Useful links to info and advice organisations
We have provided some useful links to information and advice organisations, other housing associations and local authorities you could contact for help and advice.
Organisations offering help during Coronavirus
Grampian Coronavirus (COVID-19) Assistance Hub
NHS Grampian COVID-19 Information
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Shielding Support and Contacts
Universal Credit
Understanding Universal Credit (launched by DWP to support people with Universal Credit)
Applying for housing / housing providers
Apply4Homes (closed 18 March, click for more info)
Aberdeen Foyer (housing for young people)
Castlehill Housing Association
Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association
Customer / tenant participation
NETRALT (North East Tenants Residents & Landlords Together)
Scottish Social Housing Charter
TIS (Tenants Information Service)
TPAS (Tenant Participation Advisory Service)
Pay your rent / occupancy charge &/or other charges
Support services
CFINE (Community Food Initiatives North East) (health & wellbeing/food poverty)
Energy Saving
Home Energy Scotland (Energy Saving Trust) (home energy checks)
SCARF (Save Cash & Reduce Fuel)
Help with money / saving
CIYP (Cash in Your Pocket Network)
Thistle Tenant Risks (affordable home contents insurance)
Equalities
Aberdeen International Centre
Disabled Go (online accessibility guide to venues in Aberdeen)
DPHS (Disabled Persons Housing Service Aberdeen)
A Guide to Scots Law (advice on Scotland’s laws for those coming to live in the country for the first time)
Happy to Translate
Houseability (Disabled Persons Housing Service Aberdeenshire)
Housing Rights (information for new arrivals in the UK)
Minority Ethnic Housing Project (housing advice for applicants from minority ethnic communities)
NESEN (North East Scotland Equalities Network)
General
CITB Construction Apprenticeship Vacancies - September 2020
Police Scotland's Herbert Protocol leaflet (support for people with dementia) and application form
ICO (Information Commissioner's Office)
PMAS (Property Managers Association Scotland)
SFHA (Scottish Federation of Housing Associations)
Scottish Government (Housing)
SHR (Scottish Housing Regulator)
SPSO (Scottish Public Services Ombudsman)
RBS Little Book of Big Scams - useful info to help protect yourself against fraud and scams
Grampian Housing Association is not responsible for any legal, professional or financial advice contained on sites to which links are offered and is not responsible for the content to be found on these sites.