The Vision Support Team provide a range of news and information from charities that support children, young people and their families with a vision Impairment.
- Look UK – Supporting young people with vision impairment
- Blind in Business – The Blind in Business Employment Service is designed to help Sight Impaired (SI) or Severely Sight Impaired (SSI) students and graduates prepare for and find jobs within their chosen careers students and graduates prepare for and find jobs within their chosen careers
- Focus Birmingham – Sight loss support charity offering services to Birmingham residents
- VICTA – National charity empowering children and young adults who are Sight Impaired (SI) or Severely Sight Impaired (SSI) and their families across the UK
- SENSE – For all ages experiencing complex disabilities and or deaf-blindness
- British Blind Sport – The national sports charity for all age groups with sight loss at different levels of abilities in the UK. They intend to improve the physical health and self-esteem of those with sight loss through sports with access, to ensure that all sports and leisure facilities are accessible to every blind or partially sighted person within the UK.
- Guide Dogs UK – For help and support with living actively, independently and well with sight loss
- Visionary – Offering support to access locally delivered services for those living with sight loss
- RNIB Bookshare – This is a website offering books for reading for leisure and text books which can be adapted to meet the needs of pupils with Vision Impairment. They can also be used through the Dolphin Easy reader app EasyReader App | Dolphin Computer Access so a pupil can log in. This service is all free.
- Thomas Pocklington Trust – Thomas Pocklington Trust is a national charity which supports blind and partially sighted people with a focus on education, employment and engagement. It now has a new support service for students with vision impairment, including support with specialist IT, and employment and university.
- Nystagmus Network – Charity providing support and information for everyone living with the eye condition nystagmus.
- RSBC – Royal Society for Blind Children provide a combination of support for young people, parents, and carers in learning, development and social opportunities to help build resilience and skills.
- Retina UK – A charity supporting people (along with friends and families) affected by inherited sight loss. This includes conditions such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Usher syndrome, Stargardt disease and Leber congenital amaurosis. They also invest in medical research to help make their challenges a thing of the past.
- Albinism Fellowship – The Fellowship is a positive and sociable volunteer-run organisation that aims to provide information, advice and support for people with Albinism and their families. We also provide information about the condition to professionals working with people with Albinism.
- British Blind Sport – British Blind Sport is a charity set up to help improve the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of children, young people and adults with any level of sight loss. They cover all levels of activity, along with types of sport and also support with social interaction.