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 on Access to Work, please visit: www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/promotingequalityfordisabledpeople/accesstowork.

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

NL Leisure's Active Health Programme, in partnership with NHS Lanarkshire, provides a range of supported programmes to help individuals realise the benefits of becoming more physically active and also assisting those who are recovering from minor or serious illness.

The programmes are aimed at individuals who would benefit from a reduction in sedentary behaviour, increase in physical activity or who need more specific support in taking part in physical activity sessions due to a particular health issue.

For more information please visit: www.activenl.co.uk/active-health or contact:

Melanie Menzies

Health & Wellbeing Manager

Tel: 01236 341709

Email: menziesmel@northlan.gov.uk

If you feel at risk of being harmed, or think you know someone who may be at risk, you must tell someone. You can contact your local social work services, health professionals or the police. They will take your concerns seriously and work to make sure everyone is safe.

For more information on adult protection in North Lanarkshire, please visit www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=15672.

There are many self help groups in Lanarkshire which may be able to help you to stop drinking or taking drugs such as 'Narcotics Anonymous' www.ukna.org, 'Alcoholics Anonymous' www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk, 'Cocaine Anonymous' www.cauk.org.uk/index.asp or 'Smart Recovery' www.smartrecovery.org.uk. You can also visit Cocaine Anonymous in Scotland via their website www.cascotland.org.uk and contact telephone number 0141 959 6363. 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.

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 is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Their aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone.

They provide information and support to people who are worried about their memory and for everyone living with dementia and their families, including 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

Associated materials

• Alzheimer Scotland - Whats Online?
• Alzheimer Scotland - Action on rights

Associated materials

• NHS Lanarkshire audiology services - Hearing aid self care sessions
• 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 2