A
helpline for people affected by
discrimination or human rights
abuses. It can advise on the
Equality Act 2010, and your options for resolving problems formally or informally. See website for full details.
Storm WCB (Ein Llais Ein Storm) aims to give young adults across Wales the opportunity to have their voices and opinions heard. The project uses social media to share thought and open discussions, create an online community and to promote services. Run in conjunction with UCAN Productions.
Help with looking for work or helping you to stay in work for people with sight loss.
Enhanced Vision offer an extensive line of low vision products including
video magnifiers. Their products are designed to help people regain their visual independence by providing the ability to read, write, see loved ones, or enjoy the outdoors.
Primrose Lodge, Honeyborough, Milford Haven.
Services offered:
This
club meets every Wednesday between 10am and 2.30pm at St. Andrews Church Hall, Garden City.
Not currently running. Eye Can aims to provide social groups and activities for young
visually impaired people, and to give them specialist support in a wide variety of areas including sight loss, health, education and
training. The project is also providing workshops to local schools and colleges so that they are able to promote the service to their visually impaired students.
An on-line resource containing information on eye care for people with learning
disabilities. It includes information in easy-read format, and also information for
carers.
Bridgevis volunteers work with the
ECLOs within the hospital to provide information and support to patients who are experiencing, or have some level of, sight loss.
You can have an eye examination for free if you have an eye problem that
occurs suddenly. Under the
Eye Health Examination Wales (EHEW) initiative you are entitled to have your eyes examined free of
charge by a registered
optometrist if you have an eye problem that occurred suddenly (acutely) which you think requires urgent attention. Patients with an acute problem with their eye or vision can be seen for the following issues: Minor eye injury; red eye; painful eye; foreign body; sudden loss/ change in vision; new onset
flashes/ floaters. You can self-refer to a local optometrist without the need to see a GP. You can also have an EHEW if you: have been referred by your GP to an EHEW registered optometrist because of an eye problem; have sight in one eye only, i.e. you are effectively blind in your worse eye; have a hearing impairment and are profoundly
deaf; suffer from
retinitis pigmentosa; have Black African, Black Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi family origins; are at risk of eye disease by other reasons of race or family history. Go to link below to search for your nearest practitioner.
