Provide
grants to the families of
disabled children and
young people who meet certain criteria. The grants can be used for essential items such as washing machines, fridge-freezers, family breaks, clothing and bedding as well as contributions to hospital visiting costs. They also help with tablets, laptops and sensory toys.
This service offers one to one support for the whole family; help with coping with a diagnosis; help to access practical support; and support for your
child's development.
The Society will provide
grants to help people who are in hardship because of Behçet's disease. To provide a grant, evidence of the amount needed must be provided. Examples of claims which might be funded include prepayment certificate for drugs, help with
travel to hospital, household bills, help towards computer with reading aids/
voice recognition if you are
visually impaired, or aids/other equipment not available on the NHS to help if you are
disabled.
This service offers support with searching and applying for
grants; help with budgeting; signposting to organisations to help with a range of issues; benefits checks; information and guidance on schemes/discounts that you may be eligible for; hints and tips on how to save money.
An on-line tool enabling
disabled people to identify sports which are suitable for their specific impairment, and then search for
clubs in their area where they can try that activity.
Aura is the website of information on Flintshire libraries.
NEWSSS has a member of staff qualified to provide mobility
training to
VI children in a school environment. The contact is Rachel Ward below.
The team works with
children and
young people from birth to age 19. Specialist skills tuition is provided for those children and young people with a significant sensory loss with support,
advice and guidance being provided for families, schools and other agencies to provide a seamless approach to meeting the needs of identified individuals.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
Focal Point UK is a leading private sector provider of vision
rehabilitation (rehab) services to all sector organisations - statutory
service providers such as social services departments, education departments and Employment Services, or their agents acting on their behalf. We also work with
voluntary sector organisations who provide or require vision rehab services and support.
Forest Talk provides a weekly talking newspaper for blind and
visually impaired people in the Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire. We record local news items taken from the weekly Forest of Dean newspapers: The Forester and Wye Valley Forest
Review. We complement this with a weekly ‘magazine’ of light-hearted articles, local interest items, poems and anecdotes. Each recording lasts approximately 90 minutes. Our recordings are distributed on USB memory sticks. We also supply each of our registered blind listeners with a free of
charge USB ‘soundbox’ to enable them to listen to our recordings each week. Publications: The Forester (weekly); The Wye Valley Review (weekly); Western Daily Press (daily).
The project offers a range of
befriending services to reduce loneliness and isolation and improve the wellbeing of
older people in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.
This offers support and friendship through regular phone contact for
visually impaired people in Breconshire (South Powys).
The Fuchs' Friends international online
support group is a place of support and information for people with all types of
Corneal Dystrophy. It is an outreach project of The Corneal Dystrophy Foundation. We are here to provide Education and Support regarding Corneal Dystrophies. We are here to help people who, when diagnosed, are sent on an emotional roller coaster ride caused by shock of the diagnoses and fear of the unknown future of their vision.
RNC offers a wide range of further education courses for
visually impaired students at its site in Hereford. Subjects include
braille and independent living skills in addition to various BTec, GCSE, A and AS level courses.
