If you need help or support from someone who is independent from Falkirk Council, then there are a number of services within Falkirk which may be able to help you:
Forth Valley Advocacy| provides advocacy services to people with mental ill health, older people and children aged 8-18. They are there to support you if you:
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feel no-one is listening
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need someone to support or prepare you for meetings
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would like to know more about your rights
You can contact them at the following address:
Forth Valley Advocacy
1 The Bungalows
Stirling Road
Larbert
FK5 4SZ
Telephone: 01324 557070
Advocacy into Action provides a range of independent advocacy services to people with learning disabilities in Falkirk and Clackmannanshire. They do this by listening, giving people a voice and helping them defend their rights.
You can contact them at the following address:
Advocacy into Action
27 West Bridge Street
Falkirk
FK1 5RJ
Telephone: 01324 633321
Citizens Advice Bureaux| will give you information and advice about claiming benefits and other welfare rights. Contact details for the local offices are:
Falkirk CAB
27-29 Vicar Street
Falkirk
FK1 1LL
Telephone: 01324 611244
Denny and Dunipace CAB
24 Duke Street
Denny
FK6 6DD
Telephone: 01324 823118
Grangemouth and Bo'ness CAB
1 Kerse Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8HW
Telephone: 01324 483467