Advice & Support
Local support, advice and anti-poverty
The advice services at The Hub are consistently busy and usually all appointments are booked in advance. This shows that outreach services offering support and advice locally are not only beneficial and helpful, but are vital to many people living within the local communities.
We can help and support you to access services locally including
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Citizens Advice Bureau West Lothian (CAB West Lothian)
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The Advice Shop
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Community Connections
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Emergency Food support and/or refer to West Lothian Foodbank
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Annual Christmas Food and Toy Appeal
If you need support or advice that is not listed here, please still get in touch, we will do everything we can to help!
How can you access these services?
You can give us a call on 01501 773 699 or pop into The Hub, 10 Main Street, Fauldhouse.
CAB West Lothian
Citizens Advice Bureau West Lothian is at The Hub by appointment on Wednesdays from 9.30am-4pm.
The CAB advisor can advise and support with form filling, queries such as benefits, consumer issues, employment and work, family and relationships, financial (arrears advice, budgeting).
CAB can also advise on health (including support in St John’s Hospital for in and outpatients), housing and Council Tax, immigration (signpost to groups that can help), legal (not legal advice, but advice on where to find a solicitor and services that may be offered), utilities and communications (energy, broadband).
Call 01501 773 699 to make an appointment.
The Advice Shop
An Advice Shop advisor is at The Hub, Fauldhouse, every Tuesday alternating between mornings (10am-1pm) and afternoons (1pm-3pm).
The Advice Shop can provide advice on benefits, money and debt, housing, repairs and energy.
An appointment can be made by calling 01501 773 699.
Community Connections
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings in The Hub (10am-12pm) is an Advisor from Community Connections.
Community Connections advise on health, wellbeing and social care issues.
This is a drop in but appointments can be made. Contact 01501 773 699.
Annual Christmas Food and Toy Appeal
This annual appeal donates Christmas food hampers and toys to families, couples and/or individuals in Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley requiring help at this time.
F&BV CDT want to make sure that we deliver to those who really need support. To do this we ask the community to tell us if there is anyone they know who would benefit from this appeal during, what can be, a difficult time of year.
We take referrals from family members, neighbours, schools and community partners from a health or social care department. No child should go without at Christmas.
We also ask those in the community, who are able, to 'donate a tin if you can'.