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Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association
76 Firhill Road
Glasgow
G20 7BA
Tel: 0141 945 1077
Fax: 0141 945 2578
Web: www.scotmnd.org.uk
Best time to telephone: 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday; answering machine at all other times.
The aims of the association are to ensure that people with motor neurone disease secure the care, information and support they need.
Activities include:
- Care Team - a network of six motor neurone disease clinical specialists throughout Scotland funded by the charity and working from four hospitals.
- Family information evenings.
- Equipment loan service.
- Grants to individuals in need.
- Education service (free) and study days for health and social care professionals.
- Counselling service.
- Befriending service in Fife and Tayside.
- Holiday caravan in St Andrews.
They produce a quarterly newsletter AWARE as well as a range of other publications. Many of these are downloadable from their website.
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