Alex Innes Activity Coordinator / Employability Worker Expand Email: [email protected] Tel: 01223 420033
Denise King Information and Administration Assistant Expand Email: [email protected] Tel: 01223 420033
Social groups Local groups and clubs Expand Coffee and Chat Group, Cambridge A friendly support group for people of all ages.Living Stones Café, 43 St Andrews Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ARLast Monday of each month 10.30 - 12.30pmContact Ann Whitmore 01223 232906 Lunch and Walk, March A friendly group meet monthly for lunch and a guided walk. Ye Olde Griffin Hotel, March, PE15 9JSFourth Thursday of each month.Contact Sam Wool 07498 505687 or email VI Knitting Club A friendly knitting club for people with low vision and blindness.Litchfield Community Hall, Cambridge, CB1 3SLFriday, 10am – 12noonContact Janet Griffiths 01223 213142 or 07792 013393 Friday Centre Lunch Club A club for seniors to socialise and meet new friends while enjoying a freshly cooked two course meal.Wesley Methodist Church, Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge, CB1 1LGFriday, 11am onwards.Contact 01223 352115 Website Reading Aloud Group A reading group for visually impaired and sighted people to come together and listen to and share poetry and prose.Meet on the comfy seats on the third floor at Cambridge Central Library in Lion Yard.Second Thursday of each month, 11am – 12 noon.Contact 03450 455225 Website
Michelle Cover Service Manager - Assistive Technology & Employability Expand Email: [email protected] Tel: 01945 660795
Housing and residential care Cambridge housing and residential care. Expand Community Alarm Service The Community Alarm Service installs a pendant alarm in your home which, when pressed, contacts our response centre to notify us that you need help.Contact 01223 457648 or emailWebsite Cambridge Handyperson Service The Age UK service is for people aged over 65 years, or those with a disability living.Contact 0300 666 9860 or 01480 700 805Website Thomas Pocklington Trust Thomas Pocklington Trust is a charity organisation for people with sight loss. Provides information for visual impaired people who are looking for a new home, seeking to live independently for the first time or experiencing problems in their current accommodation.Contact 02089 950880 or email Website
Benefits and welfare Disability and sickness benefits and schemes. Expand Carers and disability benefits Website Access to Work scheme The Government Access to Work scheme is a scheme run by Jobcentre Plus. The scheme provides advice and practical support to disabled people to enable them to work alongside their colleagues.Contact 0303 1239999 or emailWebsite Henshaws A summary of concessions and benefits for blind and visually impaired people.Website
Going out Access guides to venues and locations in the UK Expand AccessAble AccessAble is a website that provides an accessibility guide to venues and locations in the UK.Website GoodFoodTalks GoodFoodTalks is a website that provides accessible menus to UK restaurants for people with low vision and blindness.Website
Holiday and travel Organised UK breaks and trips abroad with travel information. Expand Traveleyes Traveleyes provide a safe, comfortable and fun way for any blind or sighted person to travel solo. Group sizes are normally between 14 and 20 people with an emphasis on sensory experiences. Contact 0113 8346094Website Seable Holidays Seable holidays organise tailored individual holidays abroad for blind and visually impaired people and for wheelchair users. These are available for individuals that like to travel alone, couples, families or groups of friends.Contact 0207 7494866Website VICTA VICTA organises activities for children and young people who are blind or partially sighted and their families. These activities include family days, UK youth weekends and international trips.Contact 01908 240831 or emailWebsite Airport Travel Assistance Heathrow Airport Assistance Sunflower LanyardsIf you are travelling through Heathrow and require a Sunflower Lanyard, email: and provide a forwarding address.Website Gatwick Airport Assistance Sunflower LanyardsTo pick up a Sunflower Lanyard at Gatwick, please go to one of their Assistance Reception areas. Website Stansted Airport Awareness Sunflower Lanyard or floretTo pick up a Sunflower Lanyard or floret at London Stansted Airport, Please go to the Information Desk located in the International Arrivals.Website Assistance dog travel guide Guide dogs Website
Reading Library services, audio newspapers, books and magazines. Expand Jump to services in: Cambridge East Cambridgeshire Fenland National Cambridge Central Library 7 Lion Yard, Grand Arcade, Cambridge, CB2 3QDWebsite Cambridge Talking News Produces and sends out weekly audio recordings of local news and interest to visually impaired people in and around the Cambridge area.Contact 07720 285160 or emailWebsite CamMag A magazine style programme, with extracts from books, information relevant to partially sighted people, local history and various entertaining features. This comes out 8 times a year. Contact Sue Richards on 01223 353296 East Cambridgeshire Fenprobe Talking News Produces and sends out weekly audio recordings of local news for the blind and partially sighted in East Cambridgeshire and neighbouring regions including Newmarket, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Soham, Stretham and Ely.Contact 01353 861153 or emailWebsite Fenland Wisbech and District Talking News Produces and sends out two audio recordings of local news and an audio magazine each month to visually impaired people within an approximate 10 mile radius of Wisbech.Contact 01945 583916 Website National Calibre Audio Library A national charity that provides a subscription-free service of unbridged audio books for adults and children with sight problems, dyslexia or other disabilities, who cannot read print.Contact 01296 432339 or emailWebsite CustomEyes children's large print books Guide Dogs' CustomEyes service produces tailor-made large print books for children and young people up to and including age 25 with a visual impairment or dyslexia.Contact 0118 9838275 or emailWebsite Living Paintings Provides a free, online library service that publish and lend tactile and audio books for blind and partially sighted children and adults. Contact 01635 299771 or email Website RNIB Library, listening library Provides a free, online library service that offers a vast collection of reading materials in a variety of formats such as, Audio, Braille, Giant Print and Music.Contact 0303 1239999Website