From January 2008, LCIL will be hosting a new telephone counselling service for disabled people. 

The name of the service is `Your Call’, and it is open to disabled people from all over Scotland.  The `Your Call’ counsellors are all disabled people themselves, providing them with an understanding of what it means to live as a disabled person in Scotland.   The counsellors work as volunteers, and are trained to a professional standard in counselling.

This will be the first service of its kind in the UK. 

The service takes calls to its appointment line from 11am until 3 pm on Mondays and Tuesdays, and from 11am until 1pm on Wednesdays.  Calls are free from your home telephone, and from some, but not all, mobile networks.

The number is withheld so it will not appear on your phone bill.

Counselling can help people who are trying to come to terms with painful events from their past, or who need support through a current crisis or change in lifestyle.  It can also help people who are struggling to manage difficult feelings such as depression or anxiety, or who are seeking direction and meaning in their lives.

A counsellor will not judge you, nor tell you how to live your life.  Instead he or she is trained to help you explore your own situation and to support you to find your own way forward.

The `Your Call’ number is 08088 01 03 62, and the service is open to all disabled people in Scotland who are over the age of 18, and their immediate family members.