{"id":298,"date":"2022-02-03T11:40:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T11:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/supporting-organisations\/"},"modified":"2022-02-08T09:48:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T09:48:52","slug":"supporting-organisations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/supporting-organisations\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Organisations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A list of organisations that can give you more information and support is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local Carer Centres<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EDINBURGH<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Edinburgh Carer Support Team<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a> Web: Edinburgh Carer Support Team \u2013 The City of Edinburgh Council<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Care for Carers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Room 4.25
St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road
Edinburgh EH7 6AE
Tel: 0131 661 2077
Email: enquiries@care4carers.org.uk<\/a>
Web: www.care4carers.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edinburgh Carers Council<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>
Web: www.edinburghcarerscouncil.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edinburgh Young Carers Project<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Norton Park, 57 Albion Road,
Edinburgh EH7 5QY
Tel: 0131 475 2322
Email: info@youngcarers.org.uk<\/a>
Web: www.youngcarers.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MECOPP<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Supporting black and minority ethnic carers.
Norton Park, 57 Albion Road
Edinburgh EH7 5QY
Tel: 0131 467 2994
Email: info@mecopp.org.uk<\/a>
Web: www.mecopp.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VOCAL Edinburgh<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

60 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 5HB
Tel: 0808 196 6666
Email: centre@vocal.org.uk<\/a>
Web: www.vocal.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EAST LOTHIAN<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Carers of East Lothian<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

East Lothian Community Hospital, Haddington, EH41 3PF
Tel: 0131 665 0135 Email: centre@coel.org.uk<\/a>
Web: www.coel.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Lothian Young Carers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Unit One, Cheviot House, Mill Wynd
Haddington, EH41 4EX
Tel: 01620 826558
Email: info@eastlothianyoungcarers.org<\/a> Web: Home (eastlothianyoungcarers.org)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MIDLOTHIAN<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

VOCAL Midlothian<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

30\/1 Hardengreen Estate
Dalhousie Road
Dalkeith EH22 3NX
Tel: 0131 663 6869
Email: midlothian@vocal.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Midlothian <\/strong>Council<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Children and Families Centre, 7 Eskdaill Court Dalkeith EH22 1AG Tel: 0131 2713413
Email: youngcarer@midlothian.gov.uk<\/a>
Web: Support for young carers | Midlothian Council<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WEST LOTHIAN<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Carers of West Lothian<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sycamore House,
Quarrywood Court,
Livingston, EH54 6AX
Telephone: 01506 448000 Email: office@carers-westlothian.com<\/a>
Web: www.carers-westlothian.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carers of West Lothian – Young Carers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(same address as above)
Tel: 01506 448000 Email: office@carers-westlothian.com<\/strong><\/a>
Web: www.carers-westlothian.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DirectGov<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This website provides a wide range of resources about caring, including information on finances, assessments, employment and services.
Web: <\/a>Carers UK – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NHS 24<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NHS Inform<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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 \u2013 10pm
Web: Support for unpaid carers | NHS inform<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 1:8Waverley Court, 4 East Market StreetEdinburgh EH8 8BGTel: 0131 536 3371Email: carer.support@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Web: Edinburgh Carer Support Team – The City of Edinburgh Council Care for Carers Room<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-298","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"davidmcbain","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/author\/davidmcbain\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"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 1:8Waverley Court, 4 East Market StreetEdinburgh EH8 8BGTel: 0131 536 3371Email: carer.support@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Web: Edinburgh Carer Support Team – The City of Edinburgh Council Care for Carers Room","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/supportingcarers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}