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Email: info@support4sight.org.uk
Support 4 Sight
17 Cottage Place
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1NL
Support 4 Sight assists people with sight loss, their carers and families.
Expert staff and trained volunteers provide our services to assist people coming to terms with losing their sight and to cope long term with the social, emotional and practical issues that they face living with sight loss.
Support 4 Sight began life as Saffron Sight in 1994, supporting blind and partially sighted people in Saffron Walden. We have now expanded to cover the whole of mid and west Essex.
We offer demonstrations of specialised technology and low vision equipment to enable independent living. All manner of equipment can be tried before purchasing to ensure it is exactly the right thing. Please come along to one of our coffee mornings or exhibitions, or, if you are unable to get to these, give us a call to arrange a home visit.
Support 4 Sight works closely with medical and nursing staff in hospital eye clinics and the sensory team in social services, to provide those recently diagnosed with an eye condition, the practical and emotional support needed to understand their diagnosis, deal with their sight loss and maintain their independence. We run a low vision clinic in Princess Alexandra Hospital (Harlow) and assessments to identify individual needs.
The support we offer assists people to live safely and independently at home. It includes how to cope with initial sight loss diagnoses, information on health issues, eccentric viewing (use of peripheral sight), advice on daily living skills, lighting and assistive equipment. We also offer a full range of social trips and events.
Our Mission, Outcomes and Values
Support 4 Sight uses these to determine and underpin all that we do. Through this we work towards a common purpose ensuring that we offer services which enhance the quality of life and social involvement of people with sight loss.
Mission
To support blind and partially sighted people to lead the lives they want to lead.
Outcomes
1. Informed choices and improved control for people living with sight loss
2. No-one faces sight loss unsupported
3. An equal world without barriers for blind and partially sighted people
4. Quality services sustainably delivered to vision impaired people in Essex
Our 4 EPIQ Values
1. Enriching: We provide people with practical and emotional support and information to enable them to live confidently with sight loss
2. Person-centred: People with sight loss are at the heart of what we do and are what drives us each day
3. Inclusive: We strive to bring about an environment of equal opportunity for all people living with sight loss
4. Quality assured: We are dedicated to delivering high quality, holistic services, based on best practice and continual improvement.
The way we set about achieving this is outlined in our Strategy.