Richmond

Richmond Support Services Coordinator Judy Bell can be contacted via our Head Office on 08458 380 480 (local rate).

The Richmond Association for the Blind (part of the MAB) is a registered charity working locally to provide support to blind, partially sighted and deaf/blind people throughout the Borough of Richmond. Our staff and trained volunteers work together to provide a range of high quality services, information, advice and training, all aimed at helping visually impaired people to lead independent lives.

The Association offers the following services in Richmond:

• Rehabilitation Officers


• Resource Centres The Association has three resource centres equipped with daily living aids for people with a visual impairment. Our new resource centre for Richmond is located at Sheen Lane.


• Computer Training We are now very pleased to be able to offer one-to-one IT training at our Sheen Lane centre. Please contact us to find out more details or to put your name on the waiting list for training.


• Home Visiting Service We provide a home visiting service assisting people from all walks of life who suffer from sight loss, the three case studies below reflect this:-

Home Visiting Case Studies

Client 1 is in her forties and had to give up a promising career in nursing following acute diabetes resulting in a kidney transplant. With the support of one of our volunteers, who reads coursework onto tapes, she is studying for a Master's degree in counselling and psychotherapy.

Client 2 is in her nineties and suffers from macular degeneration. She lives in her own flat in a sheltered housing scheme. She used to play scrabble with a warden of the scheme but, following his departure, she had no one to challenge! Thanks to one of our volunteers, she is now able to have a regular game.

Client 3 had to give up work following his loss of sight. He is keen to keep fit and, thanks to one of our volunteers, he is now able to visit a local gym where they both have a regular workout.

Volunteering

Volunteers are always needed to help blind people in Richmond. So, if you can spare one or two hours a week/fortnight to help a person with a visual impairment, then please visit our Volunteering section.

Support Us The Richmond Association for the Blind is a registered charity and all of our activities are dependent upon contributions and donations.

Richmond News!

Sensory Services have moved to a new location

Richmond's Sensory Services, together with our resource centre and IT training, has moved to the Sheen Lane Centre, 74 Sheen Lane, London SW14 8LP.

Sheen Lane location map

Art Exhibition and Workshops

Richmond Association for the Blind co-hosted the touring art exhibition by Tate Modern entitled Raised Awareness from 5th to 28th September 2006 at the Watermans Art Centre where we held two art workshops for people with visual impairments.

Useful local Contacts:

• Richmond Sensory Services Team 020 8487 1760
• Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (Richmond AID) 020 8831 6070 (Monday to Friday between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
• Richmond Talking Newspapers, contact Alec Thomas, tel: 020 8890 3437

Richmond Association for the Blind is part of Middlesex Association for the Blind (MAB), registered charity No. 207007.

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