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🎗️ CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP 🎗️Hosted by Sunderland and County Durham Royal Society for the Blind đź“Ť Location:53 St Luke’s Terrace, PallionSunderland SR4 6NFđź“ž Telephone: 0191 567 3939 đź—“ 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
LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS COURSE 16th & 17th July 2025 Community Centre, 9-11 Front St, Stanhope, DL13 2ND The Society is running a two day Living with Sight Loss Course. The Course is held over two consecutive days. This event is informal and fun. We have a number of speakers from support organisations and groups … LATEST LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS COURSE
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
Changes to benefits and employment support: If anyone needs help completing forms please contact the office on 0191 5673939 and we will do everything we can to help. Changes to benefits and employment support I find info about what you need to know | RNIB Recently the Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, launched a … Changes to benefits and employment support: What you need to know
Improve your health and fitness. Future Health North East are a community interest company dedicated to supporting individuals who are visually impaired by offering FREE personal training-style sessions tailored to your needs. Our goal is to help you to improve your fitness, enhance your day-to-day life skills and to feel more confident in your physical … Free improve your health and fitness sessions
Today’s session with Stanley Group has been a little different, we attended The Louisa Centre in Stanley and took part in 2 different activities for the Blind, including Blind Archery and Curling. They also allowed the Group to try out their new Gym equipment. Come and along and join us. Contact our office on 0191 … Stanley Group activities at the Louisa Centre
Sunderland and County Durham Royal Society for the Blind has now merged it’s monthly coffee mornings into Durham Visual Support & Macular, meaning that both can now use the same room in North Road Methodist Church. It will still take place every 2nd week of the month between 10AM and 12PM, but it will be … North Road Methodist Church Monthly Coffee Morning
Photo is of one of our members – Mike Crozier and his partner, Susan, who ran the Great North Run. Susan acted as Mike’s guide runner. They raised over ÂŁ1000 for Guide Dogs and around ÂŁ400 for Sunderland and County Durham Royal Society for the Blind. Sponsorship money is still coming in. Mike’s aim was … Mike runs the Great North Run for the Society
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
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
Morrison’s Supermarket supports the Society The Morrisons Foundation is the charity wing of Morrison’s Supermarket and they have very generously donated ÂŁ5,340 to the Society. The funding is to support the work of the Society helping to ensure that services for people with sight loss continue to be available in the future. We are extremely … Morrison’s Supermarket supports the Society
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
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
Sunderland and County Durham Royal Society for the Blind provides free and friendly digital employability short sessions on your doorstep across Sunderland and County Durham, they are available to everyone with a visual impairment looking for work and with no upper age restrictions so come along and update your skills. This free project will offer … Employability and Digital Job Club Sessions
We hope that you enjoy reading it and find the information to be useful. The full Newsletter is available free of charge to Society members in a variety of formats so why not sign up to become a member of the Society and experience the full benefit. News from the Chief Executive Welcome to the … Welcome to the Spring 2024 Newsletter.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY – 2025 SUNDERLAND 53 St Luke’s Terrace, Pallion. Sunderland SR4 6NF Please contact Henry Hardy on 0191 5673939 for more information or turn up on the day AFTERNOON TEA – Every 1st Thursday of the month – BOOKING ESSENTIAL – 1pm – 3pm THURSDAY 1ST MAY THURSDAY 5TH JUNE THURSDAY 3RD … Sunderland 2025 Dates for Your Diary
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
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
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
We are delivering Living with Sight Loss courses throughout the year in the following venues: The Masonic Hall, Stanley, 19 and 20 June Community Centre, 9-11 Front St, Stanhope, DL13 2ND 16th & 17th July 2025 Town Hall, Bishop Auckland 26 and 27 September  The course aims to provide information on all aspects relating … Living With Sight Loss Events 2025
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
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
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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