Visual Impairment

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Useful Contacts

Sensory Impairment & Telecare Team, Adult and Community Services,
Bridgewater House, Worcester, WR4 9FX
Tel:   01905 725581

Deaf Direct Worcester
The Bradbury Centre, 2 Sansome Walk, Worcester WR1 1LH
Tel: 01905 746301
Text: 01905 746300
Fax: 01905 746302
SMS: 07725 244129
Email: worcester@deafdirect.org.uk

Action for Blind People, 14-16 Verney Road, London SE16 3DZ
Tel:  0207 732 8771  Fax:0207 639 0948

Worcestershire Association for the Blind,
The Bradbury Centre, 2 Sansome Walk, Worcester WR1 1LH
Tel:  01905 723245  Fax:01905 332909

Royal National Institute for the Blind
224 Portland Street, London W1N 6AA
Tel:  0845 766 9999  Fax:0207 388 2034
Email:  jhowell@rnib.org.uk

Royal National Institute for the Blind -  Customer Services,
PO Box 173, Peterborough, PE2 6WS
Tel:  0845 7023153 (calls charged at local rate)
Fax:  01733 371555
Email: cservices@rnib.org.uk
Website: www.rnib.org.uk

Royal National Institute for the Blind Helpline
Tel:  0345 66 99 99
Email:  helpline@rnib.org.uk

SENSE, 11-13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3SR
Tel:  0207 272 7774  Fax:0207 272 6012

Partially Sighted Society, Queen's Road, Doncaster,
South Yorkshire, DN1 2NX
Tel:  01302 323132  Fax:01302 368998
Email:  doncaster@partsight.org.uk

British Telecom
For free BT guide on telephones available in several formats
Tel:  0800 800 150 (voice)     0800 243 123 (text)
for free directory enquiry service, call free on 195 and talk to a trained operator who will help with your application.

Disablement Employment Advisers,  - Contact your local job centre.

The Samaritans, Confidential, emotional support
Tel:  0345 90 90 90  (local call rate)

British Rail - Travel for Disabled Passengers
National Rail Enquiries
Tel:  0345 484950
Minicom:  0845 60 50 600

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Regional Training Centre, Edmondscote Manor, Warwick New Road,     
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire  CV32 6AH
Tel:  01926 33 7244   Fax:01926 83 2731
Email:  guidedogs@gbda.org.uk
Website:  www.guidedogs.org.uk

TALKING BOOKS

Talking Newspaper Association - UK, National Recording  Centre, Heathfield, East Sussex TN21 8DB
Tel:01435 866102      Fax:01435 865422
Email:  info@tnauk.org.uk
Website:   www.tnauk.org.uk

Calibre, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 5XQ
Tel:  01296 432 339

Royal National Institute for the Blind, Talking Book Service,
P.O. Box 73, Peterborough, PE2 6WS
Tel:  0845 7626843   Fax:01733 375001
Minicom: 0845 7585691
Email:  cservices@rnib.org.uk

LOCAL TALKING NEWSPAPERS

Bromsgrove Talking Newspaper - Mrs Margaret Brown,
53 Old Station Road, Bromsgrove. B60 2AE
Tel:  01527 874112

Evesham Talking Newspaper - Mr J. Swingler
Birkdale, Broadway Road, Childswickham, Broadway, Worcs. WR12 7HD
Tel:   01386 853602

Kidderminster Talking Newspaper - Mrs Mary Johnson,
62 Langdale Road, Stourport on Severn, Worcs. DY13 0BJ
Tel:  01299 823811      

Malvern Talking Newspaper - Mrs N Pottinger
18 Hastings Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 2SS
Tel:  01684 561935     

Pershore Talking Newspaper - Mrs J May,
6 Beechcombe Close, Pershore, Worcs. WR10 1PW
Tel:  01386 554513
Mobile: 07889 348545

Redditch Talking Newspaper - Mrs M. Mountford,
24 Bromfield Road, Redditch, Worcs. B97 4PN
Tel:  01527 451292   

LOCAL TALKING NEWSPAPERS

Tenbury Wells Talking Newspaper - Mrs Wendy McIntosh,
45 Berrington Road, Tenbury Wells, Worcs WR15 8EL
Tel:  01584 810572     

Worcester Talking Newspaper - Mr Terry Price,
11 Wylds Lane, Worcester WR5 1DA
Tel:   01905 767766   

Black Country Talking Newspaper - Mrs Bronwen Hall,
Mary Stevens Centre, 221 Hagley Road, Stourbridge DY8 2JP
Tel:  01384 443680  

Birmingham Talking Newspaper - Mr Peter Oxten,
59 Elizabeth Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8QH
Tel:  0121 449 2334  

CARERS

Worcestershire Association of Carers
Pierpoint House
10 Pierpoint Street
Worcester
WR1 1TA
Tel:  0800 389 2896
Fax:01905 745216
Email:  wcarer@hotmail.com

SPECIALIST VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS

The British Diabetic Association
10 Queen Anne Street, London W1M 0BD
Tel:  0207 323 1531    Fax:0207 637 3644

The International Glaucoma Association
King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS
Tel:  0207 737 3265   Fax:0207 346 5929

Citizens Advice Bureau  -  Please contact your local office

Macular Disease Society
PO Box 247, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH17 5FF
Tel:  0990 143 573

The British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
PO Box 350, Buckingham MK18 5EL
Tel:  01280 860 195   Fax:   01280 860 515