Further support & links
We have provided contact details for a range of professional organisations who offer support and advice that may be useful following the death of a loved one.
Age Concern Scotland
Causewayside House
160 Causewayside
EDINBURGH
EH9 1PR
Telephone: 0845 833 0200
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk
Brake
The Road Safety Charity
PO Box 548
HUDDERSFIELD
HD1 2XZ
BrakeCare helpline for road crash victims: 0845 603 8570
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.brake.org.uk
British Association of Cancer United Patients
(Cancer BACUP Scotland)
3rd Floor
Cranston House
104-114 Argyll Street
GLASGOW
G2 8BH
Telephone helpline: 0808 800 1234
Website: www.cancerbacup.org.uk
Cancerlink
89 Albert Embankment
LONDON
SE1 7UQ
Email: [email protected]
Freephone: 0808 808 0000
Fax: 020 7840 7841
Website: www.cancerlink.org
Information for those bereaved by suicide is available from:
Choose Life
NHS Health Scotland
Elphinston House
65 West Regent Street
GLASGOW
G2 2AF
Telephone: 0141 354 2900
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.chooselife.net
Cruse - Bereavement Care Scotland
Riverview House
Friarton Road
PERTH
PH2 8DF
Telephone: 01738 444 178
Fax: 01738 444 807
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.crusescotland.org.uk
General Register Office for Scotland
New Reigster House
3 West Register Street
EDINBURGH
EH1 3YT
Telephone: 0131 334 0380
Website: www.gro-scotland.gov.uk
Humanist Society of Scotland
272 Bath Street
GLASGOW
G2 4JR
Telephone: 0870 874 9002
Website: www.humanism-scotland.org.uk
HM Revenue & Customs Charities, Assets and Residence
Meldrum House
15 Drumsheugh Gardens
EDINBURGH
EH3 7UG
Telephone: 0131 777 4000
Website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/inheritancetax
(For information on inheritance tax and forms)
The Law Society of Scotland
26 Drumsheugh Gardens
EDINBURGH
EH3 7YR
Telephone: 0131 226 7411
Website: www.lawscot.org.uk
The Miscarriage Association
c/o Clayton Hospital
Northgate
WAKEFIELD
WF1 3JS
Scottish Telephone Helpline (answerphone with
names of local contacts) 0131 334 8883
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk
National Association of Funeral Directors
618 Warwick Road
SOLIHULL
B91 1AA
Telephone: 0845 2301343
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.nafd.org.uk
Office of Fair Trading
Fleetbank House
2-6 Salisbury Square
LONDON
EC4Y 8JX
Telephone: 08457 22 44 99
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.oft.gov.uk
Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer
Crown Office
25 Chambers Street
EDINBURGH
EH1 1LA
Telephone: 0131 247 2694
Fax: 0131 247 2695
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.copfs.gov.uk
The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS)
54A Fountainbridge
EDINBURGH
EH3 9PT
Telephone: 0131 622 6263
Fax: 0131 622 6265
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.uk-sands.org
Scottish Cot Death Trust
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Yorkhill
GLASGOW
G3 8SJ
Telephone: 0141 357 3946
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sidscotland.org.uk
The Scottish Government
Civil Law Division
Area 2W, St Andrew’s House
Regent Road
EDINBURGH
EH1 3DG
Telephone: 0131 244 3581
Waverley Care HIV Information Centre
Waverley Care Solas
2/4 Abbey Mount
EDINBURGH
EH8 8EJ
Telephone: 0131 661 0982
Fax: 0131 652 1780
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.waverleycare.org
Voluntary Health Scotland
35 Melville Street
EDINBURGH
EH3 7JF
Telephone: 0131 225 7290
Fax: 0131 220 9940
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.vhscotland.org.uk
Winston's Wish (support for bereaved children)
Winston’s Wish
Westmoreland House
80-86 Bath Road
CHELTENHAM
GL53 7JT
Telephone: 01242 515 157
Fax: 01242 546 187
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.winstonswish.org.uk
