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Harrow Support Services Coordinator: Christina Hind can be contacted via our Head Office on 020 8423 5141.

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

We offer the following services in Harrow:-

• Home Visiting Service
• Early Intervention Officers
• Computer Training    
• MidSight Hospital Information pointsThe Harrow Association for the Blind works in partnership with the eye clinic at Northwick Park 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 Harrow. Whether you are retired, unemployed or in full-time employment, as long as you can commit to, at least, two hours per week or fortnight we would like you to join our team.

Bill is a visually impaired IT Tutor who has been training 90 year old Oscar in our training suite.

So, if you can spare one or two hours per week or per fortnight to help a person with a visual impairment, then please visit our Volunteering section.

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

Resource Centre

Bentley Day Centre

Our Wednesday morning Resource Centre is running successfully and the magnifier assessments have proved to be very popular. If anyone would like to come along, the consultation is free but please be aware that any equipment will need to be purchased. If you would like to make an appointment, please contact Fernanda by calling our head office on 020 8423 5141.

We have recently launched a new training programme to offer a 10 week Guide course and currently have two trainers based at Bentley Day Centre. We are still able to offer both JAWS and Supernova training for anyone wishing to go on to further education or to get back into the workplace.

The picture shows our computer being checked for the latest virus definitions!

Bentley Day Centre location map

Useful local Contacts:

• Harrow Physical Disability and Sensory Services 0208 424 1694 - Textphone 020 8861 1824. Their website is Harrow Physical Disability and Sensory Services
• Harrow Blind Social Club at Grange Court, Communal Hall, Northolt Road, South Harrow. Weekly Monday, 7.30 p.m. and weekly Tuesday, 2 p.m.
• Harrow Talking Newspapers, HTN Studio, Unit 1, Central Depot, Forward Drive, HA3 8NT, their phone number is 020 8907 9677.
  HTN provide a 60 minute audio tape every week containing the main news and views gathered from local Harrow papers plus a 90 minute magazine Hearabouts every two months. Both are free of charge and post-free as articles for the blind. Requests for the tape can be left on the Studio phone as above.

Information Booklet for Visually Impaired People

Produced by People First (Harrow Council) in conjunction with the Harrow Association for the Blind. This documentation is intended to help you understand the serivces that may be available to you from People First. In addition you will find information about your rights both as a service user and as a carer as well as general information about local and national services which may be of use to you.

This document is available in different formats including braille, large print, audio cassette and CD and can be downloaded from Information Book - Harrow

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

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