Provides an oversight of all the social and community resources available to people in Fife and helps to access the appropriate service for a person's needs. Examples would be help with financial difficulties, housing, benefit assessments, food bank access, social isolation, bereavement support.
The Well has a pop-up stall at the Costa front door in the Victoria Hospital twice a week.
Wed and Fri 10-12)
Venues across Fife - Drop-ins welcome
Referrals can be made if there is a feeling that a person may struggle with initial contact - see link below.
Fife Forum
Fife Forum help with lots of things in the community. They can also provide advocacy for patients in hospital, help with filling in forms, helping them to put across their wishes if they have no family or if there is family conflict.
Sam Roger (Hospital Contact) - sam@fifeforum.org.uk
Link Life Fife
Patients need a referral from GP, nurse or other health profession. Support for mental illness, stress, anxiety, help with accessing services, activities, social groups, housing and benefits by providing link workers.
You'll see many posters around the hospitals now for Fife Carers. This organisation is extremely helpful to carers. They have hospital workers and a community base.
Age Scotland provide Information leaflets e.g. on Bereavement, Funeral Planning, Care at Home, Benefits for people with dementia and other age related issues. They will also send them out for free though do welcome donations.
The Sanctuary and The Haven
Resources available at these locations within Victoria and Queen Margaret Hospital
Keeping connected leaflets
Covering bereavement and loss, general numbers in Fife, mental health, and young people. These provide all the phone numbers people could possibly need of all the community services, council numbers, charities, support groups.
These can be ordered Via - HPAC (durham.gov.uk).(Search Keeping Connected)
Email - Mary-grace.burinski@nhs.scot
