Key Local Contacts for LEHNs

Local Optical Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Committees 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] Warwickshire Association for the Blind John Davies Worcestershire Peter Bainbridge [email protected] [email protected]

Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon & Wiltshire To be advised Gloucestershire David Adams Kathryn Arnold Gloucestershire County Association for the Blind Christine Dutson [email protected] [email protected] rg.uk [email protected] Wiltshire Raman Aggarwal 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@actionforblindpeo [email protected] ple.org.uk Dudley Shamina Asif Walsall Society for the Blind Amanda Humphreys [email protected] [email protected] Sandwell Peter Bainbridge [email protected] Solihull Spencer Parkes [email protected] Walsall Dave Stevens

Wolverhampton Prab Bopari [email protected]

Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset & South Gloucestershire Christine Edwards Avon Lynne Fernandes Kathryn Arnold Somerset Sight Tom Winsborough [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] t rg.uk Somerset Sarah Farrant Vision North Somerset Celia Henshall [email protected] [email protected] Forest Sensory Services (formerly Forge) Jenny Green [email protected]

Cheshire, Warrington & Wirral Rupesh Bagdai Cheshire Lyndon Taylor Herbie Yon IRIS Vision Resource Centre Jane Anderson [email protected] [email protected] liverpool@actionforblindpeople.o rg.uk [email protected] Wirral Frederick Howard Macclesfield Eye Society Mary Forsdyke [email protected] [email protected] Vision Support Miriam Wright [email protected]

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Local Optical Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Committees Manager Warrington VIP Centre (formerly Warrington, Widnes & District Society for the Blind) Gail Bretherton [email protected]

Cumbria Angela Henderson Cumbria Eric Hagan Sharon Meadows Barrow and District Society for the Blind Ltd Wilf Proctor england.lpneyehealth.cne@n [email protected] middlesbrough@actionforblindpe [email protected] hs.net ople.org.uk Northumberland, Tyne & Northumberland, Tyne & Wear Angela Henderson Wear Andy McGregor Carlisle Society for the Blind Angela Robson england.lpneyehealth.cne@n [email protected] hs.net [email protected] Sight Service Gateshead & South Tyneside (Gateshead & South Tyneside Sight Service) Sue Taylor [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]

Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire David Cartwright Derbyshire Mark Lomas Andy Buchan Sight Support Derbyshire Claire Winfield [email protected] [email protected] actioneastmidlandsandeast@acti [email protected] m onforblindpeople.org.uk 07581 489059 My Sight Nottinghamshire (formerly Nottinghamshire Royal Nottinghamshire John Duffy Society for the 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 [email protected] [email protected] emmajane.tay@actionforblindpeople [email protected] t .org.uk Devon Charles Bill 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/

Durham, Darlington & Tees Angela Henderson Durham Jane Ranns Sharon Meadows Blind Life in Durham Jim Welch

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Local Optical Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Committees Manager england.lpneyehealth.cne@n [email protected] middlesbrough@actionforblindpe [email protected] hs.net ople.org.uk Tees Julie Breen BlindVoice UK Christine Durnion [email protected] [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] East Anglia Rupal Lovell-Patel Cambridgeshire Keith Krog Carolyn Fletcher CAMSIGHT Anne Streather [email protected] [email protected] east.anglia@actionforblindpeople [email protected] .org.uk Norfolk & Waveney Deborah Daplyns 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 Stuart Humfrey 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 Dharmesh Patel Ashton, Leigh & Wigan Julia Maiden Jenny Lloyd Bolton Society for the Blind Angela Prout [email protected] [email protected] jenny.lloyd@actionforblindpeople [email protected] .org.uk Bolton Robert Ogg Bury Society for Blind & Partially Sighted People Jill Logan [email protected] [email protected] Heywood, Middleton, Manchester Jewish Community Care (The Nicky Alliance Day Rochdale & Bury Wendy Craven Centre) Michelle Wiseman [email protected] [email protected] Sight Support Oldham (formerly Oldham Society for Blind Manchester Cara Burns and Partially Sighted People) Tony Walsh [email protected] [email protected] Salford & Trafford Alan Miller Tameside Sight (formerly Tameside Blind Association) Margaret Carter [email protected] [email protected] Stockport Matt Jinkinson [email protected] West Pennine Matthew Thornton [email protected]

Hertfordshire & South Midlands Tristan McMullan Bedfordshire Kazim Asaria Huntingdonshire Society for the Blind A Stenner [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Local Optical Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Committees Manager Hertfordshire Wendy d'E Vallancey 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 Elaine Yorwarth Kent Association for the Blind Karen Osborn [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lancashire Ruth Cuthbert East Lancashire Clive Duerden Herbie Yon Accrington & District Blind Society Sarah Turner [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] g.uk Blackburn and District Blind Society (Independent living North & West Lancashire Vic Cottam service) Anne Veevers [email protected] [email protected] N-Vision (formerly Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Society for the Blind) Kevin Winkley [email protected]

Leicestershire & Lincolnshire Wojciech Karwatowski Leicestershire & Rutland Vinesh Patel Andy Buchan VISTA (formerly Royal Leicestershire Society for the Blind) Paul Bott [email protected] [email protected] actioneastmidlandsandeast@acti [email protected], et onforblindpeople.org.uk [email protected] Lincolnshire (No current Chair)

Merseyside Richard Booth Central Mersey Bob Wilkes Herbie Yon Bradbury Fields Jim Moran [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected], rg.uk [email protected] [email protected] Liverpool Neil Hilton Christopher Grange Education and 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@actionforblind [email protected] people.org.uk Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Sue Leighter [email protected] Camden & Islington Nick Taylor [email protected] East London & City Mushir Bakhsh [email protected]

North Yorkshire & Humber Liz Greenwood East Yorkshire Ean Blair Helena Hughes Harrogate and District Society for the Blind Anne Worden [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] k [email protected] North & North East Lincolnshire Robert Marshall Hull & East Riding Institute for the blind (HERIB) Sandra Ackroyd [email protected] From 8th November 2013: [email protected]

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Local Optical Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Committees Manager Debbie Harding North Yorkshire Darryl Taylor Sight Support Ryedale (formerly Ryedale 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 Shelley Stubbs Shropshire Paul Cottrell Jenny Lloyd Sight Loss Shropshire Robin Durham [email protected] [email protected] jenny.lloyd@actionforblindpeople [email protected] m .org.uk [email protected] 07976 812496 Staffordshire Stewart Townsend g.uk [email protected]

Bexley, Bromley & South London David Parkins Greenwich Gordon Ilett Steven Franks Blind Independence Greenwich (BIG) (merged with RLSB) Colin Brown [email protected] [email protected] actionlondon&se@actionforblind [email protected] people.org.uk Croydon Chris Kerr Merton Vision Fran Hibbert [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] Kingston, Richmond & Twickenham Zimar Sivardeen Blind Aid (formerly Metropolitan Society for the Blind) Sue O'Hara [email protected] [email protected] Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham Pritesh Patel Sutton Vision (formerly Sutton Association for the Blind) Stephen Hawkins [email protected]. [email protected] Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth Eyall Gelbart [email protected]

South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw To be confirmed Doncaster & Bassetlaw Chaz Uppal Barnsley Blind and Partially Sighted Association Carol Greem, MBE [email protected] [email protected] Rotherham & Barnsley Tan Hussain Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind Steve Hambleton [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] Sheffield Robert Hughes [email protected]

Surrey & Sussex Sarah Canning East Sussex Thurka Sivapalan East Sussex Association for the Blind Daniel Brookbank [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Surrey David Donner Surrey Association for Visual Impairment (SAVI) Lance Clarke [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] West Sussex Lynn Stacey Worthing Society for the Blind John Baker [email protected] [email protected] Thames Valley Frances Ramsay Berkshire Sean Caskey Berkshire County Blind Society Tom Conlin [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Buckinghamshire Bruce Gilson Bucks Vision (form. Buckinghamshire Association for Blind) Deborah Dow [email protected] [email protected]

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Local Optical Action for Blind People Area Local Eye Health Network Clinical Chair LOC Chair contact Visionary Members Visionary Members contact Committees Manager Oxfordshire Sundeep Rana Oxfordshire Association for the Blind Colin Cure [email protected] [email protected]

Wessex Jane Bell Dorset Chris Newall Kathryn Arnold Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired (BSVI) Philip Tarrant [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] rg.uk Hampshire Hazel Smith 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 [email protected] West Yorkshire Steve Clark Bradford Dan Dixon Helena Hughes Halifax Society for the Blind Eileen Holmes [email protected] [email protected] actionyorkshumber&ne@actionfo [email protected] rblindpeople.org.uk .uk Sight Airdale (formerly Keighley & District Assoc. for the Calderdale & Kirklees Graham Phipps Blind) Kevin Baldwin [email protected] [email protected] Leeds Ann Barrett Society for the Blind of Dewsbury, Batley & District Hilary Schreiner [email protected] [email protected], [email protected]

Wakefield Caroline Auckland Shone Wakefield District Sight Aid (see West Riding Blind Assoc) Pam Walters [email protected] [email protected]

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