Seventy-eight year old John was a teacher for forty years. When John started to experience problems driving his car he contacted his optician. They saw him and scanned his eyes, and found that Macular Degeneration had developed in both eyes.…
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Dartmoor National Park Authority
The Dartmoor Coronavirus Community Support Fund has supported us with a grant of £500 so we can continue providing support and guidance to people who are blind or visually impaired living on Dartmoor during the COVID-19 crisis. In the current…
Gloria’s Story
Gloria, is seventy-nine years of age. She ran Sidmouth Secretarial and Typing services for fifteen years. Following her annual eye examination at her optician Gloria was shocked to find out that she had Age Related Macular Degeneration and was told…
NHS Test and Trace service
The NHS Test and Trace service is now up and running. You can play your part to help control the virus and get life back to normal.
Carers Week 2020
Carers Week is an annual campaign to celebrate and recognise the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.5 million carers, who look after family or friends. It also helps people who don’t think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to…
Guide Dog walking with social distancing
Just to keep you updated on what is going on whilst in lockdown, we had a silly idea to take Fordy my guide dog for his first visit to the seaside on Friday. This involved getting up at 4am to…
Telephone Group Calls in Mid and West Devon
The telephone group calls have been a great opportunity for clients to stay in touch with each other and also speak with other clients from different hubs. The feedback has been great with people saying it feels just like being…
A Big Thank you to all our of Volunteers
Although the coronavirus pandemic has stopped many of the things we would usually do, it shouldn’t stop us from saying … This week is Volunteers’ Week, the annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through…
COVID-19 Poem
Joan Gower a client from East Devon has written this lovely poem about her thoughts during COVID-19. Our fingers are all crossed that we will indeed have coffee once again. COVID-19 In lockdown in the springtime, Imprisoned in our cells,…
Don Jackson
We recently heard the sad news that former Devon in Sight Chairman Don Jackson had passed away. Many of you would have known Don when he managed Manor House, the RNIB rehabilitation and training centre for the visually impaired in…