Contacts for blind or partially sighted people
- Visually Impaired in Camden
- London Sports Forum for Disabled People
- Low Vision Centre
- Jewish Blind and Disabled
- Royal National Institute of Blind People Talking Book Service
- Ricability
- Sensory Needs Service (camden Council)
- Camden Integrated Community Equipment Service (camden Council)
- National League of The Blind and Disabled
- Metropolitan Sports and Social Club for The Visually Impaired
- Clarity - Employment for Blind People
- Listening Books
- Royal National Institute of Blind People
- Family Education and Advisory Service Sense - South East
- Metropolitan Society for The Blind
- British Limbless Ex-service Mens Association
- Sense
- British Blind Sport
- Deafblind Uk
- Jewish Care
- Action for Blind People North London
- Nystagmus Network
- Vocaleyes
- International Glaucoma Association
Visually Impaired in Camden
58 Phoenix Road
London
Self-help/social association of visually impaired people resident or working in Camden. Campaigns on issues that affect those with little or no sight. Monthly newsletter on audio-tape or in large print, 24 font. Monthly social and campaigning meetings which include 2 coach trips and a festive Christmas lunch each year.
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London Sports Forum for Disabled People
London South Bank University
Technopark, 90 London Road
Aims to ensure that all disabled people in London, including people with learning disabilities, physical or visual impairments and deaf people, have more opportunities to get involved in sports at a level of their choice. Provide information about many sports opportunites for disabled people around Central London.
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Low Vision Centre
105 Judd Street
London
Offers advice to any resident of Camden and Islington who has a residual sight problem after correction with standard glasses or contact lenses. You can contact the centre for advice on accessing services that can help.
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Jewish Blind and Disabled
London-wide sheltered housing charity. Based in Mill Hill.
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Royal National Institute of Blind People Talking Book Service
PO Box 173
Peterborough
Postal library service offering a wide range of professionally recorded books on easy-to-use playback equipment for people with sight problems. Yearly full subscription fee of �79 (from April 2009). Many local authorities and societies for people with visual disabilities pay the fee on behalf of members.
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Ricability
City Road
Independent research charity providing unbiased consumer information for disabled and older people. Offers free reports including those on: driving for disabled people, car adaptations, central heating controls, community alarms, digital TV, telephones and phone services. Information is also available in braille, large print, audio CD/tape and online at the websites listed above.
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Sensory Needs Service (camden Council)
38-50 Bidborough Street
London
Provides assessments and a range of services for people who are blind or partially sighted, deaf, deafened or hard of hearing, including deaf sign language users or have both a significant hearing and sight loss. Specialist workers aim to help people to live as independently as possible. Offers advice and training, provision and installation of special equipment, adaptations to the home and rehabilitation training, plus care management to Deaf Sign Language Users who have additional complex needs. They work jointly with the Low Vision Clinic providing low vision aids to people with a sight loss. Close links with deaf advice (RAD) and information service at DISC, offering benefits and other help to deaf people in Camden. Do not provide hearing aids; if you need hearing aids please contact your GP who will refer you to hospital hearing aid services.
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Camden Integrated Community Equipment Service (camden Council)
Bidborough House
38-50 Bidborough Street
Provides equipment to chronically sick, sensory impaired and disabled adults and children to enable them to maintain their independence in the community.
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National League of The Blind and Disabled
Swinton House
324 Grays Inn Road
Registered trade union acting for blind and seeing disabled people. Mainly concerned to provide equality of access to all levels of education, training, employment and financial benefits for all people with disabilities.
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Metropolitan Sports and Social Club for The Visually Impaired
Hornchurch
Essex
Aims to offer sporting and leisure activities for people of all ages with visual impairments. Club activities include athletics, cricket, ten pin bowling, indoor and outdoor bowls, ski-ing, dancing (Salsa, rock n roll), soundball tennis, football and other sports. Regular social nights. Use a range of venues in Greater London.
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Clarity - Employment for Blind People
London
Supported factory which provides employment and training for people with visual or other disabilities. Primary business is the manufacture of toiletries and cleaning products.
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Listening Books
London
Provides a postal and internet based audio book service to anyone with an illness or disability which makes it impossible or difficult to hold a book, turn its pages or read in the usual way. Service available to organisations such as hospitals, residential care and nursing homes and schools as well as individuals.
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Royal National Institute of Blind People
London
Provides information, support, and advice for anyone with sight problems, including information on benefit rights, education, employment, leisure, and holidays. Also provides services for local societies; health, social and environmental services; reference library; advice on wills and legacies; enquiries on multiple disability, physiotherapy support. The London Resource Centre provides access to information and equipment. The Low Vision Centre and Children's Centre are also based in Judd Street.
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Family Education and Advisory Service Sense - South East
12 Hyde Close
One of Sense's regional services that offers advice and support to children and young people who are deafblind and to their families. Advisory and consultancy services are also provided to schools and other children's services.
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Metropolitan Society for The Blind
102 Bermondsey Street
London
For blind and partially sighted people resident within the twelve inner London boroughs. Provide advice and information, small grants (up to �250) and aids to daily living. Loans audio equipment to registered blind and partially sighted people. Provides a welfare rights advice service. Visiting and befriending service. Volunteers needed.
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British Limbless Ex-service Mens Association
Self help organisation based in Romford. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).
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Sense
London
National charity supporting and campaigning for deafblind children and adults. Advice and information as well as specialist services for deafblind people, their families, carers and professionals working with them. Also support people who have sensory impairments with additional disabilities.
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British Blind Sport
Charity based in Leamington Spa. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).
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Deafblind Uk
National disability charity based in Peterborough. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).
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Jewish Care
Jewish Care runs more than 70 centres and specialist services throughout London and the South-East. Based in Barnet. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).
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Action for Blind People North London
33 Greenwood Place
London
Outreach advice and guidance to blind and partially sighted adults in the North London area. Have specialist advisors and general information on other services. Part of a national charity that provides direct services for visually impaired people through regional teams, holiday break opportunities in purpose built and specially adapted hotels and a network of activities clubs for visually impaired children.
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Nystagmus Network
Information and support charity based in Nottinghamshire. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).
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Vocaleyes
Nationwide charity providing audio description service for blind and partially-sighted people in theatres, museums and galleries, based in Tower Hamlets. Provide What's On listings of their events, many in Camden and the surrounding area. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).
Information taken from Cindex local information database
International Glaucoma Association
Glaucoma health charity based in Ashford, Kent. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).
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