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This guide has been put together by Wiltshire Sight and the
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Contents
Supporting people living with sight loss
Contents
Introduction ............................................ 3
Resource Centre ..................................... 4
Technology Events .................................. 5
Drop-ins ................................................. 6
Zoom Club/Skills for Parents ................... 7
Skills for Seeing in partnership with
Macular Society/Tips for Sighted
Guiding a Visually Impaired Person/
Technology Events .................................. 8
Looking Out for Sight/Drug and Alcohol
Awareness Talk ....................................... 9
Wiltshire Sight Audio Library/Dementia
and Sight Loss/At the Eye Clinic ........... 10
October_2016
Fundraising ........................................... 11
Everyday Living .................................... 12
National Organisations/Hearing Loss .....14
Wiltshire Sight ........................................16
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Introduction
Supporting people living with sight loss
Introduction
This booklet will provide you
with information on all of the
services we offer as well as
details on other
organisations who might be
able to support you.
Wiltshire Sight is an
independent charity
supporting people living with
sight loss in Wiltshire and
Swindon. We assist more than 2,500 people of all ages, as well
as their families and carers.
We offer information, advice and guidance, as well as
giving people practical and emotional support to help them
in their daily lives. We have a fully equipped resource centre
at St Lucy’s in Devizes, offering state-of-the-art assistive
technology products and low vision aids.
We run community Drop-ins across Wiltshire and Swindon,
provide Zoom Club supporting children and families living
with sight loss as well as
sending out a range of talking
books through the Wiltshire
Sight Audio Library. We also
offer training for carers and
professionals in the form of our
innovative Looking out for
Sight project.
For more information on any
of our services, please call
01380 723682 or visit our
website www.wiltshiresight.org
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Assistive Technology Suite
Supporting people living with sight loss
Assistive Technology Suite
One of our accredited Sight Advisers will be
available to demonstrate a range of assistive
technology that enables you to do everyday
tasks more easily.
The technology we have available includes:
l Dolphin computer software
l Synapptic tablet/phone software
l DaVinici CCTV magnifiers
l Apple laptop and tablet with text-to-speech functions
l Pebble HD handheld magnifier
l iZoom USB stick magnification
l ReadEasy
l PC-Eye
All of these products can be tried out at St Lucy’s Sight
Centre and information on how to purchase/rent them
can be provided.
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Drop-ins
Supporting people living with sight loss
Drop-ins
Our Sight Advisers will be on hand to
offer you information, advice and
support on your eye condition as well
as provide demonstrations on
assistive technology and resources
that enables you to do everyday tasks more easily. The
Drop-ins service also presents an opportunity to talk to
those in a similar situation to yourself.
Drop-in locations:
l Devizes Drop-in
St Lucy’s Sight Centre,
Browfort, Bath Road,
Devizes, SN10 2AT
Every Friday, 10am – 12pm
l Warminster Drop-in
Warminster Library, Three
Horseshoes Walk,
Warminster, BA12 9BT
Second Tuesday of each month, 10am-12pm
l Salisbury Drop-in
Low Vision Centre, Salisbury Hospital, SP2 8BJ
First Wednesday of each month, 10am – 12pm
l Swindon Drop-in
The community room, Tesco Extra, Ocotal Way,
Swindon, SN1 2EH
Second Wednesday of each month, 10am – 12pm
l Wroughton Drop-in
Wroughton Library, Ellendune, Wharf Road, Wroughton,
Swindon, SN4 9LD
First Monday of each month, 10:30am – 12:30pm.
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Zoom Club/Skills for Parents
Supporting people living with sight loss
Zoom Club
Zoom Club is for children and families living with Sight Loss.
It’s an opportunity for families to
meet in a safe and friendly environment, where you can gather
support and advice from other
parents, children and Wiltshire
Sight.
Wiltshire Sight’s Zoom Club go on
incredible days out and do all sorts of activities for the whole
family to enjoy.
A day out to Cholderton Charlie’s
Farm. A Hiss and Tell event with
reptile/insect handling.
Skills for Parents
As a parent, once your child is
diagnosed with a visual
impairment you may have
questions and concerns. Wiltshire Sight have created a
course for parents of visually impaired children, to provide
them with knowledge and support in the home and at
school. The course is run by a Community Sight Advisor,
each session lasts 2 hours.
We will cover a wide range of
information such as:
Diagnosis
l Pathways after diagnosis
l Early Intervention
l Transition into school
l Colour contrast/lighting
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Skills for Seeing – in partnership/Tips for Sighted Guiding
a Visually Impaired Person/Technology Events
Supporting people living with sight loss
Skills for Seeing –
in partnership with:
We teach two techniques to assist people with central
vision loss to use their remaining vision more effectively:
Eccentric viewing and Steady eye strategy.
Eccentric viewing technique involves identifying and using
the healthiest parts of your macula. You may already be
using eccentric viewing, for example you may turn your head
to see someone’s face.
Steady eye strategy is a technique that helps your ability to
read. This technique involves keeping your eyes still and
moving the text through the best part of your vision.
We can also offer the introduction of lighting to assist you
with a variety of tasks.
Tips for Sighted Guiding a Visually
Impaired Person
Wiltshire Sight offer training to support
with guiding someone with sight loss
through everyday tasks such as
crossing the road, navigating steps
and communication in busy
environments.
Technology Events
We attend and host a number of
assistive technology events providing
information on products that can support you with using
computers/smartphones, listening to audio books or even
reading a book.
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Looking Out for Sight/
Drug and Alcohol Awareness Talk
Supporting people living with sight loss
Looking Out for Sight
Looking Out for Sight is a 60 minute
workshop developed by the sight loss
charity Thomas Pocklington Trust.
Participants are asked to carry out everyday tasks whilst
wearing sim-specs. This experience helps understanding of
what life can be like for residents in their care who have sight
loss and how to support them.
Information about the main
eye conditions will be shared
and there will be opportunities
for discussion.
The training aims to ensure
that staff fully understand the
effects of living with visual
impairment and to support their residents more effectively
and within good practice guidelines.
Drug and Alcohol Awareness Talks
Our talks are delivered by a community sight advisor who
travels around Wiltshire and Swindon providing
preventative talks to those recovering from drug and
alcohol abuse.
We provide information and demonstrations through
simulation specs and pictures
of how different eye
conditions affect your sight.
We provide talks to those in
hard to reach areas to
prevent further deterioration
to their sight.
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Fundraising
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Fundraising
Wiltshire Sight Lotto
Wiltshire Sight Lotto costs £24 a year;
just £2 a month! The monthly prize is
based of 25% of the income, and
numbers are drawn on the last
Friday of the month.
Donate stamps/toner
cartridges/foreign currency
We are currently collecting used
stamps, empty printer cartridges
and foreign currency, all of which
we can send off to raise money that
funds our services.
Collection Boxes
Our pink robots are perfect for the
work place and our rainbow
collection boxes are ideal to collect
and support us in your home!
Legacies
Wiltshire Sight almost entirely relies on
the generosity of the general public to fund our services.
Leaving us a gift in your Will, however large or small, will
help to provide a full range of support services to people
who are registered partially sighted. We are often a lifeline
for individuals coming to terms with losing their sight, by
remembering us in your Will you can ensure that this
essential help continues into the future.
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         
         
  
   

 
 


 


   
  
  
   
 

 

   
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 




 

 

 
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  
 
   
 

wiltshire
sight


wiltshire
sight

Supporting people living with sight loss
 


 
 


  
 


 


 
 
 
 

 
 








 

 

  


 








 
 







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Sight Services
wiltshire
sight
National Organisations
Supporting people living with sight loss
National Organisations
Thomas Pocklington Trust
For people with sight loss
Tel: 0208 995 0880
Action for Blind People and RNIB
Aids and Equipment Catalogue
Tel: 0303 123 9999
Blind Veterans
UK Head Office Telephone: 0207 723 5021
To apply for free support Telephone: 0800 389 7979
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Tel: 0118 983 5555
The Partially Sighted Society
Tel: 0844 477 4966
British Wireless for the Blind
Provides blind and partially sighted people with a lifeline to
the world. Call on 01622 754757.
Stroke Association
Tel: 0303 3033 100
Macular Degeneration
Macular Disease Society
Tel: 0300 3030 111
Diabetes UK
Tel: 0345 123 2399
Glaucoma
To contact the International Glaucoma Association
Tel: 01233 648170
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wiltshire
sight
National Organisations/Hearing Loss
Supporting people living with sight loss
Retinitis Pigmentosa
British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
Tel: 0845 123 2354
Email: [email protected]
Nystagmus Network
Tel: 0845 634 2630
www.nystagmusnet.org
Carers Support
Freephone: 0800 181 4118
Email: [email protected]
Hearing Loss
Action on Hearing Loss
Tel: 0808 808 0123
Email: [email protected]
Sense
Tel: 0300 330 9250
Email: [email protected]
Deafblind UK
Tel: 01733 358100
Email: [email protected]
Audiology Department – Salisbury District Hospital
Tel: 01722 429335
Audiology Department – Great Western Hospital
Also provides a service run by volunteers to provide free
replacement batteries for hearing aids.
Tel: 01793 604209
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Sight Services
wiltshire
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Wiltshire Sight
Supporting people living with sight loss
wiltshire
sight
Supporting people living with sight loss
Who we are and what we do
At Wiltshire Sight, we believe that we can make a real
difference to your life. We do this by providing you with the
opportunity to use various tools, by giving you access to
information and support and by enabling you with lifelong
learning skills. All of which will support you to
continue living independently.
Wiltshire Sight receives no Government funding. If you've
found this guide useful, please consider making a donation
to support our work. Tel: 01380 723 682
[email protected] | www.wiltshiresight.org.uk
Wiltshire Sight is a trading name of Wiltshire Blind
Association. Registered office, St Lucy’s Sight Centre,
The Beeches, Browfort, Bath Road,
Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2AT
Charity number 1119462. Company limited
by guarantee 06060187.
Visit us at:
Telephone: 01380 723682 E-mail: [email protected] www.wiltshiresight.org
Registered office: St Lucy’s Sight Centre, The Beeches, Browfort,
Bath Road, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2AT.
Wiltshire Sight is a trading name of Wiltshire Blind Association reg charity 1119462.
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