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VEST provide
transport for residents of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan who can’t use regular public transport. By using their buses hundreds of people enjoy local
trips for shopping or leisure or to meet friends at day centres. Buses can also be booked for day trips further afield. Their team of drivers is highly trained and happy to help.
VICTA provides support to blind and partially sighted
children,
young people and their families. This includes organising activities and events for children, and giving
advice to parents, for example on education.
Vision 2020
Third/voluntary Sector
NO LONGER OPERATIONAL: VISION 2020 was an umbrella organisation to facilitate greater collaboration and co-operation between organisations within the UK, which focus on
vision impairment and operated on a national, regional or international basis.
A London sight loss charity that is expanding its remit to cover the UK in an alliance with Fight for Sight. "We’ve distributed more than £30m to sight loss organisations that work to inform, include and empower London’s
visually impaired community. Empowerment is at the heart of what we do; our work focuses on what people can do, rather than what they can’t."
Vision really matters. Sight is the sense people fear losing the most, yet many of us don't know how to look after our eyes - National Eye Health Week aims to change all that. Vision Matters is a group of partners steering the National Eye Health Week.
Vision Support is a well-respected North-East Wales charity. They provide person-centred services which meet the needs of adults and
children with
vision impairment across Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire and Conwy. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionsupportcharity Twitter: https://twitter.com/_Vision Support
Our corporate objective is to support the very people who receive our range of alternative format documents. As a social enterprise, all profits acquired through the commercial activities of VST are gift aided to Vision Support, a charity that works to support
sight impaired people maintain their independence and autonomy within the community.
This independent company re-sells access software,
video magnifiers, reading machines,
Braille products, large print keyboards and more, giving people the chance to choose the best product for them.
Visionary
Third/voluntary Sector
Visionary is a membership organisation for local sight loss charities. Our Vision is for a world in which people living with sight loss can access the services they need at a local level where and when they need them. Membership in Wales is free through membership of Wales Council of the Blind.
VI Breconshire offer information, social contact and
grants to individuals and organizations in south Powys. We also represent the needs of the visually impaired to other local organizations, including
statutory agencies and the
voluntary sector.
VIM is the registered charity which promotes and provides services and help for all visually impaired residents throughout the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil and surrounding areas.
Vision Impaired West Glamorgan represents the views and concerns of people with sight loss living in the City and County of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. They are a local charity offering specialist
advice on how to manage day to day challenges, as well as peer support, and events of special interest to people with sight loss of all ages. (source: Sightline Directory)
Independent community groups which are self funded and run by local people. The telephone nuber given is for the View Secretary, Jennifer Rainsbury.
Vocaleyes provides audio description services,
training and consultancy for arts and heritage organisations.
