A list of organisations that can give you more information and support is below.
Local Carer Centres
EDINBURGH
Edinburgh Carer Support Team
Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership, Level 1:8
Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street
Edinburgh EH8 8BG
Tel: 0131 536 3371
Email: carer.support@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Web: Edinburgh Carer Support Team – The City of Edinburgh Council
Care for Carers
Room 4.25
St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road
Edinburgh EH7 6AE
Tel: 0131 661 2077
Email: enquiries@care4carers.org.uk
Web: www.care4carers.org.uk
Edinburgh Carers Council
For those supporting someone with mental health difficulties, personality disorder or learning disabilities.
14 Links Place, Edinburgh EH6 7EZ
Tel: 0131 322 8480
Email: info@edinburghcarerscouncil.co.uk
Web: www.edinburghcarerscouncil.co.uk
Edinburgh Young Carers Project
Norton Park, 57 Albion Road,
Edinburgh EH7 5QY
Tel: 0131 475 2322
Email: info@youngcarers.org.uk
Web: www.youngcarers.org.uk
MECOPP
Supporting black and minority ethnic carers.
Norton Park, 57 Albion Road
Edinburgh EH7 5QY
Tel: 0131 467 2994
Email: info@mecopp.org.uk
Web: www.mecopp.org.uk
VOCAL Edinburgh
60 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 5HB
Tel: 0808 196 6666
Email: centre@vocal.org.uk
Web: www.vocal.org.uk
EAST LOTHIAN
Carers of East Lothian
East Lothian Community Hospital, Haddington, EH41 3PF
Tel: 0131 665 0135 Email: centre@coel.org.uk
Web: www.coel.org.uk
East Lothian Young Carers
Unit One, Cheviot House, Mill Wynd
Haddington, EH41 4EX
Tel: 01620 826558
Email: info@eastlothianyoungcarers.org Web: Home (eastlothianyoungcarers.org)
MIDLOTHIAN
VOCAL Midlothian
30/1 Hardengreen Estate
Dalhousie Road
Dalkeith EH22 3NX
Tel: 0131 663 6869
Email: midlothian@vocal.org.uk
Midlothian Council
Children and Families Centre, 7 Eskdaill Court Dalkeith EH22 1AG Tel: 0131 2713413
Email: youngcarer@midlothian.gov.uk
Web: Support for young carers | Midlothian Council
WEST LOTHIAN
Carers of West Lothian
Sycamore House,
Quarrywood Court,
Livingston, EH54 6AX
Telephone: 01506 448000 Email: office@carers-westlothian.com
Web: www.carers-westlothian.com
Carers of West Lothian – Young Carers
(same address as above)
Tel: 01506 448000 Email: office@carers-westlothian.com
Web: www.carers-westlothian.com
NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
DirectGov
This website provides a wide range of resources about caring, including information on finances, assessments, employment and services.
Web: Carers UK – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
NHS 24
If your GP surgery is closed and the patient is too ill to wait until they open, contact NHS 24. It is a telephone-based service and can answer questions about health and offer advice and get you the right help.
Tel: 08454 24 24 24
NHS 24 | NHS 24
NHS Inform
This is a national health information service.
It runs a helpline and web based resource containing a wide range of health and carer information in various languages.
Tel: 0800 22 44 88
Open 7 days 8am – 10pm
Web: Support for unpaid carers | NHS inform
