Making 2020 the Year of Vision - Join us in presenting a united front for change
5 March 2020
Source: Vision UK
Agenda for Vision UK Mental Health Committee 9 March 2020
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6 February 2020
Source: Macular Society
Simplyhealth has once again provided vital funding towards the Macular Society’s counselling service for the next two years, to help people with macular disease access the emotional support which can help them come to terms with their diagnosis. Simplyhealth has donated £60,000 to the Macular Society so the charity can continue to provide its free telephone counselling service, which more
Read more Simplyhealth supports counselling service for people devastated by sight loss6 January 2020
Claire Nollett, Rebecca Bartlett, Ryan Man, Timothy Pickles, Barbara Ryan & Jennifer H. Acton Background Clinically significant depressive symptoms are prevalent in people attending low vision clinics and often go undetected. The Low Vision Service Wales (LVSW) plans to introduce depression screening and management pathways. Prior to implementation there is an unmet need to understand how eye care practitioners providing
Read more BMC Psychiatry: How do community-based eye care practitioners approach depression in patients with low vision? A mixed methods study20 December 2019
Source: Royal Blind
The findings highlight that sight loss can have a significant emotional and psychological impact on people’s lives, with fear, isolation, loss of self-esteem and depression having an impact. Despite this, the findings reveal emotional support is rarely offered by statutory health services, leaving many people with sight loss to cope on their own and that more support is needed to
Read more Research carried out by MHF Scotland, Royal Blind and Scottish War Blinded explores the mental health impacts of visual impairment.10 October 2019
Source: Fight for Sight
A poll commissioned by eye research charity Fight for Sight has found that 4 in 10 Brits either has or knows someone with significant sight loss, and a third (33%) of these people have experienced mental health issues. The online poll conducted by YouGov on behalf of Fight for Sight, also shows that 84% of Brits fear losing their sight
Read more Fight for Sight: World Sight Day: poll highlights a third of people living with sight loss experience mental health issues
24 July 2019
Source: Vision UK
Vision UK Mental Health Committee minutes 2019: 17 April 2019 24 July 2019 28 November 2019
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19 July 2019
Source: Vision UK
Agendas for Vision UK Mental Health Committee 24 July 2019 28 November 2019
Read more Agenda for Vision UK Mental Health Committee 201928 June 2019
Source: RNIB
Places are now available in London for the two-day Counselling Accreditation Scheme course for qualified counsellors in order to increase the capacity for counselling within the sight loss community. Date: 25 – 26 July 2019 Time: 09:30 – 16:30 Venue: Room 4, RNIB, 105 Judd Street, London, WC1H 9NE Fee: Free Please complete the application form below and return to Maria
Read more Book now for July 2019’s FREE Vision UK Counselling Accreditation Course8 May 2019
Source: RNIB
Places are now available in Scotland for the two-day Counselling Accreditation Scheme course for qualified counsellors in order to increase the capacity for counselling within the sight loss community. Date: 6 – 7 June 2019 Time: 09:30 – 16:30 Venue: RNIB, 12-14 Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh, EH7 5EA Fee: Free Please complete the application form below and return to Maria Bulgakova at maria.bulgakova@rnib.org.uk.
Read more Book now for June 2019’s FREE Vision UK Counselling Accreditation Course24 April 2019
Source: Macular Society
“It is normal to experience powerful feelings after diagnosis and subsequent losses and changes. These deserve time, attention and thinking about. When we give our feelings space and time, the intensity lessens and we can get on with the business of living with macular disease.” Norma contacted the Macular Society’s Counselling Service after feeling a profound sense of loss when
Read more Macular Society: “The counsellor helped me to contain the feelings of fear, anxiety, despair and helplessness I was experiencing”
