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Resource Pack Empowering Professionals to Support Patients with Sight Loss Developed by Visualise Training and Consultancy and Orbita Black Limited Supported by Last updated 10/1/2019 Thomas Pocklington Trust Remember to Refract, Review & Refer Welcome This pack enables you to assist people facing sight loss as it provides details of support services, useful resources and suppliers of assistve technology and equipment. By completng the sectons below, you’ll have a quick reference tool that will prove to be invaluable to you and your colleagues when helping people of all ages with sight loss. Sight Line Directory Please use this directory to complete the contact details sectons below as it outlines organisatons supportng people with sight loss in the UK. www.sightlinedirectory.org.uk Vision Rehabilitaton Workers Please enter the details below of your local sensory impairment rehabilitaton team using the link above. Name of local team: First contact tel: First contact email: 2 Vision rehabilitaton workers are usually based within adult social services or local sight loss charites. They help people in their community to increase their independence by learning new skills and adaptng to life with reduced vision. They offer a variety of services including white cane training, completng tasks safely, independent living, cooking skills, low vision therapy, home lightng assessments and referrals to other services to enhance quality of life. See below for more informaton on the vision rehabilitaton role. www.rwpn.org.uk/resources/Documents/What%20do%20Rehab%20workers%20do_flyer.pdf Read a day in the life of a vision rehabilitaton worker artcle here. htps://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2014/may/30/visual-impairment-re habilitaton-officer-simon-labbet Local Sight Loss Charites Visit www.sightlinedirectory.org.uk to locate your local charity Name: Tel: Email: Website: Address: Local sight loss charites provide advice, actvites and support services to people with vision impairments. Provision varies throughout the UK so it is important to establish what is available locally. Services include support groups, confidence building courses, sports clubs, mobile and computer training, welfare benefits advice and employment support. Many charites also have resource centres where people can purchase equipment to aid their independence and informaton leaflets are also available to display in your practce. Local Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) To find your local ECLO, download this document and record the details below www.rnib.org.uk/sites/default/files/Register_of_ECLOs.docx Name: Tel: Email: Address: 3 ECLOs provide emotonal and practcal support, informaton and referrals to services that can enable and empower people with sight loss. ECLOs are usually based within eye clinics, however not every area currently has coverage. Low Vision Assessment Services Name of Provider: Tel: Email: Address: A low vision assessment service offers a wide range of equipment including hand held magnifiers in a variety of shapes and handles (including those with in-built illuminaton) and stand magnifiers. They can also establish which low vision aids would be most useful to help increase independence in the home. Services vary from area to area so contact your local sight loss charity or Local Optcal Commitee (LOC) to find out what is provided in your locality. Children’s Visual Impairment and Habilitaton Teams Name of Provider: First Contact Tel: First Contact Email: Habilitaton workers are usually based within local authority educaton teams, Guide Dogs regional centres or children’s sensory impairment teams. You can find a contact in your area on the list at Habilitaton VI UK www.habilitatonviuk.org.uk/about-us/list-of-practtoners/ Habilitaton (previously known as Mobility and Independence Educaton) involves one-to-one training for children and young people with a vision impairment and specialists also work with their parents and carers and the educatonal and other setngs they work and live in. Startng from their existng skills, it aims to develop their personal mobility and independent living skills. As the child progresses through the different educatonal stages, the habilitaton specialist supports them and their families through the various transitons between schooling stages and ultmately their progress to college, university, apprentceships or employment. *All the above organisatons accept direct referrals if people are struggling with their vision, even if they cannot or do not want to be certfied sight impaired or severely sight impaired at present. 4 Natonal Organisatons Supportng People with Sight Loss Blind Mums Connect Tel: 01905 886 252 Email: [email protected] www.blindmumsconnect.org.uk Blind Mums Connect was set up to virtually link visually impaired mums from all over the UK, to share informaton and support one another. Blind Veterans UK Tel: 0800 389 7979 Email: [email protected] www.blindveterans.org.uk Blind Veterans UK offer lifelong support to Armed Forces and Natonal Service veterans, no mater what the cause of their sight loss and regardless of how long they served. They help blind and vision impaired ex-Service personnel regain their independence and discover life afer sight loss. Britsh Blind Sport Tel: 01926 424 247 Email: [email protected] www.britshblindsport.org.uk A visible difference through sport. The work of the charity enables blind and partally sighted people to have the same opportunites as sighted people to access and enjoy sport and recreatonal actvites in the UK. 5 Britsh Wireless for the Blind Fund Tel: 01622 754 757 Email: [email protected] www.blind.org.uk Britsh Wireless for the Blind Fund has been providing specially adapted radios to people with vision impairments for 90 years, keeping people in touch with entertainment, news and avoiding isolaton. They pride themselves on providing a personal service to everyone who receives a new set. Calibre Audio Library Tel: 01296 432 339 Email: [email protected] www.calibre.org.uk Calibre Audio Library is a natonal charity that brings the pleasure of reading to people who have sight loss. Deaflind UK Tel: 0800 132 320 Email: [email protected] www.deaflind.org.uk Providing advice, informaton and advocacy for people who are deaflind. Guide Dogs Tel: 0118 983 5555 Email: [email protected] www.guidedogs.org.uk Supports over 5,000 Guide Dog owners in the UK. Also offers a range of services and actvites for children and young people and provides advice to parents and teachers. Their habilitaton service supports young people up to the age of 25. Their free My Guide service helps people with a vision impairment get out of their homes and into the community with a volunteer as their sighted guide to build self-confidence, increase social interacton and be part of the community. Look UK Tel: 01432 376 314 Email: [email protected] www.look-uk.org LOOK-UK supports young people up to the age of 29 and their families living with a vision impairment by improving self-confidence, developing skills, mentoring and making new connectons. 6 MS Society Tel: 0808 800 8000 Email: [email protected] www.mssociety.org.uk Whether you have Multple Sclerosis, or care about someone who does, the MS Society community is there for you through the highs, lows and everything in between. Orbita Black Limited Tel: 07977064134 Email: [email protected] Providing bespoke CET to Optometrists and Dispensing Optcians The Partally Sighted Society Tel: 01302 965 195 Email: [email protected] www.partsight.org.uk Provides lifelong support to anyone with a visual impairment. Services include: free low vision service, advice, support, informaton and low-level advocacy, walk-in shop and mail order service for assistve aids, equipment and technology, regular peer support groups, events and training for people with visual impairments and their families, carers and professionals and an in-house print department which supplies wide and bold lined statonery to students, individuals and educatonal organisatons. Royal Natonal Insttute of Blind People (RNIB) Tel: 0303 123 9999 Email: [email protected] www.rnib.org.uk The Royal Natonal Insttute of Blind People (RNIB) is one of the UK’s leading sight loss charites and the largest community of blind and partally sighted people. RNIB recognises everyone’s unique experience of sight loss and offers help and support for blind and partally sighted people – from practcal and emotonal support, campaigning for change and reading services, to products via their online shop. 7 Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) Tel: 020 3198 0210 Email: [email protected] www.rsbc.org.uk The Royal Society for Blind Children provides a range of services in London and across England and Wales for blind and partally sighted children and young people, their families and the professionals who work alongside them. Scotsh War Blinded (Scotland only) Tel: 0800 035 6409 Email: [email protected] www.scotshwarblinded.org Offers free support to ex-service men and women, no mater the cause of their sight loss, or if they lost their sight during or afer service. Support at home, and at local centres can help ex-forces veterans to regain mobility and independence and reduces social isolaton afer sight loss. Seable Tel: 0203 375 6947 Email: [email protected] www.seable.co.uk Seable is an award-winning social enterprise organising relaxing or actve holidays abroad for individuals, couples, families, small groups and charites. They enable people with limited mobility or any visual impairment to easily partcipate in life-changing experiences through sportng, cultural and gastronomic actvites in new and interestng destnatons – sometmes for the first tme in their lives. SeeAbility Tel: 01372 755 000 Email: [email protected] www.seeability.org SeeAbility provides extraordinary support and champions beter eye care for people with learning disabilites and autsm, many of whom have sight loss. They are a hub of informaton when it comes to disability and sight loss.
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