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​Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, our office is now closed and we are unable to provide appointments or face to face advice for those that need our help.  Our outreaches have also been cancelled until further notice. We are making these changes in the hope that we will be reducing the risk of spreading the Coronavirus amongst local people, their families, and our staff.  Government advice is to STAY AT HOME if you can.

If you need telephone advice or you are an existing client and want an update on your case then please call us on: 0131 551 2459 or 0131 552 0458 (any messages will be picked up within 1 working day) or email us at info@gic.org.uk.  There is also some useful information in the COVID19 Advice section of this website.

If you need a foodbank referral please call us during our opening hours and we can arrange a referral by taking your details over the telephone.  If you are in financial hardship due to a crisis, please contact the Scottish Welfare Fund on 0131 529 5299 and apply for a crisis grant.

For information on the Coronavirus outbreak please go to NHS Inform 
NHS inform - Scottish health information you can trust | NHS inform or call the helpline on 0800 028 2816.

STAY SAFE AND LOOK AFTER YOURSELF AND OTHERS


About us:

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Granton Information Centre (GIC), established in 1984, provides free, impartial & confidential advice, information & representation to our clients.  We cover a range of issues, by a variety of methods, including: centre-based appointments, home visits, outreach/drop in clinics, representation, and raising awareness sessions. The main issues we deal with at Granton Information Centre are:

  • Welfare benefits 
  • Housing issues
  • Rent arrears
  • Debt/money advice​​
  • Charitable grants / foodbank referrals.

GIC are funded by the  Edinburgh Housing Advice Partnership (EHAP), Edinburgh Integration Joint Board, NHS Scotland and Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB)​​ 

Our voluntary management committee currently employ 13 management/administration and advice staff  who are responsible for the day to day running of GIC.


Our Scottish Charity No. is SCO16522.


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Our office opening hours are:
Mon-Thu: 09.30 – 12.30 & 13.30 – 16.00
Fri: 09.30 – 12.30           
Please be aware we are closed on Edinburgh public Holidays and between Christmas and New Year.

What we do:

In 2018 - 19:
We dealt with 9977 enquiries from 9090 clients
We dealt with 1771 housing cases
We represented 158 local people at tribunals
Through income maximisation we generated £3,319,334.22p money local people were entitled to but had not been claiming.
We dealt with £823,408.06p of NEW DEBT
We carried out twenty home visits

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  • Home
  • COVID19 ADVICE
  • Contact us
  • OUR OUTREACH SERVICES
  • USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
  • WORK FOR US
  • WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
  • GIC PRIVACY STATEMENT