Access to Work can help you if your health or disability effects the way you do your job.

The service gives you and your employer advice and support regarding the extra costs which may arise because of your needs. Access to Work may pay towards the equipment you need at work, adapting premises to meet your needs, or a support worker. They can also pay towards the cost of getting to work if you cannot use public transport.

For more information, please visit their website by following the link: www.gov.uk/access-to-work. 

If you need a communicator at job interviews, Access to Work may also be able to help. Contact this centre if you work in Scotland, Northwest England, North East England, or Yorkshire & Humberside:

Contact information
Phone: 0141 950 5327
Text: 0845 6025850
Fax: 0141 950 5265
Address: Jobcentre Plus, Access to Work Operational Support Unit, Anniesland JCP, Baird Street, Glasgow G90 8AN

For more local information of Access to Work, please visit www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk.

If you are over 65 and looking at getting active you may be interested in NL Leisure's programme called Active Age. You can take up a new activity or sport or continue with your favourite sport.

Contact Information:

Programme: Active Age

Website: www.nlleisure.co.uk/specialised-health-classes/active-age

Phone: 01236 341968

There are many self help groups in Lanarkshire which may be able to help you to stop drinking or taking drugs, these are listed below. Research tells us that people who attend mutual aid groups like these can benefit a great deal, particularly in the first few months after stopping.

Contact Information:

Organisation: Narcotics Anonymous

Website: www.ukna.org/

Phone: 0300 999 1212

Organisation: Alcoholics Anonymous

Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/

Phone: 0800 9177 650

Organisation: Cocaine Anonymous

Website: https://cocaineanonymous.org.uk/

Phone: 0800 612 0225

Website (Scotland): www.cascotland.org.uk

Phone (Scotland): 0141 959 6363

Organisation: Smart Recovery

Website: www.smartrecovery.org.uk/

You have answered that you drink alcohol every day, or that your family/friends are concerned about the amount you drink. Alcohol counselling team can help. Their aim is to limit the damaging effects of alcohol to the individual experiencing difficulty and to their families. This service is customised to individual needs offering both harm-reduction and abstinence based work.

Contact Information:

Phone: 01236 423900

Alzheimer Scotland provides advice and support to people with dementia and their carers.

They provide the following services:

• Information
• Advice
• Support
• Carer education
• Outreach support

Contact Information:

Organisation: Alzheimer Scotland

Address: 64 Dalziel Street, Motherwell, ML1 1PJ

Email: LanarkshireServices@alzscot.org

Phone: 01698 275300

Referral Procedure: If you have never been seen at the audiology department, you must first contact your GP for assessment and onward referral. If you are an existing NHS Hearing Aid user, contact details are as follows:

Wishaw General Hospital audiology department is open between 9am - 4pm Monday to Friday. They also run a drop in facility on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9.30am - 11.30am. The drop in sessions are for replacement batteries, re-tubing and advice only. For anything else, such as repairs, you will need an appointment.

You can also phone them on 01698 456556.

Monklands Hospital run a drop in facility on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 1.30pm - 4pm. For more information, please phone them on 01236 712028.

Central Health Centre, Cumbernauld run a drop in facility Monday 9.30am - 11.30am , which is for advice, tubing, repairs and replacement batteries. Please phone them on 01236 731771.

Replacement batteries only can also be collected from the reception area in the following locations during normal working hours:

• Airdrie Health Centre
• Bellshill Health Centre
• Central Health Centre
• Cumbernauld
• Coatbridge Health Centre
• Kilsyth Health Centre
• Motherwell Health Centre
• Shotts Health Centre
• Viewpark Health Centre
• Wishaw Health Centre

For more information on Audiology services, please call the Audiology Service Central Advice by using the following information.

Contact information
Phone: 01698 456556/456550
Text: 07795401016
Fax: 01698457748

Associated materials

• Audiology Services in Lanarkshire
• Audiology Services

The Barnardo's Axis Lanarkshire service supports those affected by personal, adult or parental substance misuse. The service provides support from ages 14 to 21, and for care leavers up to the age of 26. Advice and information is available on the impact of high risk behaviours such as drug or alcohol misuse, violence and domestic abuse. Intervention and treatment services can be accessed, along with 1 to 1 and peer support.

Contact Information:

Organisation: Barnardo's Axis Lanarkshire

Address: Barnardo's Axis Lanarkshire Suite T, Town Hall Business Centre 1-11, High Road, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, ML1 3HU

Website: www.barnardos.org.uk

Phone: 01698 262443 Extension 3