Health Charities That specialise in Visual impairment

The Charity supports people with sight loss across a large part of East Lancashire and offers a range of services from our refurbished Sight Advice Centre in Accrington.

Relief of poverty in Hadhramaut (formerly part of the Eastern Aden Protectorate) in the Republic of Yemen.Who can benefit: Centres for Blind , Handicapped and Autism, Orphans, Schools, Hospitals and Clinics, Womens' Sewing Centres and Welfare Groups, Self Help \ Development Initiatives for Individuals and Families in Exceptional Hardship.

Provision of facilities for the Aged, Blind and Disabled of the local community.

LIGHT INTO EUROPE IS A BRITISH CHARITY FOUNDED IN 1986. SINCE 2004, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEAF AND BLIND COMMUNITIES IN ROMANIA. OUR VISION IS TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP THE SENSORIAL IMPAIRED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFE EXPECTATIONS AND TO BECOME ACTIVE AND ACCEPTED MEMBERS OF THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY.

Provision of health, well being support including fitness exercise programmes, to undertake research and to produce information and reports in a range of alternative formats. To hold public events targeted towards visually impaired community and to raise awareness of visual impairment issues within the population. Development of information/training projects and resource base.

Hazlemere Community Association accomodates around 1,000 users per week.Activities within our Community Centre include:-Keep Fit/Aerobic groups, Yoga, Mother & Toddler Groups, Baby groups, Amateur Dramatics, various sport related activities, dancing for adults and children, a "Pop In" centre for the elderly, Blind and partially sighted group.

SLS's aim is to improve the quality of life of visually impaired people of all ages who live in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin by helping visually impaired people to cope with their sight loss and the difficulties this imposes on their daily lives, raising awareness of sight loss and acting as a local champion for visually impaired people.

Reduce the impact of sensory impairment by assessing needs and providing access and information on sensory aids, equipment, activities and training. We provide:Education to facilitate independent living;Self help, social contact and mutual support;One-to-one sensory assessments and supply of equipment;Activities and training

1)THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND IN PARTICULAR BLINDNESS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AND OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES IN PARTICULAR IN THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT2)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION 3) TO RELIEVE POVERTY4) FOR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER APPROPRIATE

The Society responds to the needs of visually impaired people in the Harrogate district by providing among other things:- a centre for social activities, handicraft training, educational classes,home visiting,information about hospital eye clinics, a telephone befriending service, counselling, display of aids for the blind and outings.

The relief of persons within the autism spectrum disorder, including PDA and persons with hidden disabilities such as Asperger, ADHD and sensory impairments such as deafness.To promote social inclusion for people with hidden disabilities who are socially excluded from society.Preventing people with hidden disabilities becoming socially excluded.Raising public awareness of hidden disabilities

To advance the education of pupils by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities and equipment for the education of pupils with physical difficulties, severe and profound multiple learning difficulties and multi-sensory impairment at Fairfields Community Special School.

1)Drop In center activities to alleviate loneliness, 2) Providing weekly talking newspapers on audio tapes. 3) Taking blind and partially sighted people to various places of interest 4) providing advice and case work services. 5Training in mobility and providing music and bringing speakers to talk to the blind people on issues of blindness,. 6) Blindness awareness;. 7) Outreach:

To relieve the charitable needs of children living in North Tyneside, aged up to 18 years (with discretion up to 25 years) who are registered blind or visually impaired, their parents, carers and siblings, by primarily but not exclusively providing support, events, advice, and short-break holidays. To provide support as the trustees see fit, to other disadvantaged members of the community.

All our members have a physical and/or sensory impairment and live and/or work in Calderdale. We engage with service providers and commissioners, mainly in local authority, health and transport sectors. By involving significant numbers of disabled people, we can have a big impact on decision makers. By using this model, disabled people are empowered and can influence policy and service delivery.

The federation, through its blind and partially sighted membership, seeks to promote a better quality of life for all visually impaired people through local activities at branch level and nationally through campaigning.

Supporting Blind and Visually Impaired persons in the area of East Cheshire. Maintaining Resource Centre of specialist equipment. Advice and help on visual difficulties. Social and recreation activities provided.

The Academy is a young organisation that is working to provide a much needed voice to help advance the profession, develop the scientific knowledge base and support and promote lifelong learning for optometrists, opticians, vision scientists and all those involved in eye health care across Europe.

To relieve the suffering of blind, partially sighted dogs and other animals in Europe and the UK. To rescue and rehome said animals. To offer advice and support, and educate owners, potential owners and the public about said animals.

The preservation and protection of good health by the provision of eye care treatment, surgery and education to communities in Kenya and east and central Africa.

The Lavinia Norfolk Trust raises money to support the children with disabilities who attend the Lavinia Norfolk Centre; a specialist centre, within The Angmering School, for children with Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment or Physical Disabilities. The Trust aims to provide additional sporting and educational opportunities for these disabled young people and to enrich their lives as a result

The Orchestra made up of police officers, police staff and other members of the extended police family each year performs at different venues around the country raising money for a number of different charities. A mini tour of India took place in February 2008. Charity Concerts included Warwick Arts Centre for Fighting Blindness and the annual Proms Concert at Symphony Hall in December.

To improve the health and well being of the people living in the MADINA district of Sierra Leone. Help Madina supports a feeding centre, provides out-reach health education, eye care and cataract operations, hernia operations, repair of water wells, building toilets, plus help for the elderly. Also provides a diabetes facility in MAKENI, by training healthcare workers and sensitising communities.

We provide health services to poor, needy and suffering people. We promote education and prepare poor and needy people for jobs. We provide meals to 100,000 poor and hungry people. We provide hospital care for over half a million poor and suffering people with eye problems and crippled people.We promote education. We train crippled people for IT, TV, Mobile phone and Radio repairing for jobs.

Blindcare is a charity covering the whole of the United Kingdom working for people who are blind or visually impaired to improve their education, independence and opportunity to enter the workplace.