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Volunteer Development Scotland Ltd. (also known as Volunteer Scotland).
Charity registered in Scotland SC013740 and a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland, No. SC106743. Our registered Office is Jubilee House, Forthside Way, Stirling. FK8 1QZ

CAPS Independent Advocacy

Charity registered in Scotland SC021772

CAPS is an independent advocacy organisation for people who use or have used mental health services. We are completely independent from the people who fund us and those who provide other services to the people we work with. We provide individual and collective advocacy in East Lothian and Midlothian. We also host several mental health related, experience-led projects across Lothian.

Current opportunities

Lothian Voices is a collective advocacy project bringing people together from across Lothian. The group, which is for people with experience of mental health issues, ensures that decision makers hear...

CAPS provides collective advocacy opportunities for people who live in East Lothian or Midlothian and who use, or have used, mental health services. Our purpose is to bring together groups of...

Set up in 2008, our aim is to reclaim and promote the history of activism and collective advocacy by people with mental health issues. We’ve created an archive by gathering material from various...

CAPS provides Individual Advocacy in East Lothian and Midlothian and runs several experience-led Collective Advocacy projects across Lothian. You will receive induction, training, guidance and support...

Do you have experience of trauma? Do you want to have your say about information and services for people who have experienced trauma? Try to make changes in the way you are treated or the services...

Do you have experience of eating disorder? Do you want to have your say about information and services for people who have experienced eating disorder? Try to make changes in the way you are...

Have you: Been given a diagnosis of a personality disorder? Had experiences that you feel fit with a personality disorder diagnosis? Do you want to: Have your say about the information and...

Have you experienced psychosis? Do you live within Edinburgh or the Lothians? Do you want to: Have your say about information and services for people who have experienced psychosis? Try to make...