CamSight Cambridge Office CamSight is based at 167 Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4 1RW. Expand CamSight's office is open Monday to Friday 9am - 4.30pm. The Equipment Centre is open Monday & Tuesday 9am – 4pm by appointment. Address: CamSight, 167 Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4 1RW Telephone: 01223 420033 Email: [email protected] View Larger Map Find us by bus The Citi 2 towards Cambridge North Station / Waterbeach stops directly outside of Cam Sight, at bus stop 'Ashfield Road'. The Citi 2 towards Addenbrookes stops further up Green End Road, at bus stop 'Enniskillen Road'. When you get off the bus, turn right and walk 50m. Cam Sight will be on the right on the opposite side of the road. There is a pedestrian crossing at the traffic lights. Find us by train The nearest train station to Cam Sight is Cambridge North. There is a direct train to Cambridge North from 43 stations including the lines served by London King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, King’s Lynn, Peterborough and Norwich. It is a 17 minute walk from the train station. Alternatively, you can catch the Citi 2 bus towards Addenbrookes, which is a 7 minute journey depending on traffic. When you arrive at Cambridge North, walk out through the barriers and head straight outside the doors. In front of you will be two bus stops. The Citi 2 bus departs from the left one, along with bus 9. There is a taxi rank at the station, but there are rarely any taxis. It is recommended to book one in advance. You can also get to Cam Sight from Cambridge station, which has direct lines from London King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, Stansted Airport, King’s Lynn, Peterborough, and Norwich. There is an active taxi rank at the station, which is located out the front to the right. There is usually a queue and the journey should take 15 minutes depending on traffic. Alternative, you can catch the Citi 1 bus towards Arbury from the station. The bus stops are out the front, to the left, of the station and the Citi 1 departs from the second bus stop closest to the station. You will need to change buses at 'Christ's College' stop, where you will need to catch the Citi 2 bus towards Waterbeach. Find us by car Cam Sight is accessible via J33 of the A14 and via J31 of the M11. To find Cam Sight using in-car satellite navigation, please use this postcode: CB4 1RW. There is limited parking available behind the Cam Sight building which is accessible via the driveway to the right of the building. Accessibility There is step-free access with the ramp to the left of the entrance. There is a disabled toilet available on the ground floor. Guide dogs are welcome to visit; bowls are available to give them water and there is a spend pen at the back of the car park. Hearing loop is available, please let our team know in the Centre if you require it.
Timeline A short timeline of the key dates in Cam Sight's history. Expand 1912 Cam Sight made an informal start at a meeting held in St Andrew’s Parish Church Hall. Two ladies of well known Cambridge families, Mrs Lilley and Mrs Stace organised a meeting for local blind and partially sighted people to offer support and recreation. 1915 Mrs Lilley and Mrs Stace opened the Blind Worker’s shop at 5 Emmanuel Street, Cambridge. 1919Mrs Stace engaged, a home teacher to visit every blind person known in Cambridge and the surrounding villages once a fortnight. 1921 The Cambridgeshire Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted became a registered charity. 1928 The Blind Worker’s shop moved to 28 Regent Street, Cambridge. 1946 The Blantyre Residential Home was opened at 24 Glisson Road, Cambridge. 1953 The Blantyre Residential Home was extended in 1953. 1954 A smaller house at 35 Glisson Road was added. The leases of these houses were bought from the Society’s accumulated funds with gifts from the Royal National Institute for the Blind, colleges and other bodies. 1985A centre was set up to provide support and information on specialist equipment to blind and partially sighted people living in Cambridgeshire. 1992 The Blantyre Residential Home closed and Cam Sight moved to 5 Coles Lane, Oakington. 1996 Cam Sight moved again to 167 Green End Road, Cambridge where it remains to this day. 2008 Cam Sight opened an office and equipment centre at 2 Victoria Street, Chatteris. 2012 Centenary celebration. 2018Cam Sight moved from Chatteris to 14 Chapel Road, Wisbech. 2023Wisbech centre closed due to the success of Cam Sight's Mobile Service.
Cam Sight Today Cam Sight continues to work with partners to support local children and adults with low vision and blindness. Expand Cam Sight continues to work with partners to support local children and adults with low vision and blindness. The charity provides emotional support to help people come to terms with a diagnosis of sight loss. It offers practical help including in people’s homes and communities and support in accessing benefit entitlements. It leads monthly social groups across the county. Mobile Units offer demonstration, advice and training on technology and equipment for independent living including magnifiers, lighting, talking clocks and telephones. Volunteers support all areas of the Charity’s work and help people by reading, befriending and driving.
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
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
Theatre, arts and galleries Local and national organisations Expand The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge The Fitzwilliam museum is the arts and antiquates museum for the University of Cambridge. It provides verbal description and touch tours.Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RBContact 01223 764392 or emailWebsite Cambridge Arts Theatre The theatre offers audio described performances and touch tours. 6 St Edward's Passage, Cambridge, CB2 3PJContact 01223 503333 or emailWebsite The Light Cinema, Cambridge The cinema provides audio description headsets that are compatible with the majority of films shown.Cambridge Leisure Park, Clifton Way, CB1 7DYContact 01223 929 112Website The Light Cinema, Wisbech The cinema provides audio description headsets that are compatible with the majority of films shown.Cromwell Road, Wisbech, PE14 0RGContact 01945 640 000 Website VocalEyes VocalEyes is a National charity organisation that provide opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to experience the arts at UK’s theatres, museums, galleries and heritage sites. Featured audio-described events around the UK.Contact 0207 3751043 or emailWebsite
Sport and fitness Cam Sight and other organisations activities. Expand Jump to services in: Cambridge Fenland National Cambridge Pilates VI Pilates is led by an experienced instructor. It suits all levels of sight loss and abilities.YMCA, Gonville Place, Cambridge, CB1 1NDWednesday, 10.30am - 11.30am. Email Alex Innes or phone 07950 110943 Goalball Goalball is a three-a-side team game, developed for blind and visually impaired players. Individuals with full sight can also play. Cambridge Dons Goalball Club has two teams with a range of abilities and ages from 7 years and over.Cherry Hinton Village Leisure Centre, CB1 9EJAlternate Sundays, 12 noon and 3pm.Email Warren Wilson or phone 0793 9181288 Blind and Visually Impaired Football Blind and VI football is a fast paced 5-a-side football played using a ball with a noise-making device inside. Cambridge United Trust run weekly football sessions with qualified Blind Football coaches.Coleridge Community College, Cambridge, CB1 3RJVisually Impaired football (for age under 16's) Sunday 2pm - 3pm Blind football (all ages) Sunday 3pm - 4pmEmail Phil Mullen or phone 07948 407950 Website Power 2 Inspire Offers a range of inclusive sporting activities regardless of disability age fitness with the aim of uniting people through sport.Contact 01223 781364 or emailWebsite Cambridge & Coleridge Athletic Club C&C provide guided runners for beginners and experienced runners.Email Website Walks Sensory and tactile guided walks in the Botanical gardens and hothouses.The University Botanical Garden, 1 Brookside, Cambridge, CB2 1JE1st Friday of each month, 2pm – 3pm.Phone Mel Mackay on 01223 363737 or email Fenland Fen Tigers, Goalball UK Goalball is a three-a-side team game, developed for blind and visually impaired players.Fen Tigers club is looking to recruit more players above the age of 11 years old of any experience or ability.Neale Wade Academy, Wimblington Road, March, PE15 9PX Alternative Saturdays, 9am-1pmContact 0114 2235670Website National RunTogether RunTogether operates a national database of guide runners known as 'Find a Guide' to help match visually impaired individuals with licensed guides. Contact 0121 3476543 option 4 for RunTogether or emailWebsite Vision of Adventure Vision of Adventure is a charity based in the Lake District, which offers outdoor activities to visually impaired adults.contact 01539 728979 or emailWebsite
Support groups Support groups for specific eye conditions. Expand Glaucoma Support The Clinical School, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQContact Penny Glass 01223 274889 Retinitis Pigmentosa Retina UK Helpline 0300 111 4000 Website Macular Society Cambridge local group.Chesterton Methodist Church, Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4 1RW3rd Monday of each month 12-2pmWebsite Esme's Umbrella - Charles Bonnet Syndrome Esme's Umbrella is a group working towards greater awareness and support for Charles Bonnet Syndrome. They currently offer a helpline for people living with the condition.Contact 0345 0513925 or 0207 7391 3299Website
Eye clinics Eye clinics and Low Vision services across Cambridgeshire. Expand Anglia Ruskin University Eye Clinic Optometry and ophthalmic dispensing students provide optical care to the local community. Students carry out eye examinations fully supervised by qualified optometrists who are a mixture of full-time lecturers and visiting clinicians from local practices. Contact 01223 698070 or 0845 1962070Website Eye Clinic Cambridge University Hospitals Outpatients who require treatment for conditions relating to the eye.Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQContact Angela Watts, Eye Clinic Liaison Officer on 01223 216577 or emailWebsite Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon, PE29 6NTThe Eye Unit, 1st Floor of the Treatment CentreContact Vicky French, Eye Clinic Liaison Officer on 01480 416416 (ext 3190) or email Outpatient appointments 01480 416509 Orthoptic department 01480 847444 Website The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, Gayton Road, King's Lynn, PE30 4ETOphthalmology Outpatients department 01553 613073Website Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely Princess of Wales, Lynn Road, Ely, CB6 1DN Website Doddington County Hospital, March Doddington County Hospital, Benwick Road, Doddington, March, PE15 0UG Website North Cambridgeshire Hospital, Wisbech North Cambridgeshire Hospital, The Park, Wisbech, PE13 3AB 01945 488088 Website Anglia Community Eye Service (ACES) 32 Cromwell Road, Wisbech, PE14 OSN01945 466222 or emailWebsite
South Cambridgeshire Transport Local transport and travel services. Expand Dial-a-Ride Service South Cambs Affordable and accessible door to door service for those who find it difficult to use public transport. Dial a Ride enables passengers to access local services, attend medical appointments and enjoy social activities.Contact 01440 712028 Website Community Car Service South Cambs This service is provided by the Voluntary Network and through a team of volunteers that help passengers travel a little further afield. The service is particularly useful for those trying to access hospital appointments.Contact 01440 712028 Website
Fenland Transport Local transport and travel services. Expand March Railway Station Station Road, MarchPE15 8SJContact 0800 028 2878 Fenland Association for Community Transport (FACT) FACT is not-for-profit organisation which provides accessible, affordable and safe transport services across the Fenland Area of Cambridgeshire to people who have difficulties using conventional modes of transport.Contact: 01354 661234 or Email Website Fenland Community Car Scheme Offer organised lifts for peopsle who need to make essential medical or social journeys and cannot get there by other means. Website
East Cambridgeshire Transport Local transport and travel services. Expand Dial-a-Ride Service East Cambs Affordable and accessible door to door service for those who find it difficult to use public transport. Dial-a-Ride enables passengers to access local services, attend medical appointments and enjoy social activities.Phone 01638 664304 Website Community Car Service East Cambs This service is provided by the Voluntary Network and through a team of volunteers that help passengers travel a little further afield. The service is particularly useful for those trying to access hospital appointments. Phone 01638 664304 Website Ely Shopmobility Provide electrically powered scooters and manual wheelchairs to help people who have limited mobility to shop and use the other facilities in Ely. Located at the Ely Museum office in Market Street. Phone 01353 666655 (Ely Museum office) Website Ely Railway Station Station Road,CB7 4BS Phone 0345 600 7245 Littleport Railway Station Station Road, Littleport CB6 1JL Phone 0345 026 4700
Cambridge transport Local transport and travel services. Expand Cambridge Dial-a-Ride Non-profit organisation which provides local transport services that are safe, affordable, and accessible to community groups and to individuals who have difficulty in accessing public transport.1 Coldham’s Road, Cambridge, CB1 3EW Phone 01223 506335 Email Website Shopmobility Wheelchairs (electric or manual) or electric scooters can be borrowed for those with mobility needs from Level 4 of the Grafton East car park Level -1 of the Grand Arcade car park. Visually impaired people can be accompanied on a shopping trip or visit, for up to two hours. Contact 01223 461858 (Grafton East office) or 01223 457452 (Grand Arcade office) Email Website Cambridge Railway Station Cambridge station is the principal station serving the city centre. The station stands at the end of Station Road, off Hills Road, 1 mile south-east of the city centre. It is the northern terminus of the West Anglia Main Line, down the line from London Liverpool Street and London Kings Cross. Other routes which start at the station include the Fen Line to King’s Lynn, the Breckland Line to Norwich, services to Ipswich on the Ipswich to Ely Line, and the Cambridge Line, heading southwards and following an alternate route, to London King’s Cross, via Hitchin.Cambridge Railway StationStation RoadCambridgeCB1 2JW Contact 0800 028 28 78 Website Cambridge North Railway Station Located in Chesterton, close to Cam Sight and Cambridge Science Park. The station is on the Fen Line, which runs from King’s Lynn to London. It connects to the Cambridge Guided Busway, which provides an interchange with Park & Ride and local bus services. Cambridge North StationCowley RoadCambridgeCB4 0WZ Contact 0345 600 7245 (option 4) if calling from a mobile Website Cambridge Bus Station Drummer Street CambridgeCB2 1GG Stagecoach East Bus Company Stagecoach, 100 Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DNContact 01223 433250 Disability helpdesk contact 01223 433250 Email Website Cambridge Park and Ride sites Trumpington, CB2 9FT – Blue BusesBabraham Road, CB22 3AB – Green BusesNewmarket Road, CB5 8AA – Orange BusesMilton, CB24 6DQ – Purple BusesMadingley Road, CB3 0EX – Red Buses All services stop in Central Cambridge at either Downing Street, St Andrew’s Street, Emmanuel Street or Drummer Street. The Newmarket Road and Milton Park & Ride services also call at The Grafton bus interchange. The Guided Busway The Guided Busway, known locally as The Busway, connects Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives. Website
Registering as sight impaired How to register as sight impaired. Expand RNIB contact 0303 1239999 or emailWebsite Thomas Pocklington Trust contact 0208 9950880 or emailWebsite
Eye tests Optometrists, home visiting Opticians and the Minor Eye Conditions Service. Expand The College of Optometrists Find an Optometrist search directoryWebsite Specsavers Specsavers have a team of mobile opticians that provide a comprehensive home eyecare service to those who cannot get to a branch without assistance. Contact 0800 198 1132 Website The Outside clinic The Outside clinic provide a comprehensive home visiting eye test service carried out by an Optician specialist.Contact 0800 60 50 40 or email Website The Minor Eye Conditions Service The Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS) treats conditions which do not necessarily need specialist hospital examination, in convenient locations and is carried out by specially trained Optometrists. Website
Advocacy services Advocacy services help people access information and services; be involved in decisions about their lives; explore choices and options; defend and promote their rights and responsibilities and speak out about issues that matter to them. Expand VoiceAbility Cambridgeshire VoiceAbility is an independent charity supporting people to be heard in decisions about their health, care and wellbeing.Contact 0300 222 5704 or emailWebsite Realife Realife is a local, independent charity organisation that offer an advocacy service to people who are isolated and marginalised. Contact: 01223 420850 or email Website
Food Shopping Supermarket and food delivery information. Expand RNIB Key information and links to big supermarket chainshttps://www.rnib.org.uk/connect-community/connect-news-and-stories/essential-links-and-information-supermarket-opening-times Cambridge Local Shops A list of local shops offering a delivery servicewww.cambridgelocalshops.co.uk Fenland Association Community Transport (FACT) A shop and drop service for vunerable people. Working closely with local stores and supermarkets. contact: 01354 661234www.fact-cambs.co.uk Ely and Soham Association Community Transport (ESACT) A shop and drop service for vunerable people. Working closely with local stores and supermarkets. contact: 01354 661234www.esact-cambs.co.uk/
Council information and support A list of councils in our region where people can complete forms, email or make phone calls for help. Expand Cambridge City Council Contact 01223 457 000 or email [email protected]https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/coronavirus-ask-for-help East Cambridgeshire District Council Contact 01353 665 555 or email [email protected]https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/content/coronavirus-community-support South Cambridgeshire District Council Contact 03450 450 500https://www.scambs.gov.uk/coronavirus/ Fenland District Council Contact 01354 654 321https://www.fenland.gov.uk/coronavirus Huntingdonshire District Council Contact 01480 388 388https://www.wearehuntingdonshire.org/ Peterborough City Council Contact 01733 747 474https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/healthcare/public-health/coronavirus
Help and Advice Local organisations Expand Age UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Providing help with basic shopping and prescriptions as well as support with social isolation and loneliness.Helpline 0300 666 9860 or email [email protected]www.ageuk.org.uk/cambridgeshireandpeterborough/ Care Network Cambridgeshire Delivering essential supplies and prescriptions for vulnerable adults and those self isolating.Helpline 01223 714433 Monday-Friday 9-5pm & Saturday-Sunday 10am-4pmhttps://care-network.org.uk/ Healthwatch Cambridgeshire Provide information on health and social care services and welcome people's feedback of patient experiences.Contact: 0330 355 1285www.healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.uk/
Permits and schemes Transport permits and schemes. Expand Taxi Card The Taxicard scheme helps disabled people on low incomes to pay for taxi journeys.Contact Cambridge City Council 01223 457200Website Disabled Persons Rail Card Website Free Bus Pass Online application form for free bus pass.Website Blue Badge disabled parking permit Online application for first time applications and customers who have an existing Blue Badge.Website