Learning Disabilities

Citizens Advice Scotland, the Extra Help Unit and our 59 member bureaux together form Scotland’s largest independent advice network.

Web: https://www.cas.org.uk/

We are one of the most impactful organisations in delivering support, employability and skills services, and advocacy on behalf of people with additional support needs and their families in communities across Scotland.

Web: https://www.enable.org.uk/

Fife Voluntary Action (FVA) is the third sector interface for the Fife Council area. We are an independent charity that receives funding from key public sector agencies to ensure the third sector is robust, resilient and delivers high quality services for the people of Fife.

Web: https://www.fva.org/

The Learning Disabilities service also provides hospital and community based services for children and adults with learning difficulties. 

Web: https://www.nhsfife.org/services/all-services/learning-disabilities/

Our One Stop Shop supports hundreds of people from across Fife every year on a range of issues such as emotional support, help understanding an autism diagnosis and transitions. 

Web: https://www.scottishautism.org/services-support/family-support/fife-one-stop-shop

PAMIS is the only organisation in Scotland that works solely with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their families for a better life.

Web: https://pamis.org.uk/

People First (Scotland), Fife Community Groups, the independent collective self-advocacy organisation, run by and for adults with learning difficulties aged 16 and over. The organisation is based on clear values of independence, involvement and peer support. Self-advocacy can change lives and the way people feel about themselves.

Web: https://peoplefirstscotland.org/

Shared Lives Fife provides family-based care in the homes of carers across Fife to adults with disabilities and mental health difficulties.

Web: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/health-and-social-care2/help-for-adults-and-older-people/shared-lives-fife

The Well is a place where you can drop-in, both in your community and online and find out information and receive general advice to help you stay well and independent within your local community.

Web: https://hscp.nhsfife.org/your-community/the-well/