Useful Organisations And Contacts - Hearing And Sight Impairment

There are a number of local and national organisations providing support and services to both visually impaired people and deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people which may be of help to you:

Local organisations for visually impaired people

Benefits Agency/Department for Work and Pensions
Poole JobCentre Plus
Dorset Blind Association link will open in new window (formerly Dorset County Association for the Blind)
Eye Unit - Royal Bournemouth Hospital link will open in new window
Hearing and Vision Support Service link will open in new window
Poole Citizens Advice Bureau link will open in new window
Poole Home Library Service
Poole Lifeline

National organisations for visually impaired people

Action for Blind People link will open in new window
British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
Calibre Audio Library
Deafblind UK National Centre for Deafblindness
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
LOOK - The National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children
National Library for the Blind link will open in new window
Neurofibromatosis Association link will open in new window
Optima Vision Services Ltd - Peter Alan (was The Partially Sighted Society)

Salisbury Sight Centre, Salisbury District Hospital Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 8BJ
Tel: 01722 336262 ext. 2175

RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind) link will open in new window
RNIB Talking Book Service link will open in new window
SENSE (National Association for Deaf-Blind and Rubella)
St Dunstan's Organisation for ex-Service men & women
Talking Newspaper Association link will open in new window
The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) link will open in new window
The International Glaucoma Association link will open in new window
The Macular Disease Society link will open in new window
The National Federation for the Blind link will open in new window
Torch Trust for the Blind link will open in new window - Lending library of Christian literature on cassette

Local organisations for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people

Benefits Agency/Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentre Plus Office
Concern with Hearing - East Dorset link will open in new window
Poole Citizens Advice Bureau link will open in new window
Tinnitus Group contacts:Miss B McDermott Tel: 01202 250693
Mrs J Loosemore Tel: 01202 747951

National organisations for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people


British Deaf Association link will open in new window
Centre for Deaf Studies link will open in new window
Deafblind UK - National Centre for Deafblindness link will open in new window
Hearing Concern link will open in new window
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People link will open in new window
National Deaf Children's Society link will open in new window
Royal National Institute for Deaf People link will open in new window
Royal National Institute for Deaf People - South West link will open in new window
SENSE - Nation Association for Deafblind & Rubella
The British Tinnitus Association link will open in new window
The LINK Centre for Deafened People link will open in new window
The Neurofibromatosis Association link will open in new window

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