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Samaritans
Third/voluntary Sector
Samaritans is dedicated to reducing feelings of isolation and disconnection that can lead to suicide.
Sane
Third/voluntary Sector
SANE is a leading UK
mental health charity. They work to improve quality of life for anyone affected by mental illness.
SCOPE
Third/voluntary Sector
Scope is the
disability equality charity in England and Wales that provides practical information and emotional support when it's most needed, and campaigns relentlessly to create a fairer society.
Screen Language is a professional film subtitling, translation and audio description production company based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Seable
Private Sector
A UK tour operator offering a local, DBS-checked, fully-trained local Sighted Guide service to assist you throughout your
holiday
Seeability
Third/voluntary Sector
SeeAbility supports people who have learning
disabilities or autism, who may also have sight loss. Although they do not provide services in Wales, they do provide useful information and on-line resources.
SenCom VMSIS works across five local authorities of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen. The aim of the Service is to support the educational opportunities of all
children and
young people with vision or
multi-sensory impairment.
VIS supports children and young people from birth through to school leaving age in a variety of settings (home, play-group and school).
Sense
Third/voluntary Sector
Sense is a national charity that supports & campaigns for
children and adults who are
deafblind. They offer high-quality, flexible services across the UK, using skilled staff and a dedicated network of volunteers. They work with a wide range of deafblind and multi-sensory impaired people, as well as those with a single-sensory impairment with additional needs. They offer
specialist services built around the wishes of each person, enabling them to be as independent as possible.
Guided activity days and short break
holidays for blind and
vision impaired people. Offer day activities and short breaks, in mixed groups, in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. In general, holidays cost between £350 to £400 for 3 nights with guides available throughout your stay and
transport from the local railway station. Thanks to generous
grants from the National Lottery and other sources discounted places can be offered, so please ask. Help with travel costs and seasonal clothing can be provided as needed. For more information, including a short video, visit the Sense Adventures website or contact the founder and director, Dee Jones on 07920 144614 or E-mail dee@senseadventures.co.uk.
Share the Vision is a coalition of UK organisations that work together to improve the quality, availability, and accessibility of library services for
visually impaired and print
disabled people.
Established 30 years ago they supply equipment and services to people with
sight impairments. Provide a range of access software,
video magnifiers,
Braille products, scan and reading machines, mobile phone solutions,
training and scripting.
Sight Cymru
Third/voluntary Sector
Provides services and support for people with sight loss in South Wales. In addition to listed services they run various events throughout the year such as coffee mornings, Annual Expo, i-Sight conference etc and have a specialist knowledge about people with Sight Loss and Learning
Disabilities and those from different ethnicities who are at greater risk of sight loss.
Sight Life
Third/voluntary Sector
Sight Life (formerly Cardiff Institute for the Blind) provides local services and lifelong support, so that blind and partially sighted people across the majority of South Wales can enjoy fulfilled lives.
Wales Council of the Blind and Thomas Pocklington Trust oversee the Sight Loss Council Cymru. Sight Loss Councils (SLCs), are led by blind and partially sighted volunteer members and are established in other parts of the UK. We have established one in Wales. It aims to influence businesses and
service providers to improve the accessibility of their services on a local and national level.
SNAP Cymru
Third/voluntary Sector
SNAP Cymru offers free and independent information,
advice and support to help get the right education for
children and
young people with all kinds of
special educational needs (SEN) /
additional learning needs (ALN) and
disabilities. We give advice and support on a range of issues including
assessments, individual education plans, statements of special educational needs, bullying, school attendance, exclusion, health and
social care provision and
discrimination. We also provide
advocacy, disagreement resolution, discrimination advice, advocacy and
training for young people, parents and professionals.
The
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) improves the lives of people who use care services by sharing knowledge about what works. It is an independent charity working with adults, families and
children's social care and
social work services across the UK. They also work closely with related services such as health care and housing.
A group in which those with a
visual impairment working in the legal profession can exchange ideas, share information, campaign on causes of mutual interest and provide an opportunity for support and networking between fellow professionals. SOVIL has members from all parts of the profession, including solicitors and barristers in private practice, those working in local and central government, academics and law students.
We provide a motor sport experience for people with
disabilities. We believe that people who are able to take part in a sporting or physical activity find it helps with their self esteem, social interaction and physical and mental well being.
Stargardt’s Connected exists to raise awareness, give support and to do what we can to progress towards a cure.
Stargardt's Connected provide information to families affected by Stargardt’s, signpost them to available support, inform of latest research and also to promote a Stargardt's community which aims to assist in driving essential research forward.
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Technology manufacturer. Also supplies accessible mobile phones, tablets, and software for mobile phones.
