Selkirk

Additional information

For more information or to request additional arrangements to suit your needs, please contact our reception or office manager:

Telephone: 0300 020 3000

Text: If you are Deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired you can text us on 07825 280346. Please tell us if you would like your reply by SMS, text or email.

Relay UK: If you are Deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired you can contact us by phone using Relay UK.  Visit the Relay UK website to download the app. 

If you are a wheelchair user or have restricted mobility

Parking facilities

There are limited private parking facilities at this office. Road-side parking is subject to availability. To request advice about parking for disabled drivers please contact the office manager.

Approach to main entrance

Assistance may be required. The office is situated at the foot of the external stairs which lead to Ettrick Terrace. From the car park, there is level access to the main entrance and then one step up into the building.

Door width: Approximately 98cm

Approach to reception area

Once through the main entrance there is level access to the reception area. A receptionist can come from the counter to meet with you in the reception area.

There is seating available in our reception area. Please ask if you need extra assistance.

Approach to interview and conference rooms

All rooms are on the same level accessed through one internal door.

Door width: Approximately 86cm.

Emergency evacuation

Audible emergency alarms: Continuous loud ring

Our staff have a responsibility to ensure that they accompany any visitors during an emergency evacuation to the muster point designated in local Fire Evacuation Plans. Visitors must not be left unattended and should be accompanied at all times during an emergency evacuation until the all clear is given for re-entry to the building. Where appropriate a suitable emergency evacuation plan will be in place to ensure safe evacuation of disabled persons during an emergency situation.

If you have a visual impairment

Colour definition

Where possible, our office uses colour definition to indicate changes in floor levels, doors, steps or stairs and emergency signs.

Written documents

We will try to make information available in a suitable format to meet your particular needs. To request correspondence and/or documents in your preferred accessible format, please contact us.

Our office welcomes guide dogs

The dog's comfort is your responsibility but we will provide a bowl of water on request.

If you have a hearing impairment

Hearing aid users

We have a Hearing Induction Loop System in our reception area.

Lip readers

Our staff are issued with good-practice guidance and we will make efforts to provide adequate lighting in any interview space to suit your needs.

Access to Sign Language interpreter

If you need us to have an interpreter available, you must let us know as soon as possible, so that we have enough time to arrange this. Please contact our office manager.

Textphone users

You can access our services by calling through the RNID Typetalk service using the prefix 18001. There are no public textphones in this office.

Emergency alarms

There are currently no visual or personal alarm systems in this office. Please advise our staff of your needs.

Accessible toilet and comfort facilities

Public toilets

There are no public toilets in this office. The nearest public toilets are in the Market Square about two hundred metres from the office.

Wheelchair-accessible toilets

The public toilets in the Market Square have wheelchair-accessible toilets

Access to refreshments

There are no public canteen or vending machine facilities in the building.