Type of service: Domiciliary services, Family support and information services, Outreach, Play and leisure, Respite and short breaks, Social groups, Supported living schemes

Website: http://www.actiongroup.org.uk

A voluntary organisation that has developed a range of services for people with additional support needs and learning disabilities and their carers throughout Edinburgh and the Lothians and Falkirk. Services include: money and welfare rights advice, transition services, care homes, supported employment, housing and community support, discos, social groups, playschemes, and a siblings service. We also have a Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) advice and transitions service. Accepts volunteers.

Aimed at: Adolescent , Adult , Adult sibling, Child , Child/adolescent sibling, Parent/carer of a child, Parent/carer of an adult, Partner, Volunteer

Gender: All genders

Covers: City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Falkirk, Midlothian, West Lothian

Specialisms: Has autism-specific elements

Other specialisms: Learning disability