Hays Community Business Centre
4 Hay Avenue
Edinburgh
EH16 4AQ

Tel: 0131 669 1600
Web: www.update.org.uk

UPDATE, Scotland's national disability information service, provides a wealth of disability-related information available to members of the public on the website or by calling the telephone helpline for general information and signposting to local, national, specialist or support services.

UPDATE also provides a wide range of disability-related information, services and resources to subscribing members in the voluntary, public and private sectors throughout Scotland.

Aim

Their aim is to improve the quality of life for disabled people in Scotland by enabling information providers to offer accurate, up-to-date and relevant disability-related information.

To achieve this, their key objectives are:

• to provide members with cost effective national disability and impairment related reference information;
• to encourage and support good practice in disability information and advice services.

UPDATE operates a fast, cost effective transcription service, transcribing small to medium size documents into accessible formats (audio, braille, large print etc) with discounts available to member organisations. For larger documents, phone/email for a quote and timescale.