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Local Care Information

Information in and about Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

• Advocacy Service Aberdeen Advocacy Service Aberdeen - this site gives information about advocacy, what it is and how it can help.
• Grampian Caredata Grampian Caredata - this site is a searchable database for local information in areas such as health, social services, leisure and recreation, education and training, voluntary and statutory agencies.

National Care Information

• Alzheimer Scotland Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia provides services and campaigns actively to help people with dementia and their families and carers.
• Carers Research Partnership Carers Research Partnership is a group of carers, service users, service providers, and researchers who are working together to provide evidence regarding the needs of carers and service users.
• Carers Scotland Carers Scotland is a membership based organisation of carers which provides information and campaigns to influence and develop legislation and policy to improve services and support to carers.
• Coalition of Carers in Scotland Coalition of Carers in Scotland (COSIS) - this is an information network designed for carers, carer groups and organisations, and for people working with carers.
• Contact A Family Contact a Family - this site contains the CAF Directory which holds information on many conditions including information about self-help groups. The site also has their current and past newsletters available to download.
• Enable Enable is an information site for people with learning disabilities and their carers and families.
• National Schizophrenia Fellowship National Schizophrenia Fellowship is an information site for carers of people with Schizophrenia.
• NHS Health Scotland NHS Health Scotland is the site for what was Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS) and Public Health in Scotland (PHIS). On 1st April 2003 they merged to become NHS Health Scotland
• Princess Royal Trust for Carers Princess Royal Trust for Carers - this site gives information about the Trust. It has a Carers Cafe, a chat room specifically for carers and former carers but anyone can read the letters. There is also the ability to link to other relevant external sites.
• Shared Care Scotland Shared Care Scotland

Associates

Groups associated with VSA

• Fundraising Standards Board (FSB) The FSB's purpose is to promote excellence in fundraising and provide a robust and accessible complaints procedure for members of the public.
• Investors in People Standard The Investors in People Standard is a straightforward, proven framework for delivering business improvement through people and our website can provide you with all the information you need to get involved, keep up to date and put the Standard into practice.
• Work With Us Workwithus.org provides you with information, events and news posted by charities and voluntary organisations covering a wide range of topics.

General Information

• Aberdeen City Council Home to a population of 202,370, Aberdeen is a thriving, cosmopolitan port in the North-east of Scotland. It is not only the Offshore Oil Capital but is also a Global Energy City.
• Aberdeenshire Council The official website of Aberdeenshire Council offering a wide range of information and services for residents, businesses and visitors.
• HMIE (Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education) The inspections and reviews carried out by HMIE, allied to meaningful self-evaluation, are central parts of the approach to quality improvement in Scottish education. The effective combination of these two processes constitutes a powerful means of identifying strengths and priorities for improvement across the system.