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CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP

🎗️ CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP 🎗️Hosted by Sunderland and County Durham Royal Society for the Blind 📍 Location:53 St Luke’s Terrace, PallionSunderland SR4 6NF📞 Telephone: 0191 567 3939 🗓 2025 Support Group Meeting DatesAll meetings start at 1:00 PM at Pallion. 16th June 21st July 18th August 15th September 20th October 17th November 15th CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP

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Latest Information

Sunderland and County Durham Royal Society for the Blind are very pleased to announce that we are now a member of the Visionary partnership network Visionary is a federation of one hundred local societies for blind and partially sighted people in the UK. It aspires to provide support for and raise awareness of the services Latest Information

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Latest News and Updates

LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS COURSE (Booking is Essential) A two day course providing information and advice about living with sight loss. 10am – 3pm 7th & 8th May, Crook 16th & 17th July, Stanhope 3rd & 4th Sept, Barnard Castle For further information and to book your place please call Julie on 0191 5673939 We Latest News and Updates

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Sunderland City Council’s Links for Life Fund

The Society has been extremely fortunate to be awarded funding through the City Council’s Links for Life Fund. This will enable us to offer many services for the benefit of visually impaired people and their families. Services include; • Monthly Coffee Mornings • Monthly Afternoon Teas • Monthly Social meetings • Monthly Men’s Support Group Sunderland City Council’s Links for Life Fund

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Volunteer Driver Opportunity

We are urgently looking for Volunteer Car Drivers to transport our members to various events, social and support groups across County Durham. If you are interested in helping us to make a difference to people with sight loss, through supporting them with transport requirements please get in touch. Julie Anderson – 0191 5673939 julie.anderson@sundrsb.org.uk Reimbursement Volunteer Driver Opportunity

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Headway Washington Social Group

Headway will be starting a new activity/social group for people with sight loss/difficulty as a result of a neurological condition. A new group will be developed for people from Washington, they will eventually decide what they would like to do in the group. Ie talks, games, visits, speakers etc. This will be the 2nd Tuesday Headway Washington Social Group

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Taxi Card Update

The Taxi card Scheme which runs in Sunderland in conjunction with Station Taxis is very popular. For any new applications you need to apply the beginning of July please call Nexus direct on 0191 2020747. LATEST UPDATE FROM NEXUS – There has been some confusion around the Scheme continuing but after speaking direct to a Taxi Card Update

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Durham 2025 Dates for Your Diary

LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS COURSE (Booking is Essential) A two day course providing information and advice about living with sight loss. 10am – 3pm 7th & 8th May, Crook 16th & 17th July, Stanhope 3rd & 4th Sept, Barnard Castle For further information and to book your place please call Julie on 0191 5673939 Durham Durham 2025 Dates for Your Diary

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Pallion Action Group (PAG)

Volunteers available Mon – Fri 10am – 2pm Can help with collecting prescriptions, shopping, benefit/welfare advice Please contact, Karen Wood on either 07534 983971 or 0191 5142011 Full details of all their activities are on their website at www.pallionactiongroup.co.uk    

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Houghton Blind Club Update

We are delighted to have joined with Houghton Blind Club in order to provide another outreach centre on the Sunderland/Durham border.  We are always looking for new members to join us and spend a wonderful afternoon in the warm and welcoming atmosphere in the company of others. Houghton Blind Club meet up at Houghton-le-Spring Hall Houghton Blind Club Update

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News from the Chief Executive

We continue to provide many Social Groups and Services. The Social Groups provides many people with Company and the chance to make new friends. The Society is very welcoming and always a tea or coffee available so why not pop in for a chat. We often have various items donated so call to see if News from the Chief Executive

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Ten Pin Bowling is Back

We would like to invite you to our Blind Tenpin Bowling league which meets every Thursday at 11:00am at Riverside Bowling at Sunderland Enterprise Way. It was setup to help visually impaired people to enjoy the sport of tenpin bowling and promote healthy competition between clubs. There is a registration fee, that each person pays Ten Pin Bowling is Back

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