Sight Cymru

Description

Services:
- Rehabilitation and mobility work
- Hospital information service (ECLO)
- Social and sporting clubs (rambling, yoga, art, computing, swimming, fitness, reading and social)
- Braille tutoring including loan of Perkins Brailler
- Computer training (even at home) in a wide range of software and mostly on a one-to-one basis
- Outings and activities
- Counselling (face-to-face and over the telephone)
- Grants
- Benefit form filling service and help with tribunals and appeals
- Newsletter
- Transcription services
- Talking Book services
- Agent for the British Wireless for the Blind Fund
- Befriending and ring around schemes
- Work experience placements
- Transport assistance to Resource Centre
- Training courses for professionals including rehabilitation worker training, specialist worker training, and awareness training

Services offered:

• Benefits advice
• Equality advice
• Grants and funding
• Local authority social care
• Volunteering
• Employment providers
• Employment advice
• Health and social care
• Hospital information
• Community eye care
• Low vision services
• Talking newspapers
• Assistive technology products
• Tactile products
• Low vision aids
• Loan equipment
• Audio products
• Everyday products
• Computer products
• Clubs and classes
• Social functions
• Trips and outings
• Bowls
• Other sports
• Support groups
• Rehabilitation
• Telephone befriending service
• Home visiting
• Emotional support
• Community advice
• Befriending
• Shopping assistance
• Everyday living skills
• Mobility training
• Learning braille
• Computer skills
• Assistive technology training
• Braille transcription
• Audio transcription
• Large print transcription
• Library services
• Book clubs
• Travel training
• Eye health advice