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Ealing Support Services Coordinator Karen Staartjes can be contacted on 020 8992 4458, or via our Head Office on 08458 380 480 (local rate).

The Ealing 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 Ealing. Our staff and trained volunteers work together to provide a range of high quality services, information, advice and training, all aimed at assisting visually impaired people lead independent lives.

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"Our clients on an outing"

The Association offers the following services in Ealing:-

• Home Visiting Service
• Training: Computer Training     Braille Training     Visual Awareness Training
• Resource Centres The Association has three resource centres equipped with daily living aids for people with a visual impairment. Currently, your nearest resource centre is the new facility located in Hounslow.
  We have opened a new Resource Centre in Ealing and we also hold Low Vision mornings. The Resource Centre is open on the first Wednesday morning of each month from 10am to 12noon at the Stirling Road Centre, Stirling Road, Acton W3 8DJ (by appointment only).
  The Low Vison morning is with our optometrist Anand Vyas, on the last Wednesday morning of the month from 10am to 12noon at the Stirling Road Centre again by appointment only.
  Please call Karen on 020 8992 4458 to make appointments for either of these sessions.
• MidSight Hospital Information points The Ealing Association for the Blind works in partnership with the eye clinic at Ealing Hospital to provide invaluable information and support to patients at the point of diagnosis of their eye condition.

Volunteering

Volunteers are always needed to help blind people in Ealing. 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 Ealing Association for the Blind is a registered charity and all of our activities are dependent upon contributions and donations.

Useful local Contacts:

• Ealing Sensory Services Team 020 8825 6230
• Ealing Centre for Independent Living 020 8840 8573
• Ealing Talking Newspapers, Tel: 020 8840 2313

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

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