Useful Links
This section contains links to other organisations that you might find helpful. The House Key is not responsible for the content of any of these external sites.
The Scottish Executive is the devolved government for Scotland. It is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport.
www.scotland.gov.uk
The Care Commission is the independent regulator of housing support and care services in Scotland.
www.carecommission.com
Communities Scotland is a Scottish Executive agency. It maintains the public register of Registered Social Landlords (RSL’s) : these are independent housing organisations.
www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk
Citizens Advice Scotland helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from many locations, and by influencing policymakers.
www.cas.org.uk
Age Concern Scotland is an independent, recognised charity working throughout Scotland to help make the lives of older people more secure, comfortable, dignified and enjoyable.
www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk
Apex Scotland is the leading training and employment organisation that works with offenders, ex-offenders, and young people at risk. It provides a range of employment related services that offer support to individual people.
www.apexscotland.org.uk
Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is an independent body established in April 2000 by Act of Parliament to stop discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.
www.drc-gb.org
HIV Scotland is an HIV voluntary sector policy and support organisation, providing HIV information and advice.
www.hivscotland.com
HousingCare.org is a site for older people, their families, carers and advisors, and all those who work with and for them, containing information about all forms of housing and care throughout the UK.
www.HousingCare.org
Mental Health Foundation is the biggest website on mental health (and mental illness) in the UK.
www.mentalhealth.org.uk
The RNIB is the UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice for blind and partially sighted people.
www.rnib.org.uk
The RNID offers a range of services for deaf and hard of hearing people, and provides information and support on all aspects of deafness, hearing loss and tinnitus.
www.rind.org.uk
Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability is led by people with learning disabilities and their carers, alongside professionals, business people and others. It focuses on four main areas of work, i.e. training, information, public education, and research
www.scld.org.uk
Makaton promotes a symbol and sign language for people with communication and learning difficulties
www.makaton.org
Scottish Women’s Aid aims to help abused women and their children and to end such violence against women. It provides information and advice, refuges and other locally based support throughout Scotland.
www.scottishwomensaid.co.uk
Scottish Refugee Council offers advice, information and assistance to asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland
www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk
Shelter Scotland is the national campaigning charity for housing and homelessness.
www.scotland.shelter.org.uk
See Me Scotland campaign was launched in October 2002 to challenge stigma and discrimination around mental ill-health in Scotland. It is run by an alliance of five Scottish mental health organisations
www.seeme.scotland.org
Talk to Frank provides information and advice about drugs and operates a 24 confidential helpline
www.talktofrank.com
The Who Cares? Trust is a national charity working to improve public care for around 60,000 children and young people who are separated from their families and living in residential or foster care
www.thewhocarestrust.org.uk
Young Scot is the Scottish Youth information site for people in Scotland aged 12 to 26 years
www.youngscot.org
Streets Ahead is a comprehensive on-line guide to leaving home and housing for young people aged 14-25 in Scotland
www.leavinghome.info/streets_ahead