Disability Advice and Information Service
What we do
LCiL’s Disability Advice and Information Service (formerly Grapevine) provides welfare benefits advice and support with a focus on disability-related benefits and information.
We support disabled people experiencing the impact of the rise in day-to-day costs through our Cost-of-Living Support Service. Through this project, we offer welfare benefits advice and support, and deliver information workshops to help improve disabled people’s financial wellbeing and stability.
Our Disability Information Officers:
• Help disabled people to understand and access their rights and welfare benefit entitlements.
• Undertake full benefit checks to assess an individual’s eligibility, provide full support with completing benefit applications and any follow-up support an individual requires.
• Provide support with benefit reviews and reconsiderations.
• Support disabled people to maximise their household income as much as possible.
• Provide information resources about benefits and other disability-related topics.
How to get support from the Disability Advice and Information Service
Disabled people living in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian or West Lothian can contact us directly or can be referred by another organisation or agency.
Our service works in partnership and collaborates with other services to be able to provide bespoke and specialist support to disabled people.
We work closely with other LCiL services and can refer you onto our Independent Living Service or Peer Support and Learning team.
DAIS team
• Service Manager: Advice and Information Services – tbc
• Disability Information Officer – Andy Groves
• Disability Information Officer – Cameron Brohier-Wood
• Disability Information Officer – Harriet Hart
• Disability Information Officer –Christèle Geuffroy
Contact us
We’re here and happy to help!
Please contact us on 0131 475 2350, Monday to Friday from 9am – 4pm. You can leave a voicemail message outwith these hours or email: [email protected]
Useful information
- How we Provide Support
- Please refer to our resource library to see the range of factsheets and information we offer and let us know if you need the information in a different format. (Contact details above)
- From our office we can provide individuals with RADAR keys of the standard fee of £5 or £5.50 (inc. P&P). Get in touch via phone or email for more information.
LCiL is grateful to the support of The Robertson Trust – the main funders of this service.
