Parent VI Groups This document provides a list of social groups for children with visual impairment and their parents, siblings and families. It is split in to 6 areas and 1 national, as per below: Contents – Parent VI Groups Highland & Islands: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Argyll & Bute, Eilean Sia (Western Isles), Highland, Orkney and Shetland. Aberdeen and North East: ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray. Tayside, Central and Fife: ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee City, Falkirk, Fife, Perth & Kinross and Stirling Edinburgh and Lothians: ................................................................................................................................................................. 6 City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian Glasgow: ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde 1 V1.7 Strathclyde: .......................................................................................................................................................................................12 North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire Ayrshire: ............................................................................................................................................................................................12 East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire Scotland South: ............................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Dumfries & Galloway and Scottish Borders National Parent VI Groups: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 13 If you have any further information regarding the groups listed in the document or would like to add a group to a particular Local Authority or Region, please email the VINCYP inbox: VINCYP Highland and Islands Parent VI Groups AREA / CITY LOCAL Highland Please email VINCYP with any updates Argyll & Bute Please email VINCYP with any updates Orkney Islands Please email VINCYP with any updates Shetland Isles Please email VINCYP with any updates Western Isles Please email VINCYP with any updates 2 V1.7 Aberdeen & North East Parent VI Groups AREA / CITY LOCAL Aberdeen City Group name and location: Aberdeen City Council. Various. Group description: Aberdeen council offers various groups for children with VI of different ages. Frequency: Weekly at various points through school year Contact: [email protected] Group name and location: North East Sensory Services (NESS)’ YPSS, Aberdeen Group description: Various including... PEEP (early learning) for parents and 0-4 years. Meets weekly every Monday. Youth club for 12-18 year olds Meets every 2 weeks on a Monday with alternating weeks for boys and girls Sensory room for 0-7 year olds Meets on In service days and School holidays Various Activities for children from 0-18 years. Activities offered on In service days and School holidays Frequency: See under group description Contact: [email protected] Aberdeenshire Group name and location: Aberdeen SensationALL, Westhill , Aberdeenshire Group description: Group for parents and children with multiple disabilities including MDVI Frequency: 2 x a week coffee mornings plus drop in sessions and other groups e.g. vision support service Contact: [email protected] Moray Group name and location: North east Sensory Services (NESS)’ YPSS, Elgin Group description: Various including... PEEP (early learning) for parents and 0-4 year. Meets every 2 weeks. 3 V1.7 Youth club for 12-18 year olds. Meets every 3 weeks Various activities for 5-18 year olds. Meets every 3 weeks, on in-service days and School holidays Frequency: see under group description Contact: [email protected] Tayside, Central and Fife Parent VI Groups AREA / CITY LOCAL Angus Group name and location: SCOVI, Falkirk, Stirlingshire. Group description: The Scottish Council on Visual Impairment (SCOVI) is an umbrella organisation that links and supports statutory and voluntary services for and of visually impaired people in Scotland. Contact: [email protected]. Or to find out more about the Scottish Council on Vision Impairment, contact [email protected] Perth & Kinross Information can be obtained by contacting: [email protected] Or [email protected] Clackmannanshire Please email VINCYP with any updates Falkirk Group name and location: Falkirk Council, Windsor Park School Group description: Various including... Parent and Toddler Group Every Wednesday during term time Parental Information Evening Annually Annual Xmas outing, Falkirk Wheel, P1-P3 4 V1.7 Frequency: See under group description Contact: [email protected] or [email protected] Fife Group name and location: Fife - LD & Complex Needs, RNIB Pathway, 13 Wilson Avenue, Kirkcaldy, Fife Group description: Various including... Carers Café -Parents/carers and families of all ages Meets on a monthly basis- last Saturday of the month VI & Inclusive Bookbug sessions for parents and preschool children. Meets quarterly Toy Library - Resources and advice. Parents/carers and families, and childcare settings, Always available Family Fun Day, Various locations often at Lochore Meadows Country Park Annually - Saturday in June or July Frequency: See group description Contact: [email protected] 01592 646015 or [email protected] 01592 646015 Stirling Group name and location: Falkirk Council Group description: Various including... MacRobert’s Stirling Annual Panto for P4-P7 Stirling Rotary Annual summer outing for P1-P7 Frequency: See group description Contact: [email protected] or [email protected] 5 V1.7 Edinburgh & Lothian’s AREA / CITY LOCAL East Lothian Group name and location: Kidzone, East Lothian Council, Sanderson’s Wynd PS (The Hub), Tranent. Group description: Various including... Kidzone 0-3 years, with complex needs,Tranent Every Tuesday during term time Parent led group for young children, Dunbar Friday morning 10-11.30 (during school term time) Frequency: see group description Contact: Kidzone: Anne Cockburn [email protected] Parent led group: Alex Davey [email protected] Group name and location: Edinburgh, East, West and Midlothian Group description: Various including... A group for parents and children using Braille Other special interests groups Early years groups Activity days (cycling, visits to art galleries, book festival etc) for all ages Frequency: Occasional. Contact: [email protected] and Tel: 0131 469 2830 6 V1.7 Edinburgh City Group name and location: ASL Service, Calareidh Playgroup, 35 Bingham Drive, Edinburgh, EH15 3LA. Group description: For parents and children aged 0-3 with profound and complex support needs including VI Frequency: On Tuesdays, weekly during term time Contact: [email protected] Tel: 0131 469 2830 Group name and location: RNIB Edinburgh, Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh Group description: Various including: Parent support group for children 0-5 years Last Friday of the month. 2-4pm Wednesday Activity Club for children aged 5-18 years. Weekly Youth group residential week Various times Summer programme Monday/Wednesdays 10am-6pm during summer holidays Frequency: see group description Contact: Jane Coates/Daniel Meikle [email protected] [email protected] 0313 652 3140 Group name and location: Royal Blind School, West Savile Road, Edinburgh Group description: Playgroup for parents and children 0-5 years. Frequency: Every Friday during term time. 9.30-11.30 Contact: Louise Buggy 0131 4463110 [email protected] Please see pages 8-9 for more information on the RNIB 7 V1.7 8 V1.7 9 V1.7 Midlothian Group name and location: Bright Sparks Playgroup, Cockpen Centre, 1B, Cockpen Road, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian Council Group description: Playgroup for parents and children aged 0-5 years with complex additional support needs Frequency: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings Contact: Pre School Support Teachers - Stephanie Johnson, Fiona Oliver 0131 270 5662, [email protected] [email protected] Additional Information – This is part local authority funded and operated between Pre-School Home Visiting Teachers and a Parent Management Committee. West Lothian West Lothian Parent Group, Beatlie Child Development Centre. For parents and children with additional support needs. Friday mornings. Contact: Child Development Centre, 01506 777 584. West Lothian Pre-School Groups. Parents and children with additional support needs. Contact Signpost – 01506