Key Local Contacts for LEHNs

Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair Local Optical Committees LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Manager Arden, Herefordshire & Worcestershire Claire Roberts Coventry & Warwickshire Jason Rice Herefordshire Vision Links Sheila Taylor [email protected] [email protected] Herefordshire Darren Smith Sight Concern Worcestershire Jenny Gage [email protected] [email protected] Worcestershire Harpreet Kular Warwickshire Association for the Blind John Davies [email protected] [email protected]

Bath, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire County Association for the Swindon & Wiltshire Unknown Gloucestershire David Adams Kathryn Arnold Blind Christine Dutson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] g.uk Wiltshire Susan Downie Wiltshire Association for the Blind Angela Ross [email protected] [email protected]

Birmingham & the Black Country Claire Roberts Birmingham Vince Roberts Cormac McCarthy Beacon Centre for the Blind Ian Ferguson [email protected] [email protected] westmidlands@actionforblindpeop [email protected] le.org.uk Dudley Shamina Asif Walsall Society for the Blind Amanda Humphreys [email protected] [email protected] Sandwell Peter Bainbridge [email protected] Solihull Spencerm Parkes [email protected] Walsall Aisha Jeewa [email protected] Wolverhampton Prab Bopari [email protected]

Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset & South Gloucestershire Christine Edwards Avon Amar Shah Kathryn Arnold Somerset Sight Tom Winsborough england.optometrysouthwest [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] @nhs.net g.uk Somerset Sarah Farrant Vision North Somerset Celia Henshall [email protected] [email protected] Forest Sensory Services (formerly Forge) Jenny Green [email protected]

Cheshire, Warrington & Rupesh Bagdai Cheshire Lyndon Taylor Herbie Yon IRIS Vision Resource Centre Jane Anderson Wirral [email protected] [email protected] @actionforblindpeople.or [email protected] g.uk Wirral David McGowan Macclesfield Eye Society Mary Forsdyke [email protected] [email protected] Vision Support Miriam Wright [email protected] Warrington VIP Centre (formerly Warrington, Widnes & District Society for Gail Bretherton the Blind) [email protected]

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Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair Local Optical Committees LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Manager Cumbria (North) & North East Katrina Venerus Cumbria Alexy Jackson Sharon Meadows Barrow and District Society for the Blind Wilf Proctor [email protected] [email protected] middlesbrough@actionforblindpeo Ltd [email protected] ple.org.uk Durham Claire Warrior Blind Life in Durham Jim Welch [email protected] [email protected] Carlisle Society for the Blind Angela Robson Northumberland, Tyne & Wear Stephanie Cairns [email protected] [email protected] Sight Service Gateshead & South Tyneside (Gateshead & South Tyneside Sue Taylor Tees Julie Breen Sight Service) [email protected] [email protected] Newcastle Society for Blind People Marjorie Price [email protected] Northumberland County Blind Association Lorraine Dryden [email protected] Sight Advice South Lakes Carl Hodge [email protected], [email protected] Sunderland & North Durham Royal Society for the Blind Richard Wood [email protected]; [email protected] West Cumbria Society for the Blind Pat Fitzgerald [email protected] BlindVoice UK Christine Durnion [email protected] VI problem solving in County Durham (formerly County Durham Society for the Blind & Partially Sighted) Linda Curtis [email protected] Teesside & District Society for the Blind Rona Aston [email protected]

Derbyshire & David Cartwright Derbyshire Farah Raqib Andy Buchan Sight Support Derbyshire Claire Winfield Nottinghamshire [email protected] [email protected] actioneastmidlandsandeast@actio [email protected] nforblindpeople.org.uk My Sight Nottinghamshire (formerly 07581 489059 Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Nottinghamshire Adam Holliday Blind) Michael Conroy [email protected] [email protected]

Devon, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Christine Edwards Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Jon Eva Emma Tay/Dr Nicola Reynolds Devon/Cornwall Blind Association Charles Whitehead england.optometrysouthwest [email protected] emmajane.tay@actionforblindpeo [email protected] @nhs.net ple.org.uk Devon Max Halford Devon County Association for the Blind tbc [email protected] [email protected] Hearing & Sight Centre Plymouth Maggie Paine [email protected]

Devon Insight http://devoninsight.org.uk/

East Anglia Rupal Lovell-Patel Cambridgeshire Keith Krog Carolyn Fletcher CAMSIGHT Anne Streather

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Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair Local Optical Committees LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Manager [email protected] [email protected] east.anglia@actionforblindpeople. [email protected] org.uk Norfolk & Waveney Deborah Daplyn East Suffolk Association for the Blind Bridget Craven [email protected] [email protected] Suffolk David Hill Norfolk & Norwich Association for the Blind Max Marriner [email protected] [email protected] Peterborough Association for the Blind Mandy Thompson [email protected] West Suffolk Voluntary Association for the Blind Stephanie O'Donaghue [email protected]

Essex Lyn Price Essex Sheila Purser Essex Blind Charity Dr P R Wilson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 07970 784206 PAVIS (formerly BASIS) Jane Lutton [email protected] Support 4 Sight (formerly Saffron Sight) Madeline Cassidy [email protected]

Greater Manchester Matt Jinkinson Ashton, Leigh & Wigan Julia Maiden Jenny Lloyd Bolton Society for the Blind Angela Prout Matthew.Jinkinson@primarye [email protected] jenny.lloyd@actionforblindpeople. [email protected] yecare.co.uk org.uk Bury Society for Blind & Partially Sighted Bolton Matthew Thornton People Jill Logan [email protected] [email protected] Manchester Jewish Community Care (The Greater Manchester East Matt Jinkinson Nicky Alliance Day Centre) Michelle Wiseman [email protected] [email protected] Sight Support Oldham (formerly Oldham Society for Blind and Partially Sighted Manchester David Wheeldon People) Tony Walsh [email protected] [email protected] Tameside Sight (formerly Tameside Blind Salford & Trafford Nigel Burgess Association) Margaret Carter [email protected] [email protected]

Hertfordshire & South Unknown Bedfordshire Kazim Asaria Huntingdonshire Society for the Blind A Stenner Midlands [email protected] [email protected] Hertfordshire Jane Bunker Northamptonshire Association for the Blind John Wood [email protected] [email protected] Northamptonshire Vinesh Patel Sight Concern Bedfordshire Nick Gibson [email protected] [email protected]

Kent & Medway Deacon Harle Kent & Medway Linzi Bacon Kent Association for the Blind Karen Osborn [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Lancashire Blackburn and District Blind Society Chris Dineen Lancashire & Morecambe Bay Vic Cottam Herbie Yon (Independent living service) Anne Veevers lancashireandsouthcumbriale [email protected] [email protected]. [email protected] [email protected] uk

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Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair Local Optical Committees LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Manager N-Vision (formerly Blackpool, Fylde & Pennine Lancashire David Cleasby Wyre Society for the Blind) Kevin Winkley [email protected] [email protected] Accrington & District Blind Society Sarah Turner [email protected]

Leicestershire & Lincolnshire VISTA (formerly Royal Leicestershire Wojciech Karwatowski Leicestershire & Rutland Vinesh Patel Andy Buchan Society for the Blind) Paul Bott [email protected] [email protected] actioneastmidlandsandeast@actio [email protected], et nforblindpeople.org.uk [email protected] Lincolnshire Jason Rickaby (Secretary) [email protected]

Merseyside Rupesh Bagdai Central Mersey Bob Wilkes Herbie Yon Bradbury Fields Jim Moran [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected], g.uk [email protected] Christopher Grange Education and Liverpool Neil Hilton Resource Centre Amanda Brassey [email protected] [email protected] Sefton Paul Newell [email protected]

North East London David Parkins North East London Jignasa Joshi Steven Franks Haringey Phoenix Group Tom Stapleton [email protected] [email protected] actionlondon&se@actionforblindp [email protected] eople.org.uk Barnet, Enfield Camden & Haringey Prakash Rughani [email protected] East London, City & Islington Dan Waller [email protected]

North Yorkshire & Humber Unknown East Yorkshire Greg Bailey Helena Hughes Harrogate and District Society for the Blind Anne Worden [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] k Hull & East Riding Institute for the blind North & North East Lincolnshire Nizz Sabir Debbie Harding (HERIB) Sandra Ackroyd [email protected] [email protected] Sight Support Ryedale (formerly Ryedale North Yorkshire Darryl Taylor In Touch Group) Janice Every [email protected] [email protected] Selby District Vision Michelle Dodgson [email protected], [email protected] Wilberforce Trust Keith McKee [email protected]

Shropshire & Staffordshire Unknown Shropshire Paul Cottrell Jenny Lloyd Sight Loss Shropshire Robin Durham [email protected] jenny.lloyd@actionforblindpeople. [email protected] org.uk [email protected]. Staffordshire Mark McCracken uk [email protected]

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Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair Local Optical Committees LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Manager South London Blind Independence Greenwich (BIG) David Parkins Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich Gordon Ilett Steven Franks (merged with RLSB) Colin Brown [email protected] [email protected] actionlondon&se@actionforblindp [email protected] eople.org.uk Croydon Chris Kerr Merton Vision Fran Hibbert [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] Blind Aid (formerly Metropolitan Society for Kingston, Richmond & Twickenham Ahmed Sivardeen the Blind) Sue O'Hara [email protected] [email protected] Sutton Vision (formerly Sutton Association Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham Pritesh Patel for the Blind) Stephen Hawkins [email protected] [email protected] Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth Eyall Gelbart [email protected]

South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Barnsley Blind and Partially Sighted Dawn Roberts Doncaster & Bassetlaw Chaz Uppal Association Carol Greem, MBE dawn.roberts@specsavershe [email protected] [email protected] althcall.com Rotherham & Barnsley Omar Hassan Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind Steve Hambleton [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] Sheffield Rob Hughes [email protected]

Surrey & Sussex Nicolas Bradshaw East Sussex Dimple Mehta East Sussex Association for the Blind Daniel Brookbank [email protected] [email protected] Surrey Association for Surrey Sara White (SAVI) Lance Clarke [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] West Sussex Lorna Partridge Worthing Society for the Blind John Baker [email protected] [email protected]

Thames Valley Unknown Berkshire Sean Caskey Berkshire County Blind Society Tom Conlin [email protected] [email protected] Bucks Vision (form. Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Bruce Gilson Association for Blind) Deborah Dow [email protected] [email protected] Oxfordshire Anne Freeman Oxfordshire Association for the Blind Colin Cure [email protected] [email protected]

Wessex Bournemouth Society for the Visually Jane Bell Dorset Helen Haslett Kathryn Arnold Impaired (BSVI) Philip Tarrant [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] g.uk Hampshire Sean Matthews Dorset Blind Association Jonathan Holyhead [email protected] [email protected] Open Sight (formerly Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind) Tessa Barratt [email protected] Southampton Sight Leanne Humphreys

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Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair Local Optical Committees LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Manager [email protected]

West Yorkshire Steve Clark Bradford Chris Davey Helena Hughes Halifax Society for the Blind Eileen Holmes [email protected] [email protected] actionyorkshumber&ne@actionfor [email protected]. blindpeople.org.uk co.uk Sight Airdale (formerly Keighley & District Calderdale & Kirklees Graham Phipps Assoc. for the Blind) Kevin Baldwin [email protected] [email protected] Society for the Blind of Dewsbury, Batley & Leeds Paul Appleson District Hilary Schreiner [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] Wakefield District Sight Aid (see West Wakefield Caroline Auckland-Shone Riding Blind Assoc) Pam Walters [email protected] [email protected]

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