Sight Loss Equipment Manufacturer Optelec’s Chief Executive Office Mark Statham hosted an ‘Ask the Expert’ online interview with Devon in Sight’s Chief Exeutive Grahame Flynn on Thursday the 4th of March. Grahame was thrilled to be invited to share with…
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National Lottery Community Fund ‘Awards for All’
We are truly grateful to the ‘Awards for All’ grant from the The National Lottery Community Fund. This grant has enabled us to set up the new ‘Feeling Well, Keeping Well’ service with funding for our Emotional Wellbeing Co-ordinator and…
Jason Sculthorpe – Sight Loss Speaker Event
We would like to thank Jason Sculthorpe from RNID for joining us our latest speaker at our Devon in Sight Telephone Speaker Event. Jason gave a really informative talk about the services provided by RNID, including the impact of hearing…
The UK is marking one year since the first coronavirus lockdown was announced
On 23 March 2020 Boris Johnson outlined measures to stop the spread of Covid-19. Since then, the UK’s official death toll has risen from 364 to 126,172. With the lockdown have come tough restrictions on socialising, closures of schools, pubs…
County Councillors Support Devon in Sight
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Devon County Councillors Sue Aves, Andrew Leadbetter, Percy Prowse and Carol Whitton who have supported Devon in Sight’s work with blind and visually impaired people in Devon with a grant of…
Ian Johnston from the Devon and Somerset Fire Services
We would like to thank Ian Johnston from the Devon and Somerset Fire Services for taking the time to join us as Speaker for our latest weekly Devon in Sight Telephone Speaker Event. Ian discussed what the Home Safety Check…
Sight loss Speaker Event – Ian Johnstone, Devon and Somerset Fire Service
We are delighted to invite Ian from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, who will be talking about the FREE Home Safety Check offered by the Devon and Somerset Fire Services, who can access this service and what it…
COVID-19 Restrictions
On 22 February 2021 the Government announced a Road Map for the easing of restrictions. Step One is as follows: Apology: The wrong date was published in our large print newsletter for Step One B. This was corrected with a…
Latest Newsletter Spring 2021 Available Now!
With excellent progress being made with the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme and the announcement of the easing of COVID-19 restrictions over the coming months…there is a light at the end of the tunnel for us all. Nothing stands still at Devon…
Launching a New Sight and Sound Technology Partnership
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic we have set up a unique partnership arrangement with the UK’s leading provider of equipment, software and services for the blind and visually impaired. Sight and Sound Technology has a Technical Support Team who…