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Sight Loss Awareness Training

26th February 2020 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

FREE Sight Loss Awareness Training

If you know anyone who is living with sight loss and you would like to know the best ways to communicate with and guide a blind or partially sighted person, or you would like to know more about eye conditions and their impact, then Beacon can help!

Beacon’s Sight Loss Awareness Training offers a friendly and informal training session that will enable you to:       

  • Learn how to safely guide a person with sight loss appropriately, negotiating stairs, doors and chairs.        
  • Experience what it’s like to be visually impaired using simulation specs 
  • Gain information about aids and equipment that can help visually impaired people
  • Gain an understanding of the most common eye conditions  
  • Learn the importance of eye health
  • Understand the emotional impact of sight loss
  • Know more about the services Beacon offer to people living with sight loss 

You will gain confidence to better assist and support people living with sight loss, as well as a certificate upon completion of the session.

Training is open to both individuals and groups.

Download a booking form here  or call us on 01902 880111

Details

Date:
26th February 2020
Time:
9:30 am - 12:30 pm