The £1000 from Ecclesiastical will fund our vital Helpline for a month. In this time our Helpline will receive up to 300 calls and they will often be the first contact with people seeking support due to sight loss.
These callers are often elderly, distressed and concerned about losing their independence. Our Sight Loss Advisors will offer advice and information on the phone and if necessary, provide follow up support including referrals to other agencies. If appropriate they will also send out equipment on a trial basis to enable the callers to live as independently as possible.
Our Helpline in 2021 will be a particularly valuable service for our Clients while many of them are still unable to travel into our Cheltenham Resource Centre to meet our Sight Loss Advisors.
