Herts Vision Loss
Herts Vision Loss aims to serve the estimated 36,000 people in Hertfordshire living with vision loss in 2016.
We offer the following services:
- Home visits and befriending
- Eye clinic information and support
- A resource centre and Sight Information Points
- Our Ears for Eyes counselling service for people experiencing vision loss
- ‘Sightline’ our telephone information service which answers questions and offers advice about sight loss
- An advocacy service for people with vision loss to help them get their voice heard
- We visit schools and groups to raise awareness of sight loss and talk about our work
- We facilitate social groups around Herts
Our mission is to empower the people of Hertfordshire with a visual impairment; to increase independence and reduce social isolation. We are Hertfordshire's leading independent charity supporting visually-impaired people.
Was previously known as The Hertfordshire Society for the Blind (HSB).
Services offered
- Work and employment
- Eye care services
- Product suppliers
- Social activities
- Sporting activities
- Support and wellbeing
- Training and education
- Transcription services
- Information, advice and benefits
Contact details
- Address:
- 2 Brownfields, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1AN
- Phone:
- 01707 324680
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Web:
- https://www.hertsvisionloss.org.uk
- Twitter:
- @HertsVisionLoss
- Facebook:
- @hertsvisionloss
- Other:
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4ZREGAz9t5ETLH5bRXxssQ
Opening times
- Monday:
- 10am - 4pm
- Tuesday:
- 10am - 4pm
- Wednesday:
- 10am - 4pm
- Thursday:
- 10am - 4pm
- Friday:
- 10am - 4pm
This organisation was verified on 19 October 2023
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