What We Do:
We support over 5000 people in Hampshire
Our Outreach Team gives advice and information to over 1,500 people each year in their own homes, through Eye Clinics or over the telephone
Our Resource Centre provides impartial advice on equipment for the sight impaired and sells 75 items each week, 3,900 a year
In 2006 we held 4 Resource Days around the County with over 350 people attending
We publish and circulate over 5000 copies of our magazine ("Second Sight") every two months including over 850 taped and CD versions plus an MP3 on our website
An average of 625 people attend our local social clubs each month
During 2006 we ran a Family Fun Day,Theatre Trips for children and families and a range of other events and actvities
In 2006 we re-introduced Holidays and Gardening Days for sight impaired people.
We provided grants from our Grants Fund for those in need, especially for those needing special equipment to help them read and live independently.
What We Do Is Important Because:
Over 100 people in the UK start to lose their sight every day
One in Three People Over 75 suffer from age related sight loss.
0ver 60% of sight impaired people over 60 years of age live on half the average national income level
There are over 370,000 people currently registered with sight loss in the UK and many hundreds of thousands more who are not registered
We support, advise and provide practical help to ANYONE with sight loss problems in Hampshire |
The Charity and Branches
