Check your Local Council website.
They have services to help, and also links with local resilience groups (eg help with essential supplies).
Edinburgh: www.edinburgh.gov.uk
East Lothian: www.eastlothian.gov.uk
Midlothian: www.midlothian.gov.uk
West Lothian: www.westlothian.gov.uk
The Scottish Government have a website called ‘Ready to Help‘, with links to different organisations eg financial and debt related, parents, older people.
A new national helpline launched on 14th April to provide essential assistance to those who don’t have a network of support but who are at high risk of contracting coronavirus (COVID-19). This helpline – 0800 111 4000 – will offer help to those who do not have family or existing community support, cannot get online and who are over 70, disabled, require the support of mental health services, are pregnant or receive a flu jab for health reasons. This service is in addition to localised support already available.
