About Us

South West - RNIB Regional Centre

Summary: Information about RNIB South West and our services for the South West of England.

• About us
• Our services
• Resource room and UK Online Centre
• Conference and meeting rooms
• Training at RNIB South West
• Services for trainers, professional careworkers and businesses
• Volunteer with us - how you can help
• Contact us
• Opening hours
• How to find us
• Links to local societies
• Local sensory services

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About us

We offer a range of services and support to people with sight and hearing loss. Although some services are only available to people in Bristol, we aim to serve the South West as a whole, as our centre is a resource open to people throughout the region.

Our services

• Rehabilitation Services
• Information, Advice and Advocacy Services
• Dual Sensory Service
• Leisure Services
• Emotional Support
• Information and support for carers
• Education and Employment
• Family Services

Resource room and UK Online Centre

The resource room based at our Bristol Centre includes a UK Online Centre that offers:

• equipment designed to make life easier, some of which can be purchased
• information leaflets and catalogues
• the chance for people of all ages to use computers and access the web
• an excellent training and demonstration area.

Find out more about our shop and resource centre.

Conference and meeting rooms

We also have conference and meeting rooms available for use at reasonable rates. These rooms are all accessible to people who use wheelchairs.

Training at RNIB South West

RNIB offers professional training and consultancy on sight loss, deafblind and related issues for a wide variety of groups. RNIB's South West centre, an award winning building, is spacious and comfortable which boasts fine training and meeting facilities. Built particularly for people with sight loss, it is completely accessible. The brightly lit rooms lend themselves to excellent rented office space.

New events and courses

The following events take place at our centre in Bristol, unless otherwise stated:

• Supporting people with sight and hearing loss course – Wednesday 11 March 2009 - Trowbridge, Wiltshire
• RNIB South West Advocacy Conference 2009 – Thursday 19 March 2009 – Exeter
• Adapting computers for people who are blind and partially sighted –Friday 27 March 2009
• Supporting people with sight and hearing loss course – Monday 27 April 2009 - Great Torrington, Devon
• Bringing the web to life - Friday 1 May 2009
• Supporting people with sight and hearing loss course – Wednesday 20 May 2009 - Poole, Dorset
• Transcription: using a PC to provide accessible information - Friday 22 May 2009
• Brush up your braille: a refresher course in grade 2 English braille - Friday 5 June 2009 (book by 22 May)
• Adapting computers for people who are blind and partially sighted –Friday 26 June 2009
• Bringing the web to life - Friday 31 July 2009
• Eye Clinic Liaison workshop / networking day - Thursday 29 September 2009

Services for trainers, professional careworkers and businesses

The Centre receives visits from architects, business people, health professionals and trainers. The building, designed in 1993, is a prime example of what can be achieved to support people with a disability. For those who would wish to support people with sight loss, office space and training facilities are available. Call us on 0117 953 7750 and arrange a visit or email us at RNIBSouthWest@rnib.org.uk

Volunteer with us - how you can help

Volunteers are essential to our work; please visit RNIB's volunteering section for more information about volunteering with RNIB. If you'd like to get involved and become a volunteer in the Bristol area, please contact the Volunteer Co-ordinator, telephone 0117 953 7750. In Bristol we need assistance with fundraising, with the activities we run as well as volunteer support positions with our specialist workers who assist people in their homes.

RNIB offers more than 60 services, including the Talking Book service. Contact our Helpline for more information on 0845 766 9999 or 020 7388 2525.

Contact us

RNIB South West
Still House Lane
Bedminster
Bristol
BS3 4EB
Telephone 0117 953 7750
Fax 0117 953 7751
Email RNIBSouthWest@rnib.org.uk

RNIB Helpline: 0845 766 9999 or 020 7388 2525

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, 10.00am - 4.00pm
The building opens from 9.00am - 5.00pm for staff and training groups

How to find us

• Directions to RNIB South West

Links to local societies

• Cornwall Blind Association
• Dorset Blind Association
• Devon County Association for the Blind
• Gloucester County Association for the Blind
• Hearing and Sight Centre, Plymouth
• Somerset Association for the Blind
• Vision North Somerset, Weston-Super-Mare

Local sensory services

• Somerset
• Devon
• Torbay
• Cornwall
• Bath and NE Somerset
• Bristol
• Wiltshire
• Swindon
• Gloucestershire
• South Gloucestershire - no information found on Council pages for Sensory loss
• Dorset - no information found on Council pages for Sensory loss

Information on RNIB South West services is available in print and on tape in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati and Cantonese, contact us at RNIBSouthWest@rnib.org.uk with your request.

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Content author: RNIBSouthWest@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 06/03/2009 10:44