Sutton Vision

Sutton Vision

At a glance

Causes

  • Physical disabilities

Other details

Geographical remit: 
Local

Objectives

  1. We put our people at the heart of everything we do: We work directly with people affected by sight loss in a number of different ways. Providing quality information, advice, advocacy, social activities and tech training services are invaluable in helping blind and partially sighted people to thrive.  All of these activities aim to combat isolation and improve mental health and wellbeing.

 

  1. We are here to help change perceptions: We also inform and educate carers, family members and the public about the challenges faced by blind and partially sighted people in Sutton.

 

  1. We always work in partnership: We work with St Hellier Hospital, ECLO, GPs, optical professionals, sensory impairment team, local and national voluntary organisations to ensure all our service delivery options are joined up.

 

  1. We believe lived experience should shape what we do: We want our beneficiaries to actively shape our development.

 

We believe monitoring, evaluation and learning should sit behind what we do: We want to be at the forefront of outcome and impact reporting, to help shape the decisions we make.

 

Activities

Sutton Vision is a community support charity for those with sight challenges; encompassing those with low vision to the registered blind.

The charity provides important pillars of support to its members;

  • Eye clinic liaison based at St Helier Hospital         
  • Low vision clinic & resource centre
  • Social groups and befriending activities
  • Assistive technology support

Each of these elements provide a critical level of support to our members in the community.

These activities significantly improve the quality of life of our members and as importantly their independence.

Everyone's sight loss journey is different and that's why we provide a wide range of services to help enable and empower people with sight loss to live independent and full lives.

Our preventative services are delivered by staff based at the Sutton Vision resource centre, as well as a team of volunteers.  We organise activities and events as well as community awareness training in the local community. This is in addition to telephone and face to face support of our members.

 

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