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Useful Links

Vision of the Past:

To  visit our Vision of the Past website please go to vision-of-the-past-opensight.org.uk

Eye health and eye conditions:

For more information on Eye Health: www.nhs.uk/Livewell/eyehealth/Pages/eyehealthhome

Macular Society www.maculardisease.org

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) Society www.rpfightingblindness.org.uk

Useful services for VIPs:

Hampshire County Council Library Services have a range of services for visually impaired people, follow this link to find out more information: www3.hants.gov.uk

• Talking Newpapers

There are a number of Talking Newspaper services in Hampshire including:

www.winchestertalkingnews.com

To find your local talking newspaper service go to: www.tnf.org.uk

Concessions for VIPs:

TV Licencing offer discounts for visually impaired people, click here for more information.

Independent living equipment, low vision and magnification equipment:

Enhanced Vision: www.enhancedvision.co.uk

Professional Vision: www.professional-vision-services.co.uk

Sight and Sound: www.sightandsound.co.uk

Optelec: www.optelec.com/en_GB/home

Synapptic: www.synapptic.com/default.aspx

Volunteering organisations:

Do-It.org – Volunteering Made Easy www.do-it.org.uk

Third Sector Volunteering - deals specifically with attracting skilled volunteers to help out your organisation volunteering.thirdsector.co.uk

Family Support Links:

Contact a Family – provide support for the families of disabled children whatever their condition or disability www.cafamily.org.uk

Actionnaires – provide activities for blind and visually impaired children and young adults from 0-16 and 16+ www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk/actionnaires

Parent Voice – a Hampshire wide network of parents and carers of children and young people with additional needs aged 0-19 www.parentvoice.info

National Blind Children’s Society www.nbcs.org.uk

Support Planning:

Open Sight is one of the partners in a Support Planning Partnership. This Partnership provides support to people who want to choose and control their own personal support whether by paying for the service themselves or by using a direct payment.  The partnership includes local organisations with experience and knowledge in direct payments, self-directed support and self-funding of services. We have a range of specialist knowledge and expertise.  

For more information please visit www.support-partnership.org.uk 

Open Sight and the UK Vision Strategy:

Open Sight is actively supporting Hampshire in ensuring fully coordinated local implementation of the UK Vision Strategy.

The UK Vision Strategy sets out a framework for the development of eye health and sight loss services. In addition, it addresses widespread ignorance regarding eye care and the impact of sight loss.

The UK Vision Strategy aims to:
● improve the eye health of the people of the UK
● eliminate avoidable sight loss and deliver excellent support to those with vision impairment
● enhance the inclusion, participation and independence of blind and partially sighted people

To read more: UK Vision Strategy

To view our Financial Statements please select the link below:

Financial Report Year Ended 31 March 2011

Financial Report Year Ended 31 March 2012