Links

We have selected some other website's that we feel might be of use to our members. These include links to Local and National Organisations connected to visual impairment, Other Groups, Companies, Product Suppliers and services designed specifically for people with visual impairment.

Useful Contacts & Links - Local Organisations

Devon Sensory Team - ROVIs

Website: www.devon.gov.uk/index/socialcare/sensory_disability/
Email: sensory@devon.gov.uk

Exeter Society for the Blind

Contact: Mrs P Fay
Tel: 01392 271364

Age Concern Devon

Address: 6-7 Southerhay West, Exeter, EX1 1JG
Tel: 01392 250085
Email: info@ageconcerndevon.co.uk

Useful Contacts & Links - National Organisations

National Association of Local Societies for Visually Impaired People

Website: www.nalsvi.org

Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)

Address: PO Box 173, Peterborough, PE2 6WS
Tel: 0845 7023153
Website: www.rnib.org.uk

GDBA (Head Office)

Address: Hillfields, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3YG
Tel: 0118 983 5555
Email: guidedogs@guidedogs.org.uk
Website: www.gdba.org.uk

Action for Blind People

Address: 14/16 Verney Road, London, SE16 3DZ
Tel: 0207 635 4800
Website: www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk

National Federation of the Blind

Address: Sir John Wilson House, 215 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1JG
Tel: 01924 291313
Email: nfbuk@globalnet.co.uk
Website: www.nfbuk.org

Partially Sighted Society

Address: PO Box 322, Doncaster, DN1 2NX
Tel: 01302 323132
Email: doncaster@partsight.org.uk

Other Useful Links

Accessible Mail

An accessible (accessibility-compliant) webmail client aimed at providing simple and easy access to email via standards-compliant (and most non-compliant) web browsers (graphical and non-graphical).
www.accessiblemail.com

Albinism Fellowship

Albinism Fellowship provides advice and support for people with an interest in albinism.
www.albinism.org.uk

Association of Blind Piano Tuners

Exists to serve the professional and particular needs of its members and other blind and partially sighted piano tuners throughout the world.
www.uk-piano.org

BBC Ouch Disability Site

The BBC's Disability Portal.
www.bbc.co.uk/ouch

BCAB

The British Computer Association of the Blind aims to promote the special needs and interests of visually impaired people who either work in the computing field or have an active interest in computing.
www.bcab.org.uk

BrailleJail

Also known as BRL (Blindness Related Learning) - provider of web-based communication learning tools for visually impaired people, their friends and families.
www.braillejail.net

British Blind Sport

BBS is a charity which provides sporting opportunities for blind and partially sighted people.
www.britishblindsport.org.uk

British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society

www.brps.org.uk

British Wireless for the Blind Fund

www.blind.org.uk

Calibre Cassette Library

www.calibre.org.uk

Cotis (Confederation of Transcribed Information Services)

www.cotis.org.uk

Cue & Review

Recording and audio transcription service.
www.cueandreview.org.uk

Deafblind UK

Deafblind UK specialises in meeting the needs and developing the potential of adults who are both deaf and blind.
www.deafblind.org.uk

Disability Alliance

Publishers of the Disability Rights Handbook.
www.disabilityalliance.org

Disability Information Services

Provides a national database of disability information.
www.diss.org.uk

Disability World

www.disabilityworld.com

Echurch-UK

Christian fellowship for blind & partially sighted people.
www.echurch-uk.org

Eyehelp

www.eyehelp.co.uk

EyeUK

Links to and reviews of UK WWW sites related to the eye, vision and ophthalmology.
www.eyeuk.com

Fight for Sight

www.fightforsight.org.uk

Help the Aged

www.helptheaged.org.uk

International Glaucoma Association

www.iga.org.uk

Isis Audio Books

Publisher of complete and unabridged books on tape.
www.isis-publishing.co.uk

Jobability

Job site for disabled people.
www.jobability.com

LOOK

The National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children.
www.look-uk.org

Macular Disease Society

www.maculardisease.org

National Association of Local Societies for Visually Impaired People

www.nalsvi.cswebsites.org

National Library for the Blind

www.nlb-online.org

Nystagmus Network

www.nystagmusnet.org

Opsis

The national association for the education, training and support of blind and partially sighted people.
www.opsis.org.uk

Remploy

Finds jobs for disabled people in major organisations, as well as its own manufacturing and service businesses.
www.remploy.co.uk

Sense

Organisation for people who are deafblind or have associated disabilities.
www.sense.org.uk

Sight Savers International

Working to give blind people back their sight.
www.sightsavers.org.uk

Sortit!

If you're 11 to 16 years old and have a sight problem, this site is for you.
www.sortit.org.uk

Soundaround

Audio magazine for blind and partially sighted people.
www.soundaround.org

Soundings

Soundings is a free, impartial and editorially independent monthly information magazine in audio for anyone in the United Kingdom who is blind or partially sighted.
www.soundings.org

SPECS

A regularly updated web site directory of specific eye conditions.
www.eyeconditions.org.uk

Talking Newspaper Association of the UK

Provides newspapers and magazines in alternative formats to print for the visually impaired and disabled.
www.tnauk.org.uk

The Church and Blindness

www.church4blind.org.uk

The VIP Consumer

A site offering consumer reviews and discussion from a visually impaired perspective.
www.vipconsumer.com

The Visually Impaired Musicians Association

VIMA was inaugurated during the late 1980s for the purpose of bringing together visually impaired people with interests across the whole spectrum of music.
www.uk-piano.org/vima

Tiresias

The Tiresias web site provides in-depth information on assistive devices for people with visual disabilities, current and future research, technical information, disability organisations and agencies, sources of research, funding, publications, standards and legislation.
www.tiresias.org

Torch Trust for the Blind

Christian literature, fellowship and personal support for blind and partially sighted people.
www.torchtrust.org

Ulverscroft

Publisher of large print books, now publishing 37 new titles a month in hard and soft cover, covering all categories and including best-selling authors.
www.edisure.com/~ulverscroft/uk/ukindex.html

Vision 2020 UK

An umbrella group to facilitate greater collaboration between organisations within the UK which focus on visual impairment and operate on a national, regional or international basis.
www.vision2020uk.org.uk

Visugate

a one-stop shop for information on visual impairment.
www.visugate.org