Disability Advice and Information Service
What we do
LCiL’s Disability Advice and Information Service (formerly Grapevine) provides welfare 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: Daisy Moorcroft
• Disability Advice and Information Officer – Andy Groves
• Disability Advice and Information Officer – Aukse Kerseviciute
• Welfare Advice Officer – Lisa Jennings
• Welfare Advice Officer – Jenny Miller
• Community Brokerage and Welfare Officer – Indigo Williams
• Energy Advice Officer – Harriet Hart
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: DAIS@lothiancil.org.uk
Useful information
- 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 following core funders of this service.
