Low Vision Services
What next for people recently diagnosed with a visual impairment?
ECL Sensory Service (Essex Cares Ltd)
ECL run our Sensory Service and they are the first call if you are worried about a patient’s sensory needs. They can refer to other disciplines for support and also triage out to the Charities. Contact details: 0333 013 3262, https://www.eclsensoryservice.
ECL Sensory Action Alliance Leaflet
ECL Sensory Champion Leaflet
ECL Sensory Service provide Sighted Guides and Communicator Guides that are trained and experienced in guiding, communicating and appropriately supporting people with visual impairments and dual sensory impairments (deafblind) in the home and out in the community. Patients can take advantage of these to help them when attending appointments etc. More info at http://www.eclsensoryservice.org/services/sighted-guides-communicator-guides/.
ECL Sighted & Communicator Guide Flyer
Essex Sight Centres
Please see the attached addresses for Sight Centres (Aug 2023) in different locations across Essex
We have 4 charities in Essex – Bounded by postcodes:
Basis – serving the following postcodes: SS4, SS5, SS6, SS7, SS8, SS11, SS12, SS13, SS14, SS15, SS16, CM4, CM11, CM12, CM13, CM14, CM15
http://www.basissouthessex.
Southend Sight – serving all postcodes within Southend Unitary Council area
https://www.southendinsight.
Support 4 Sight – serving the following postcodes: CB10, CB11, EN9, IG10, CM1, Noth part of CM3, CM5, CM6, CM7, CM77, CM8, CM16, CM17, CM18, CM19, CM20, CM21, CM22, CM23, CM24
http://www.support4sight.org.
Essex Sight – serving the following postcodes: all of North Essex in CO postcodes, CM2, South part of CM3, CM9, CM0, CM14, CM15, CM4
https://www.essexsight.org.uk/
Each Sight Charity has a main resource centre were patients can go and” try and buy” RNIB and other products .There are also “pop up ” centres across the county – phone your nearest one to advice there whereabout.
Resource Centres for Visually Impaired People: Resource Centres for VIPs Please see websites for the individual services listed above for up to date listings.
Find your resource centre according to your postcode using: Postcode areas covered by vision services
College of Ophthalmologists information about Certificate of Vision Impairment https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/professional-resources/certificate-of-vision-impairment/
Police Services – https://www.essex.police.uk/police-forces/essex-police/areas/essex-police/au/about-us/equality-and-diversity/visual-impairment-procedure/
RNIB – www.rnib.org.uk
International Glaucoma Association – www.glaucoma-association.com
Partially Sighted Society – www.partsight.org.uk
Talking Newspaper Association of UK – www.tnauk.org.uk
Macular Society – www.macularsociety.org
Deaf Blind UK – deafblind.org.uk
Stargardt’s Connected – stargardtsconnected.org.uk
Retina UK – retinauk.org.uk
The October/November 2021 version of Spotlight – an publication produced by Essex Sight