Asbestos Action (Tayside)

About

Asbestos Action is a Scottish charity set up to assist sufferers of asbestos related diseases and their families. ?We are a voluntary, not-for-profit organisation created to provide emotional and practical support as well as advice to those who have an asbestos related disease. ?We want to ensure there is a local service, across Scotland, to respond to any queries that a person diagnosed with an asbestos condition. How we do this: Meet and talk with clients. First contact made within 24 to 48 hours ? Visit at home or in hospital ? Answer any questions? Provide emotional support ? Provide practical solutions, including sign posting to other agencies? Advise about benefit entitlement? Complete and track benefits forms ? Provide access to legal advice as well as free will services in some areas? Be there for the individual and their family for as long as they want us to be involved?may have.?

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