Adaptations, equipment and occupational therapy
Signposting and support information
The information on this page provides details of the many high street stores, local and national advice agencies, local showrooms and the many online suppliers that can assist you to self-manage the provision of your own equipment and adaptation needs. It also provides details of some other supports and advice that you may benefit from, ranging from the Scottish Government to council services that can help you secure any eligible disability or cost of living related benefits and access the relevant third sector supports from our many third sector partners.
We would recommend reading reviews before making private purchases or arranging any work privately, as the South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership has no responsibility for any problems encountered when making private arrangements.
Some high street stores, advice agencies, local showrooms and regional online suppliers:
- Amazon mobility and daily living aids
- Argos independent living at home information
- Boots mobility and daily living aids
- BJ Mobility and UK Mobility Health Care
- British Red Cross Store Free shipping on all orders within the UK
- Care Co Phone 0141 483 9731 Showroom at 324 Battlefield Road, Mount Florida, Glasgow, G42 9JD
- Complete Care Shop Phone 03330 160 000
- Disability Information Scotland Phone 0300 323 9961
- Essential Aids UK Phone 01273 719889
- Lloyds Pharmacy linked with Care Co
- Klyde Mobility Phone 01698 358224 Showroom at Garrion Bridges Garden and Antique Centre Horsley Brae, Wishaw, ML2 0RR
- Mobility Solutions Phone 0808 159 1468 or 0808 149 3150 Showroom at 75 Hawthorn Street, Glasgow, G22 6HY
- Nottingham Rehab Solutions Phone 0845 120 4522
- Relief Mobility Solutions Phone 01236 767759 Showroom at Unit 3b Viking Road, Brownsburn Industrial Estate, Airdrie, ML6 9SE
- RNIB Shop Sight Loss Solutions Phone 0303 123 9999
- RNID Shop Hearing Loss Solutions via Connevans Ltd Phone 01737 247571
- Visibility Scotland Sight Loss Technology Phone 0141 332 4632 Digital product demonstration suite, 2 Queens Crescent, Glasgow, G4 9BW (booking required)
| Organisation | Type of support | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Care and Repair | Small repairs service for South Lanarkshire for those 60yrs+ or disabled, living with life-limiting illness or a victim of domestic abuse. |
6a Hope Street, Lanark, ML11 7LZ Phone: 01555 666200 Email: enquiries@careandrepair-sl.co.uk Website: www.careandrepair-sl.co.uk |
| Checkatrade | Contacting a tradesperson |
Website: www.checkatrade.com |
| East Kilbride Citizens Advice Bureau | Benefits, debt and money |
8 Olympia Way, East Kilbride, G74 1JT Phone: 01355 263698 Website: www.ekcab.org.uk |
| Hamilton Citizens Advice Bureau | Benefits, debt and money |
67 Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0HQ Phone: 01698 283477 |
| Housing Options Scotland |
Support to move by finding the right home in the right place. Support for disabled people, older adults and members of the armed forces. |
Phone: 0131 510 1567 Website: www.housingoptionsscotland.org.uk/contact
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| Lanarkshire Carers | Helping carers with the cost-of-living crisis. |
Ground floor left, Princes Gate, Hamilton, ML3 6BU Phone: 01698 428090 Website: www.lanarkshirecarers.org.uk
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| LEAP | Hands on Project /handyperson services. DIY service for older people or help to source reliable tradespeople. Areas covered: Avondale (Strathaven, Stonehouse, Glassford, Sandford, Gilmourton, Drumclog, Chapelton and Auldhouse) Blantyre, Bothwell, Cambuslang, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Rutherglen and Uddingston. |
Phone: 0141 641 5169 |
| Scottish Government |
Cost of living campaign links. Range of supports and advice available. |
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| South Lanarkshire Council |
Money Matters Advice Service Income maximisation, budgeting. Access to the Scottish Welfare Fund grants and loans. |
Phone: 0300 029 0041 |
| South Lanarkshire Council |
Community Repairs and Advice Service Support to homeowners to arrange private contractors for the self-purchase of non-eligible major and minor adaptations as an alternative provision. |
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| Thomson local | Contacting a tradesperson |
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| Trust a Trader |
Contacting a tradesperson Find trusted traders and local tradesmen |
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| Organisation | Type of support | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Family Fund | Various grants to families on low income that have a disabled or seriously ill child aged 17 years or younger. New applications can be made every 18 months. | Website: www.familyfund.org.uk |
| Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust | Various grants for equipment, mobility goods and breaks for people of all ages. People who are sick, in poor health or disabled and require medical items and services to improve their quality of life. |
Phone: 020 7998 8817 Website: www.home.fnaist.org.uk |
| Independence at Home | Grant support for equipment and/or adaptations for those with a family member with a long-term illness or disability |
Phone: 020 8427 7929 |
| New Life Charity | Equipment grant to families with a disabled child aged under 19 years online form and information booklet |
Phone: 0800 902 0095 |
| SSAFA | Grant support for mobility equipment (including mobility scooters, stairlifts and recliner chairs) for Veterans of the UK Armed Forces | Website: www.ssafa.org.uk |
| Sight Scotland Veterans | Personalised advice on securing grants that support independent living for Veterans of the UK Armed Forces affected by sight loss |
Phone: 0800 035 6409 |
| Turn2Us | National search for providers who offer grants | Website: www.grants-search.turn2us.org.uk |
| The Hospital Saturday Fund | Supporting individuals with a medical condition or disability who would benefit from assistance with the purchase of specialised equipment or from practical forms of treatment |
Website: www.hospitalsaturdayfund.org
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