Wales/Cymru
RNIB Cymru works for the 100,000 people in Wales with serious sight loss.
Our services provide practical solutions to everyday challenges. We campaign for the inclusion of people with sight loss and we run pilot projects within our communities. We promote eye health by running public health awareness campaigns. We also work in partnership with organisations across Wales to provide local services.
Welsh language provision
Ar hyn o bryd rydym yn ymchwilio cael tudalennau gwefan RNIB Cymru yn y Gymraeg. Rydym yn gweithio tuag at sicrhau bod y tudalennau yn Hygyrch, byddan yn rhoi diweddariad ar unrhyw ddatblygiadau.
We are currently exploring having RNIB Cymru's web pages in Welsh. We are working to ensure that they will be fully accessible and will update you on our progress.
If you want to write or speak to someone at RNIB in Welsh, contact our Welsh Language Service.
Latest updates
Supporting hospital eye patients in Wales
3 July 2009
On 20 July 2009, the first NHS Trust funded Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) will be launched in Wales. This service will be based at St Asaph Hospital in North East Wales. The city of St Asaph lies between Denbigh and the coastal resort of Rhyl. The hospital is the main treatment centre for Lucentis (a new treatment for Wet Age Related Macular Degeneration) in North Wales. The ECLO will initially be based in the Lucentis clinic which treats around sixty patients per week. Patients will be able to access emotional support and will benefit from timely referrals to local services such as Vision Support and social services.
By 2013 there will be an ECLO service in every main eye clinic in Wales. By March 2010 RNIB Cymru will have set-up services in Ysbyty Gwynedd (Bangor), Singleton Hospital (Swansea), and Royal Glamorgan Hospital (Rhondda Cynon Taff).
For more information please contact Ceri Jackson on 029 2044 9556.
Community-based treatment centres
25 June 2009
A pilot study into community-based diagnosis and treatment for Glaucoma patients in Wales has been announced - New glaucoma treatment centres to be piloted.
RNIB Cymru sends Braille users dotty
RNIB Cymru is celebrating World Book Day with a story competition for young Braille users in Wales. For blind people across the world, 2009 is the celebration of 200 years of the far-reaching legacy of Louis Braille, who created the 'dotty' Braille system - allowing blind people access to the printed world.
The competition is open to Braille users in Wales aged 5-19. Entrants have been invited to write a short story (maximum 500 words) with a Welsh theme. The stories may be written in either Welsh or English Braille and will be judged on creativity and accuracy by a panel of judges convened by RNIB Cymru.
Sarah Rochira, Director of RNIB Cymru, said: "This is a really exciting opportunity for users of both Welsh and English Braille to show off their skills. Braille is a vital communication tool for many people who have severe sight problems, and this is their chance to get creative."
All entrants will receive a Braille pocket notebook set and there will be prizes of £20 vouchers for the winners of each age-group, presented at an award ceremony. All stories will be made available in both English and Welsh languages and will be produced in a book celebrating the Braille bicentenary. For more information please contact Andy Williams: Andrew.Williams@rnib.org.uk; 029 2044 9593.
RNIB Cymru 2009 Leading Wales Awards winner
RNIB Cymru is thrilled that Janet John, Senior Consultant in RNIB Cymru's Independent Living Team has been named the winner in the prestigious 2009 Leading Wales Awards, that seek to recognise and celebrate outstanding leaders across Wales.
RNIB Cymru’s Independent Living Service exists to promote inclusive design and improve services for people with sight loss, giving practical solutions to barriers facing people with sight problems.
The Leading Wales Awards recognise great leadership at all levels across the public, private and voluntary sectors in Wales, celebrating individuals whose excellent leadership skills have made a strong impact and resulted in positive change within their organisations or communities.
“Wales has outstanding leaders in all walks of life and the awards celebrate the people who, thanks to their superb leadership skills, have made a real difference in their organisation, business or community,” said Barbara Chidgey, spokesperson for the Leading Wales Awards, the consortium of public, private and voluntary sector organisations that developed and organise the awards.
Training on deaf awareness and understanding sight loss
RNIB Cymru has joined forces with RNID to bring a unique one-day training programme combining Deaf Awareness and Understanding Sight Loss training.
The Sensory Awareness Training course is being piloted in Cardiff and Llandudno in November and December. It provides practical information and guidance for organisations in becoming more accessible to their service users with hearing and/or sight loss.
Course details: Sensory Awareness Training
AMD treatments victory
£5 million is pledged to fund sight-saving treatments for AMD - a victory for people with wet AMD in Wales!
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Last updated: 03/07/2009 10:13
