Community Engagement

Sight loss awareness training

We offer sight loss awareness training to a wide range of organisations, to help them to better support their employees, customers and communities. Our courses offer:

• An understanding of the most common eye conditions
• Experience of sight loss using simulation specs
• Guidance on how to identify and help a person with sight loss
• Examples of assistive equipment
• Preventative measures to maintain eye health

Email pmoodie@beaconvision.org to find out more.

Sight Friendly Awards

The Beacon Centre works with some of the biggest companies across the region to provide sight loss training to help ensure your staff can help a visually impaired customer. The Beacon Sight Friendly Award is designed for organisations that want to make their services more accessible for people with sight loss.

The Sight Friendly Award offers initial 90-minute training sessions that will enable your team to:

• Have an understanding of the most common eye conditions
• Experience sight loss using simulation specs
• Learn how to guide someone with sight loss
• Identify and help a person with sight loss
• Have simple low vision strategies to hand
• See examples of equipment to help
• Know about some preventative measures for themselves

In addition to sight friendly training, Beacon will supply:

• Up to five Sight Friendly packs for your team with information on eye conditions, guiding techniques as well as signature guides and tactile markers to use in the workplace
• A Sight Friendly DVD for your future inductions and internal training
• A Sight Friendly window sticker for display
• A listing on Beacon’s website
• Promotion through Beacon’s social media channels
• Support with press releases
• One-year access to free Low Vision advice
• A six-month review meeting

The training is £50 per delegate, with a minimum charge of £250

To find out more, email enquiries@beaconvision.org