The London Vision team will be hosting Sight Loss: What You Need to Know sessions over the coming months. The sessions will take place on the digital meeting platform Zoom, but they will be accessible for people with computers and smartphones and for people who only have access to a landline phone.

Each session will be themed; we will cover different areas including: reasons for registering as a blind partially sighted person, and the benefits associated with registration; tips and tricks for living with sight loss; getting out and about; introduction to technology, and sport and leisure. 

The sessions will be informal and there will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions and share your ideas. We will also keep the groups small to allow for conversations. Your friends or family are also welcome to join in with these sessions and discussions.

If you are interested in joining, please call Chris on 020 3761 3651 or get in touch via e-mail info@londonvision.org

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with questions, and feel free to share this message with anyone you think might benefit from the course.

Upcoming sessions

We will repeat sessions three times through the week on different days – morning, afternoon, and early evening, providing sessions to suit all.

Sessions will begin week commencing:

• July 13 – exploring the benefits of registration, your rights and services available to you
• July 20 – getting out and about moving safely with sight loss
• July 27 – everyday life skills and top tips
• August 3 – sport and leisure (hobbies)
• August 3 – introduction to technology
• August 10 – how to feel good about yourself
• August 17 – setting goals and targets
• September 7 – exploring the benefits of registration, your rights and services available to you
• September – getting out and about moving safely with sight loss
• September 21 – everyday life skills and top tips
• September 28 – sport and leisure (hobbies)
• September 28 – introduction to technology
• October 5 – how to feel good about yourself
• October 5 – setting goals and targets

Important

When you join a session your phone call should be free but please check with your provider first.

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Hi all,

I hope you are all doing well.

After the success of our last Zoom get together, we would love to invite you to our next Stargardt’s Connected Zoom session. This will take place on

 Sunday 19th July from 12pm to 2pm.

This is a great opportunity to informally connect with anyone affected by Stargardt’s, whether it’s yourself or a family member. 

It was wonderful meeting those that could come to our last Zoom session and it showed the importance of being connected through sharing tips and challenges, especially during the pandemic we are facing. We were very excited to have people from all over the country and even outside the U.K. join.

This time round we will be introducing breakout sessions so smaller groups can chat together informally. If you would like to join, please register in advance for this meeting. The registration also contains a form where you can specify what you might want to discuss in the groups, so that we can put you in the correct breakout session. These are informal sessions where people can chat and share hints and tips. 

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqcOurqDIoGdyQ2PDnjyGa3x9Ulr3urWAi 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Please register by Friday 17th July, so that we are aware of numbers and have time to plan the meeting.

For the children, Alice Cadman and myself are organising a separate Zoom session on Tuesday July 21st from 11am-12pm. This session will be an informal fun get together, where children and young people will get the chance to chat to one another and take part in a short fun quiz. We will send out registration information about this on a separate email soon, but please share the date with any children affected by Stargardt’s .  

Take care and hope you can join us!

Best wishes, 

Bhavna Tailor

Chief Executive Officer

stargardts183@gmail.com

stargardtsconnected.org.uk 

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Weekly chess sessions for the visually-impaired
running from 2 pm to 4 pm on Monday afternoons from
5 September. The venue for these is very close to Bromley-by-Bow tube
station and the address is:

Bromley by Bow Centre
St Leonard’s St
Bromley by Bow
London E3 3BT.

The idea is to teach beginners from scratch but also to run it on a club
basis where people can pop in and play games as and when they are able to
attend.

There are volunteers on hand to meet people at Bromley-by-Bow station for
the short walk to the centre.

These sessions are being run by East London Vision, contact Nicola Stokes,
who is taking names of attendees so that we can ensure there are enough
chess sets. The BCA is providing the sets and there is no charge for anyone
attending.

Click here for details