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A guide to the practical and financial support available to help you and the benefits of certification and registration.
This publication contains information on welfare benefits to which you may be entitled, concessions, certification and registration. It also includes information about additional support you can get if you are certified by an ophthalmologist (hospital eye doctor) and become registered with your local authority, letting them know that you may need support now or in future.
Bridgend County Borough Council's participation in the Wales Evaluation Study on best value,
via its pilot project on Service to People with Visual Impairment, affords the Council the opportunity to help develop the concept of Best Value and adopt a co-ordinated approach to the delivery of all services to people with a visual impairment. This approach is intended to
lead to improvements in efficiency, effectiveness and economy for the user as well as ensuring equal and equitable access to services. Report conducted by BCBC with Wales Council for the Blind.
This report highlights how better data collection can improve communication between
optometry practices, GPs, hospitals and local health authorities, leading to more efficient and joined up eye care services. It argues that use of
technology will enable more accurate information to be gathered than is possible using existing, paper-based systems.
This report explores the experiences and barriers associated with working in the UK
music industry for blind and
visually impaired (BVI) professionals. Commissioned by Baluji Music Foundation, funded by Vision Foundation.
Report based on a survey carried out by YouGov in 2012. It looks at the public's attitudes to issues such as
sight tests, and knowledge of issues such as the causes of common eye health conditions.
Information produced by Bridgevis to give
bus drivers an awareness of the issues faced by
visually impaired people when trying to use bus services. (It is included in the
Transport edition of Roundup, number 13 – Summer 2013, pages 8-9.)
Wales Council of the Blind and members of the Welsh
Rehabilitation Officers Forum received concerns from people with sight loss about applying / renewing their
disabled person’s
bus pass and/or companion pass.
