Fife Carers Centre
Fife Carers Centre is a small charity dedicated to supporting the unpaid carers of Fife. Fife Carers Centre support carers in a wide variety of ways. We can help them to sustain their caring roles without harming their own wellbeing. Working one to one with carers or with common interest groups to help them to deal with some of the difficulties that often arise.
Address: 157 Commercial Street, Kirkcaldy
Website: www.fifecarerscentre.org.co.uk
Email: centre@fifecarers.co.uk
Telephone: 01592 205472
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) advice line
CHSS is a free and confidential practitioner led phone advice line which provides advice, support and information to people living with or affected by chest, heart, stroke and long-Covid conditions.
Telephone: 0808 801 0899
Email: adviceline@chss.org.uk
Stroke Association Scotland
The support offered by Stroke Association Scotland includes:
- A free advice helpline
- Stroke support groups
- Stroke health publications
- Information videos
- Communication support
- Online community with various activities and chat forums
- Weekly volunteer calls
- Carers support information and
- A childhood stroke support team
Email: helpline@stroke.org.uk Telephone:0303 3033 100
Self Help 4 Stroke
Self management website for people who have had a stroke.
Stroke 4 Carers
Provides information and support based website offering practical advice, training and information for unpaid carers, family and friends of anyone who has been affected by stroke illness.
Different strokes
UK Charity founded in 1996 by a younger stroke survivor. The aim is
to support younger and working age survivors, their family and friends while showing the world that Stroke doesn’t just happen to older people.
If you would like to join the group contact the information line:0345 1307172
Wellbeing toolkit
For individuals looking for more information on improving your own wellbeing.
Support Groups
The Friendship Cabin
Chest , Heart, Stroke, Long Covid, Long Term Conditions
Activities: Social activities that offer educational information, communication support, singing for fun and lunch/refreshments.
Stroke Association Support Group
Groups offer support to stroke survivors, carers, family and friends. Built on friendships and fun, they are a safe and supportive space to try things again, to learn more about stroke and self-care and to build your confidence as you get back to life after stroke.
CHSS Partnered Peer Groups
Join one of the CHSS partnered peer groups and get support, socialise and meet others who understand what you are going through. Each group offers their own programme of activities, with everything from gentle exercise to coffee mornings.
Andy's Man Club
ANDYSMANCLUB are a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free to attend peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online. We want to end the stigma surrounding men’s mental health and help men through the power of conversation.
#ITSOKAYTOTALK
Fife Voluntary Action
Find out about volunteering or access help for your community group
On your doorstep
Find groups and organisations in your area by searching the On Your Doorstep site
Disability Information Scotland directory
The Disability Information Scotland has a directory of information/services that you can filter by Health Board Scottish Disability & Sensory Services Directory - Disability Information Scotland.
Head injury directory
Head Injury Directory also has a list of information by Health Board as well as information for claiming benefits etc Online Resource for Brain Injured | Head injury information Directory (HIID).
ALISS
ALISS (local Information system for Scotland) has a list of health and wellbeing groups and services across Scotland
Blue badge scheme
The Blue European Parking Badge Scheme is intended to help those who would be physically incapable of visiting shops, public buildings and other places unless allowed to park close to their destination.
Badges are granted to those with severe walking difficulties who travel either as drivers or passengers, to registered blind people and to drivers with very severe upper limb disabilities who cannot turn a steering wheel by hand. Holders of a Blue European Badge are entitled to a range of parking concessions.
You can get an application form for a Blue Badge from a Fife Council Local Service Centre.
Email: European.Parkingbadges@fife.gov.uk
Telephone: 0345 1550066
Fife Council: Community Transport
Transportation Services can give advice and information about community transport schemes throughout Fife, including advice on who to contact for help in arranging transport for people with
reduced mobility.
For further information contact mmc@fife.gov.uk
Services include:
Fife Bus 03451 55 11 88
Fife Shopmobility 01592 803771
Royal Voluntary Service 01592 269654
Mybus 01333 429066
Accessible Holidays In Fife
There are a number of accessible holiday homes in Fife, here are some helpful links:
The Homelands Trust Fife
Wheelchair accessible luxury self-catering holiday lodges and disability accessible lodges nestled in mature woodlands in the pretty
village of Lundin Links.
Telephone: 01333 329039
Email: info@homelands-fife.co.uk
Accessible holidays - The Rings
Providing accessible holiday accommodation to allow people to make memories that will last a lifetime.
Telephone: 01334 828243
Active Options
Keeping fit and healthy can be a challenge if you live with a long term condition. Exercise has many benefits to your physical and mental
wellbeing. Active Options is a programme of exercise classes which is tailored to your individual ability. Further information is available from their website.
Email: healthwellbeing@fifeleisure.org.uk
Tel: 01383 602127
Bums off Seats
Bums off Seats is a Fife Walking Initiative. Free local health walking
opportunities in Fife are provided and all walks are led by a trained team of Volunteer Walk Leaders. For further information please contact the Bums off Seats team
www.active.fife.scot/activities/activity-pages/fitness-and-wellbeing/walking
Accessible Walks
There are a number of accessible walks in and around Fife.
Here are some helpful links to help you decide where you might like to visit.
Smart Life in Fife
An online assessment tool to help self-manage mobility and health. It will help identify solutions including advice and links to aids.
Euan's guide
Euan’s Guide features disabled access reviews from disabled people and their friends and families. The aim of the guide is to empower disabled people by providing information that will give confidence and choices for getting out and about. It removes the ‘fear of the unknown’ when visiting a venue for the first time.
As well as tourism and entertainment venues such as hotels,
restaurants, bars, theatres and visitor attractions, Euan’s Guide
features disabled access reviews of any place that is visited as part of everyday life such as post offices, railway stations, supermarkets and many others. Euan MacDonald lived in Edinburgh with Motor Neurone Disease.
Headway—The Brain Injury Association
Headway is the UK-wide charity that works to improve life after brain injury by providing vital support and information services.
Free helpline 0808 800 2244 or email helpline@headway.org.uk
They also offer local support with meetings are held every month.
Email: fifeheadway@gmail.com
Tel: 01592 370034
Southeast Mobility & Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre
Provides a wide range of rehabilitation technology services including mobility and postural services (wheelchairs and special seating), prosthetics, orthotics and bio engineering] services (artificial limbs and special equipment), a Disabled Living Centre and Gait Analysis Service.
National Driving Assessment Service
Telephone: 0131 537 9177
