Supporting vision impaired people across Essex since 1920.

As summer draws closer, here at Essex Sight we have been busy settling into our new offices but still maintaining our services to everyone. Just a reminder of our local sight centres:- Brentwood – every 2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday of the month 10am until 4pm Colchester – every Wednesday weekly, with IT support attending…

We would welcome your views and experiences. Your input will help inform the APPG’s understanding of how digital care services can be made more accessible for blind and visually impaired people, and inform a short APPG position summary, setting out clear, actionable recommendations. The survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. We are seeking…

Easy read guidelines for contacting your GP surgery online.

The University of York’s EAD project is wrapping up and is looking for survey participants to measure the impact of Enhanced Audio Description, an alternative to Audio Description focusing on sound design as a vehicle for access. It takes just 10-20 mins to watch a short film and give your feedback: Click here

Spring is on its way and Essex Sight will once again be out in the community holding pop-up events and attending local health and wellbeing events. For information about these events, check out our website, www.essexsight.org.uk  and Facebook page, which we will keep updated with the latest information. Upcoming events:- Halstead Age Well Fair, Halstead…

Thanks to funding from the Yellow Car Fund through Essex Community Foundation, we now have a small van filled with information and equipment which allows us to help people who may be rurally isolated, unable to access one of our existing sight centres or requires a home visit.