Our partners
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The Society works closely with its partners to offer local people with sight loss a wide range of quality services and opportunities. This includes:
Local
- Furness General Hospital which is part of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
www.uhmb.nhs.uk/hospitals/furness-
- Cumbria County Council – Adult Social Care Sensory Impairment Team and Children’s Services
www.cumbria.gov.uk/healthandsocialcare/adultsocialcare/
- South Cumbria Low Vision Service
- Cumbria Societies for the Blind which is a consortium of the 5 sight loss organisations in Cumbria
- Cumbria CVS (Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service) which offers help, advice, training and
support to third sector groups throughout Cumbria.
National
- Visionary – Linking local sight loss charities in the UK
- Macular Disease Society
- RP Fighting Blindness
www.rpfightingblindness.org.uk
- RNIB
- Action for Blind People
- British Wireless for the Blind
- Guide Dogs
www.guidedogs.org.uk/guide-
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Blind Veterans
Barrow & Districts Society for the Blind. Registered Charity No. 1051674. Limited Company No. 3133015
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Home visits
Vision Support Centre
Low vision clinics
Telephone support
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Daily Living Support
Support with computers
Children and young people
Eye clinic support
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Residential care
Accommodation
Food
Activities
Staff
Laundry and hairdressing
Support for visually impaired residents
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