Health
Alzheimer Scotland Action on Dementia
We are Scotland’s leading dementia Charity, offering support to people with dementia and their carers through the provision of specialist national and local services. We give equal importance to public policy and campaigning work to raise awareness of dem ...
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British Red Cross
Caring for people in Crisis. The British Red Cross is a part of The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and offers the following services: - Transport and Escort, Medical Loan, First Aid - Training, First Aid - Public Events cover, Therapeut ...
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Chest, Heart and Stroke Welfare Rights Service
The Chest, Heart and Stroke Welfare Rights Service provides free, independent, impartial and confidential welfare rights advice to individuals in Fife affected by stroke illness. The Welfare Rights Adviser can:
• Advise on benefit entitlements, like Disa ...
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Children and Families (Disabilities) Team
This Team of 5 Social Workers and 3 Social Work Assistants covers the whole of Fife. For the purposes of the Team, the definintion of a child affected by disability is 'a child with a severe learning or physical disability; or life threatening or chronic ...
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Children's Hospice Association Scotland
The Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) is a Scottish Charity established in 1992 by a small group of parents and professionals who understood the needs of children with life limiting conditions and their families.
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Community Learning Disability Team
The aim of the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) is to provide high quality health care services for people with a learning disability which enables and supports the individual to participate in the activities of everyday life.
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Community Outreach Team
This Team works with people with severe and/or enduring mental health problems who are residents in West Fife. We are part of NHS Fife and the team is made up of nurses, social workers, O.T and support workers. The Teams main function is to help people wi ...
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Continence Advisory Service for Fife
Advice and support for people with bladder and bowel problems.
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Cystitis and Overactive Bladder Foundation
The Cystitis and Overactive Bladder Foundation gives support to people with all forms of cystitis and overactive bladder.
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Diabetes UK Fife Group
The aim is fund-raising, providing advice, support, and education. The clientele are people with diabetes and carers of all ages. The status is a voluntary group of Diabetes UK. The activities are regular fund-raising activities including house to house c ...
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Dietitian
Can offer dietary advice for a wide variety of needs.
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Dunfermline Advocacy Initiative
DAI is a Community Organisation, independent of service providers, set up to support and promote the rights of adults with learning disabilities in West Fife through Citizen Advocacy. Citizen Advocacy involves community action and ensures that people with ...
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Epilepsy Clinic
There is a weekly clinic for the assessment and treatment of childhood disorders at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. A trained counsellor from the Epilepsy Association attends the Clinic, which caters for the whole of Fife
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Express Group (Fife) Ltd
Express Group (Fife) Ltd is a Fife wide Mental Health Charity, which provides day care services for people who have had or are currently experiencing mental ill health. There are 11 groups throughout Fife and members are encouraged to run the groups, on a ...
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Fife Headway Group
Supports people who have had a head injury from accident or illness which resulted in brain damaged and their carers, families and friends.
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Fife Rehabilitation Service
Fife Rehabilitation Service is part of the Fife Primary Care Division of NHS Fife and is based at the Sir George Sharp Unit at Cameron Hospital in Windygates. The service provides assessment and rehabilitation for those with physical disabilities due to a ...
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Fife Rheumatic Diseases Unit
Fife Rheumatic Diseases Unit (FRDU) provides a multi disciplinary team management of rheumatic diseases. Services are provided as locally as possible. Occupational therapists offer advice re benegits, rights etc.
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Fife Sensory Impairment Centre
Fife Sensory Impairment Centre, Kirkcaldy is a Centre of Best Practice in Access for All. Organisations based at the Centre include: Fife Society for the Blind, FSB Enterprises, Deaf Action, RNIB Pathway, Sense Scotland, NHS Fife.
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Glenrothes CHP
GALHCC was set up by the eight General Practices in the Glenrothes area and is responsible for managing health services for the people of Glenrothes, Leslie, Markinch, Star of Markinch, Coaltown of Balgonie, Milton of Balgonie, Thornton and some services ...
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GUM & Sexual Health
The GUM clinic offers a free and confidential service to discuss sexual health issues, provide information and offer sexual health check-ups. Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections including HIV and hepatitis. Emergency contraception, p ...
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Healthy Living & Sensory Awareness project
The Healthy Living and Sensory Awareness Project aims to increase the opportunities for a healthy lifestyle for people with a sensory loss who live in Fife - British Sign Language (BSL) users, deaf, deafened, hard-of-hearing, blind, partially sighted and ...
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Hearing Voices Network
This Network aims to support people who hear voices by giving them an opportunity to meet others and share experiences and strategies in a safe confidential environment. Groups meet throughout Fife. For people who may find attending a Group difficult we m ...
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Kirkcaldy & Levenmouth Stop Smoking Service
We offer a tailored programme of specialist support, either as a group or as individual sessions. Telephone, email and text support is also available following an initial face-to-face consultation. Support takes place in a number of local GP practices and ...
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MacMillan Fife Welfare Benefits Partnership
The Macmillan Fife Welfare Benefits Advisers offer a free, confidential advice service for people and their families who are living in Fife with a cancer diagnosis. A Macmillan Fife Welfare Benefits adviser can help with · Applying for Social Security Ben ...
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Maggies Fife
The goal of Maggies Cancer Caring Centres is to keep people who have cancer as healthy in mind and body as possible by enabling them to participate actively in the treatment of their disease. Maggie's Fife provides a service for people with cancer and the ...
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Maternity Provision
Maternity care in Fife is geared to making pregnancy and birth as normal as possible with the widest choice for women. Antenatal and postnatal care is carried out locally with the majority of midwives based in GP surgeries and making home visits. Birth op ...
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MS Society Fife Branch
To provide advice and support to the people in Fife diagnosed with MS, approximately 820. Through;
Individual support grants
Self management courses
Support group lunches
Drop in centre
Support worker
Befriending service
Information days
Quar ...
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NHS Fife
The NHS in Fife is working to improve services with the involvement and support of the public, our partners in other NHS Boards, Fife Council and voluntary agencies. We will continue to inform and consult local people at the earliest possible stages on de ...
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Paediatric Physiotherapy Service
Fife Health Care, Community Paediatric Physiotherapy Service provides assessment and treatment for a wide range of conditions both acute and chronic for children up to the age of 16 years or until school leaving age.
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Pain Association - Fife Groups
Pain Association Scotland offers training and education through a network of self-management groups for those members of the community who live with chronic pain whatever the cause, including cancer-related pain.
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