflets and publications on various legal issues. It also visits schools and young people’s organisations.
Admin Tel: 0131 668 4400
The Melting Pot, 15 Calton Rd, Edinburgh, EH8 8DL
https://www.facebook.com/ScottishChildLawCentre/?locale=en_GB
Scottish Womens' Aid
Scottish Women's Aid works towards the prevention of domestic abuse and plays a vital role in campaigning and lobbying for effective responses to domestic abuse. Scottish Women’s Aid does not offer frontline support for domestic abuse but instead advocates for improved response to domestic abuse and supports 33 local member organisations to deliver frontline services.
Tel: 0131 226 6606
Scottish Women's Aid, 2nd Floor, 132 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3JD
https://www.facebook.com/scotwomensaid/?locale=en_GB
Scottish Women's Rights Centre
coordinator@scottishwomensrightscentre.org.uk
The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre is a collaborative project that provides free legal information, advice and some limited representation in the civil justice process to women affected by violence and abuse.
The Centre strives to fill the gaps that exist between women’s experiences of gender-based violence and their ability to access justice by working with a specialist solicitor and an experienced advocacy worker. Informed by its direct work with victim-survivors of violence and abuse, it seeks to influence national policy, research and training to improve processes and systems, and ultimately to improve the outcomes for women who have experienced gender-based violence.
The SWRC collaboration is between Rape Crisis Scotland, JustRight Scotland and the University of Strathclyde Law Clinic.
contact@scottishwomensrightscentre.org.uk
Helpline: 0808 801 0789, see https://www.scottishwomensrightscentre.org.uk/services-helpline/ for opening times
C/o Rape Crisis Scotland, 2nd Floor, 134-138, W Regent St, Glasgow, G2 2RQ
https://www.facebook.com/swrcscot/
Shared Parenting Scotland
https://www.sharedparenting.scot/
Shared Parenting Scotland is a registered Scottish charity.
Its aims include:
- Assisting parents and their children and other close family members living in Scotland or having a family member in Scotland who are suffering from the consequences of divorce or separation by providing advice, assistance and other support and, in so doing, helping parents stay in touch with their children after divorce or separation.
- Furthering the emotional development of children in Scotland whose parents have divorced or separated by encouraging shared parenting arrangements which enable such children to have continuing and meaningful relationships with both their parents.
- Conducting research into problems concerned with children in Scotland who are deprived of the presence of a parent in their families, and into the problems concerned with establishing good relations between parents living apart from their children and publishing useful results.
Tel: 0131 557 2440
10 Palmerston Pl, Edinburgh, EH12 5AA
https://www.facebook.com/SharedParentingScotland/?locale=en_GB
Strathclyde University Law Clinic
The University of Strathclyde Law Clinic aims to deliver access to justice for those who have unmet legal needs and are unable to afford a solicitor. All work is completed by its volunteer law students under the supervision of our qualified solicitors. The volunteer students are responsible for cases throughout, and this includes any potential representation in Tribunals and the Sheriff Court (under Simple Procedure only). It can provide advice and assistance on the following areas of law: employment, consumer, housing and SSSC.
It cannot offer any advice on criminal, family or personal injury cases or matters which are beyond its capacity or remit due to complexity or subject matter.
Tel: 0141 548 5995
Level 8, Room 844, Graham Hills Building, 40 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1QE
https://www.facebook.com/strathlawclinic/?locale=en_GB
Survivors of Human Trafficking in Scotland
SOHTIS - Survivors of Human Trafficking in Scotland
SOHTIS is a third sector NGO which takes a human rights approach to ending human trafficking in Scotland. Its mission is to prevent, identify and recover victims of human trafficking, to encourage, enable and empower survivors as they rebuild their lives, and to advocate for the systemic changes needed to end the exploitation of trafficked people.
SOHTIS can provide direct support and advocacy to victims and survivors of human trafficking. They support service users across a number of areas including:
- the formal trafficking identification process (the National Referral Mechanism)
- criminal injuries compensation applications
- local authority age assessments
- safe repatriations
Suite 415a (floor 4) The Pentagon, Business Centre, 36 Washington Street, Glasgow, G3 8AZ
https://www.facebook.com/sohtis/?locale=en_GB
The Advice Shop
The Advice Shop staff, welfare rights service and money advice team offer free confidential and impartial help and advice on a range of problems, including tax and pension credits, disability and carers benefits, housing and council tax benefits, money and debt problems, rent and mortgage arrears and eviction or repossession, and universal credit.
Tel: 0131 200 2360
249 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YJ
https://www.facebook.com/westlothiancouncil
The Community Help & Advice Initiative (CHAI)
http://www.chaiedinburgh.org.uk/
CHAI, the Community Help & Advice Initiative, supports and empowers people and communities through free, confidential, impartial advice, information and representation on welfare benefits, money, housing, and employability. It operates from offices in the southwest of Edinburgh, conducting virtual and outreach appointments across Edinburgh.
Tel: 0131 442 2100
28 Westfield Ave, Edinburgh, EH11 2QH
Facebook: @CHAI.Edin
Instagram: @chaiedinburgh
Bluesky: @CHAIEdinburgh.bsky.social
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/community-help-advice-initiative
TikTok: @chai.edinburgh
The Royal Air Forces Association
The Royal Air Forces Association is a membership charity which looks after the interests of serving and ex-service men and women as well as their families, whether they left service yesterday or 50 years ago. It offers comradeship and practical support through its wellbeing and befriending service, a range of grants, and specialist disablement pensions advice and an advocacy service.
Its disablement pensions service is provided free to veterans across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, who have become disabled, physically or psychologically, as a result of their service in the Armed Forces. It offers telephonic advice on potential claims, and helps with completing claim forms and representation at pensions tribunals via video.
The service assists serving and ex-service personnel to pursue their possible entitlement to a military disablement pension or a claim related to:
- War Disablement Pension: for injuries pre-6th April 2005
- Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: for injuries after 6th April 2005
- War Widows Pensions
- Supplementary Allowances
Tel: 0800 018 2361
The Royal Air Forces Association, 41 Wembley Road, Leicester, LE3 1UT.
https://www.facebook.com/RAFAssociation/?locale=en_GB
University of Dundee Law Clinic
University of Dundee Law Clinic | University of Dundee, UK
The UDLC delivers free legal services to members of the public while giving students the opportunity to undertake hands-on legal work for the benefit of the wider community. This service is provided by law students and other volunteers from the wider student body, supervised by qualified lawyers and university staff.
Tel: 0738 753 3198 (voicemail only)
Scrymgeour Building, Park Place, Dundee
Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service Ltd (PKAVS)
PKAVS, the Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service, aims to improve lives and connect communities throughout Perth and Kinross. It helps over 5,000 local people with issues including but not limited to carers, minority communities, volunteering, and mental health and wellbeing.
This is a diverse charity which supports people from many backgrounds, of all ages, and with vastly differing needs. It works alongside the NHS, local council, government, and voluntary bodies to help as many people as possible achieve their goals and recognise their potential.
Tel: 0173 856 7076
Main Office, The Gateway, North Methven Street, Perth, PH1 5PP