The Jubilee Sailing Trust offers
disabled people the chance to sail on their tall ships. Day sails or longer voyages are available.
Contact a Samaritan. If you need someone to talk to, they listen. They won't judge or tell you what to do. You can write, email, chat online or speak face-to-face.
SANE provides emotional support and information to anyone affected by
mental illness, including families, friends and
carers. Their mental health support services are completely confidential. Whatever your problems or concerns, you will receive non-judgemental emotional support. Their professional staff and trained volunteers have specialist mental health knowledge; they can help you consider options for support that address your individual circumstances.
Come and join Alys every fortnight at the wonderful Sight Life Centre, Cardiff, CF10 1BR. Sessions aim to develop confidence, vocal and self-
advocacy skills whilst making friends and having fun. There are also opportunities to access our recording studio space there, to make podcasts, radio content, or simply engage with the stimulating possibilities offered by
music and sound
technology. 18+ years old. Bi-weekly on a Wednesday 11:30am-2:15pm at Sight Life Centre, Jones Court, Womanby Street, Cardiff.
We have a host of resources that will help sports practitioners, coaches, teachers and support staff provide sensory experiences for people who are
deafblind or
disabled. We also support the sports and
social care sectors through consultation and
training. Our tools, training and resources can help you ensure your sports programmes are more inclusive and accessible.
Our Sense hub has been at the heart of Caerphilly since 2015. We support people with complex
disabilities across south Wales to learn new skills, keep healthy and make friends. Our hubs offer a range of activities for disabled people, including: arts and sports activities; sensory sessions and soft
play; teaching of key life skills; specialist support for people who are
deafblind.
Meet other people, discover shared interests and make new friends at Sense Hub Denbigh. We’re here for anyone needing support with hearing impairments,
vision impairments, physical
disability, autism and learning disabilities, no matter your age. Our hubs offer a range of activities for disabled people, including: arts and sports activities; sensory sessions and soft
play; teaching of key life skills; specialist support for people who are
deafblind.
Our Sensory Loss Awareness
training is primarily aimed at people likely to come into contact with people with sensory loss within their working lives. The aim being to improve their awareness of the difficulties and barriers people with sensory loss encounter interacting within unfamiliar environments where communication and other difficulties are often experienced.
With over 150 years' experience of working together with blind and partially sighted people, our knowledge can help your business open up a host of new opportunities. We can help with websites,
apps, accessible communications, user testing,
training and much more.
An adventurous group with members ranging from 16-60. Here's your chance to go ten pin bowling, white water rafting, quad biking, horse riding and take part in other social activities. The end of the summer season of activities is topped off with a lively barbecue for all. Approx 7 pm to 9.30pm. Usually meets the Croft pub in Roath, Cardiff and other venues. Also Saturday
outings & adventures.
Shooting
Club for blind and partially sighted people in Bridgend. Using a sound signal to indicate how close to the target the aim is, it is usable for people with total sight loss. Tondu Target Shooting Club every Thursday.
Bus leaves Market Street, Bridgend, at 2 pm and leaves Tondu at 4.30pm approximately. Contact John O'Donnell below.
We can provide help and support for independent living as well as benefits
advice and
advocacy and help accessing their services.
Assessments are carried out at the individual’s home.
Through our Lottery project, we deliver prevention work amongst
children and communities at high risk of sight loss (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities have a higher prevalence of sight loss and often experience barriers in accessing eye care). We deliver talks at schools and community groups to raise awareness on people can maintain good eye sight and encourage them to engage with eye care.
We have a wide range of specialised products in our
Resource Centre (located in our charity shop in Blackwood) from talking watches, large print diaries and calendars and much more. Our experienced and helpful staff will demonstrate the equipment which can help in everyday tasks.
Free audio player and weekly news and magazines on audio.
An individually planned
befriending service whereby volunteers use their sight in a practical way to help the
visually impaired person. It can be used for companionship, reading, writing of letters, accompanying etc, but not for domestic work, decorating or gardening.
Held every Tuesday 11.15am to 1.30pm at Jones Court, Womanby Street, Cardiff. Join this group of
visually impaired people of Cardiff and the Vale, for talk and support. Be involved in lively discussions about a wide variety of topics (excluding religion and politics). The group also occasionally enjoys a
trip out for lunch.
The
club meets at Jones Court, Womanby Street, Cardiff on the 3rd Friday of every month fron 10.30am - 12.30pm. Anyone with a sight and hearing impairment are welcome. Volunteers will be on hand to assist if need be.
Meetings are held each Friday morning between 10.30 - 1.00, primarily at an adapted plot at Rhydypenau Allotments on Lake Road North during the summer months and Jones Court at other times.
Gardening at the Vetch Field, Swansea, ever Tuesday from 10am-12 noon. Madoc Pl, Swansea
Photography group for people with Sight Loss. Meet at Port Talbot library at 10.am. The group will meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each Month at Port Talbot library. The photographers will decide where they might go to visit to take different types of photographs.
The group usually meets at Jones Court at around 9.30 to
travel by
bus or train to the chosen starting point and returns by approximately 3 or 4pm. Sighted guides are available for those who need one. The group usually stops for a mid morning coffee stop so take a flask along. Lunchtime is usually spent at a local cafe along the route.
Resource centre run by Sight Life. It contains the latest aids, gadgets and information for
vi people, and all the equipment is sold at concessionary prices. Staff and volunteers are always on hand to advise and assist, but you are also welcome just to browse around.
Transport can be arranged if required.
1st & 3rd TUESDAY of the month - 10.30am to 12.30pm at Jones Court, Womanby Street, Cardiff. Run by volunteers, attendees can sing to some musical favourites old and new.
Last Tuesday of the month - 10.30am-12.30pm
A group of like-minded women who enjoy days out shopping, lunching and the odd glass of wine! Recent
trips have included a day to Ebbw Vale Festival Site shopping centre and lunch at The Farmers Wife at St Brides Major. The group is also occasionally joined by guest speakers.
Through our Sight Loss
Advice Service, RNIB offers support to blind and partially sighted people across the UK. We can help you to find the right assistive
technology, support you in education and work, access financial help and much more. We're here to help you live the life you want. We cover a wide range of topics such as: eye conditions; emotional support; wellbeing; registering your sight loss with social services; home life and family; mobility and getting around; employment; accessing information; benefits and concessions; your rights; education; leisure; technology.
Our Lottery project provides awareness
training to organisations and businesses in Wales. The sessions look at the barriers that people with sight loss face and how those barriers can be broken down. We also run the accredited Sight Loss Friendly Organisations scheme. A Sight Loss Friendly accredited organisation would be required to meet several criteria, with the ultimate aim of ensuring organisations are better equipped to support and provide services for people with sight loss.
Torch Trust can help your church to become more aware of how to support people with sight loss. We can support you to become more accessible and more able to confidently engage everyone in your church, and those who would like to join.
Support group for people from an ethnic minority community and others who have sight loss, or care for someone with sight loss. The group meets twice a month, once in Newport on the 2nd Tuesday and once in Cardiff on the 4th Tuesday, to share experiences, learn new things and suggest ways of improving services.
People aged 16 and over experiencing mild to moderate anxiety,
depression or stress can sign-up for a 12-week course of SilverCloud. SilverCloud is an online therapy platform that uses proven methods like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help people manage their problems by encouraging them to change the way they think and behave.
Sisterhood is a fantastic online group for young women aged 11 –25 to come together and discuss issues that are important to them. It’s a chance to discuss anything from
mental health and wellbeing to hair care and make up. It’s a lovely supportive group that meets Tuesdays fortnightly online.
Social group for blind and partially sighted people in Sketty. 1pm – 3pm on 3rd Wednesday of each month at Hazel Court, Sketty Park.
We work with individuals with sight loss to support them to run individual social action projects. This project equips people with sight loss with the skills and confidence to make a change in society. Individuals will learn a suite of skills such as campaigning, marketing and networking and they will be supported to lead their own social change project on a topic that is important to them, for example, improving access in their local community centre or public
transport, creating more recycling facilities in their community or working with a
service provider to make their written materials more accessible.
The Llanelli Blind
Club provides social events throughout the year including one or two
outings per year plus a dinner for upwards of 80/100 members. There is also a Christmas dinner at a local hotel.
Deafblind Cymru's peer support & social groups provide those with both sight and hearing impairments plus their
carers an opportunity to meet people and make friends. At regular meetings, all members are encouraged to get involved in the decision making process to determine what activities the group should do, often including social
outings and arranging meetings to enjoy guest speakers on subjects of interest.
1, Alexandra Rd, Gorseinon, Swansea.
An on-line resource written by five expert organisations to give parents the information, support and guidance they need at the time of their
child's sight loss diagnosis. While it is not a substitute for information and
advice from a medial professional, Starting Point is a gateway to invaluable information and support.
Demonstrations of Dolphin computer systems and
CCTV</a> Electronic Magnification by Enhanced Vision and Optilec.
Thomas Pocklington Trust's Student Support Service is here to support blind and partially sighted students aged 11+ to get the most out of their secondary, college and university education.
Provides support for
visually impaired people working in the legal profession, including a student mentoring scheme. They also share information/knowledge about IT solutions to information gathering; accessing printed material and legal material in alternative formats.
The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) is there to help you through the difficult period of diagnosis and treatment of your
child and beyond, offering support throughout their teenage years and into adulthood.
If you or someone in your family has
Usher syndrome, there are lots of ways we can help. Our specialist Usher team can help you to understand the condition and what it means for you, as well as give practical
advice about benefits, employment opportunities – and much more! We are here to support you whatever your age, whatever stage of your Usher journey you are on, and whatever type of Usher syndrome you have.
Full time
ECLO based at Singleton Hospital, Swansea. Provides emotional support, often at a time of great need. Also signposts patients on to the many different services to help maintain their independence. The role of ECLO helps to bridge the gap between health and
social care services for blind and partially sighted people.
Monthly Magazine (monthly); South Wales Evening Post (monthly).
Group members go on one theatre
trip per month and one other trip per month. There is also a holiday group which meets twice per year.
Grand Theatre Conservatory, Singleton Street, Swansea SA1 3QJ. 11am – 1pm, 3rd Thursday of the month.
Representation from
VI people in Swansea. Held on the fourth Thursday of each month in the Grand Theatre Cafe, Swansea.
Direct Payments enable people assessed as requiring
Social Care services to purchase their own care and support. Agency used: Compass Independent Living.
The organisation arranges
outings for people who are registered blind in Swansea.
Council page on library services in Swansea.
Swansea Council has a member of staff qualified to provide mobility
training to
vi children in a school environment. The contact is Cherrie Neal.
Swansea Central Library, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SN. 11.00am to 12.00 noon, 3rd Wednesday of the month
Help to protect vulnerable
visually impaired people to live more successfully within their local communities by helping them find solutions to their problems.
Weekly tea and chat at 12 noon at Glynn Vivian Art Centre, Alexandra Rd, Swansea.
Swansea Social Services have a
Resource Centre of equipment for people with sensory loss, offering an opportunity to trial equipment for suitability before purchasing from providers.
Currently not running. The game is very much like conventional tennis though with much larger balls filled with ball bearings, making it easier to detect where the ball is coming from. Sessions take place on Thursdays from 1 pm to 2 pm at Swansea Tennis Centre.
A Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist (VRS) assists someone regain skills they may have lost through sight problems and helps them re-learn to do things they could previously do for themselves.
Walking group for people with sight loss.
Swimming group for people with sight loss. Every Friday at Penlan Leisure Centre, Swansea.
Brio Fitness at Northgate Arena in Chester now offer
vision impaired sessions after running taster sessions with Vision Support. The vision impaired sessions are sports sessions tailored to those partially sighted or blind. Swim Sessions Wednesdays 9.30am – 10.30am. Contact Josh on 07842 319377 or email jgarland@visionsupport.org.uk if you would like more information.
