4Sight Vision Support

About

This is an independent service, which is not run by the NHS or WSCC.

This service is not checked by WSCC and including it on the Local Offer website does not mean that it is a recommended service.

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4Sight Vision Support is a charity supporting people living with sight loss, based in West Sussex. We also provide information, advice and practical support to anyone with sight impairment, carers, families and other organisations.

We provide services to improve health and wellbeing, promote independence and prevent social isolation. Working closely with other local organisations, councils and health services, we provide comprehensive sustainable support to everyone affected by sight loss.

What we do

• 4Sight Vision Support operates with a small staff team and several hundred volunteers who are essential in the delivery of our services. We rely on fundraising, events, donations, legacies and other activities to meet the annual costs involved.
• Information, Advice and Guidance: Emotional Support, Advocacy, Signposting, Telephone Befriending, Transcription - Braille, CD, USB and other electronic formats, Quarterly Newsletter, Access to Exhibition and Focus Days
• Vision Support: Sight Care Advisor Services - based in Southlands Hospital, Shoreham and St Richards Hospital, Chichester, Skills for Seeing training, Low Vision Assessments, Assistive Technology Support, Equipment Purchase
• In-centre support: Low Vision Clinics in Crawley and Horsham Hospitals; Monthly drop-in sessions in Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Crawley and Horsham; Low Vision Aids and Equipment Advice at our Support Centres in Bognor Regis, Midhurst and Shoreham
• In your community: Social, Activity, Leisure and Special Interest Groups - over 30 different clubs and activity groups across the county.

Wheelchair accessible

Yes

Free to use

Yes