South East
- Aylesbury
- Bexley
- Bournemouth
- Brighton
- Bromley
- Canterbury
- Fetcham
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- Epsom
- Farnborough
- Haywards Heath
- Herstmonceux
- Isle of Wight
- Maidstone
- Milton Keynes
- Oxford
- Sutton
- Worthing
4Sight / West Sussex Association for The Blind
Centres in Bognor Regis and Shoreham, West Sussex
Telephone number: 01243 828555 (Bognor Regis)
Telephone number: 01273 425343 (Shoreham)
To provide help in a wide variety of ways for visually impaired people and their carers
HI Kent
Centres in Canterbury, Gillingham and Maidstone
Telephone number: 01227 760046 (Canterbury)
Textphone number: 01227 760046 (Canterbury)
Telephone number: 01634 825043 (Gillingham)
Telephone number: 01622 691151 (Maidstone)
Advice and practical help for deaf and hard of hearing people. Please call for an appointment.
Aylesbury - Bucks Association for Blind and Partially Sighted People
Aylesbury Resource & Training Centre, 143 Meadowcroft, Aylesbury, HP19 9HH
Telephone: 01296 487556
Web: www.bucksblind.co.uk
Opening hrs: Mon - Thurs 0900 - 1630, Fri 0900 - 1600. Please ring to make appointment before visiting.
The team of qualified, experienced Rehabilitation Officers give specialist advice and training in many areas to help maintain independence. The resource centre holds a wide range of equipment to help with daily living skills, mobility and communication skills.
Aylesbury - RNID Community Services
Riverside House, 44 Wedgewood Street, Fairford Leys, Aylesbury, Bucks,HP19 7HL
Telephone number: 01296 479970 Text : 01296 485154
Fax number: 01296 485037
Email: bucks@rnid.org.uk
We have a resource room where we have a selection of specialist telephones for hearing impaired people. Also, we are able to visit people in their homes to assess for specialist equipment (e.g. doorbells, smoke alarms etc) for people living in Buckinghamshire with a diagnosed hearing loss. Before visiting our offices, we ask people to make an appointment before visiting our resource room.
Bexley Deaf Centre
20 Whitehall Lane, Slade Green, Kent DA8 2DH
Telephone number: 01322 351122
Textphone/Fax number: 01322 339428
Email: bexleydeafcentre@fsmail.net
Bexley Deaf Centre provides support and encouragement to hearing impaired people and their families within the Bexley borough. A hearing advisory service is available Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri. Please call to confirm times. Telephone equipment demonstration is by appointment only.
Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired
5 Victoria Park Road, Moordown, Bournemouth BH9 2RB
Contact name: Geraldine Bradley
Telephone Number: 01202 522184
Fax Number: 01202 519006
Activity centre with sensory loss shop. Provides equipment, information and advice.
Open Monday -Thursday 10:00 to 12:00.
Brighton & Hove Daily Living Centre
Brighton & Hove Daily Living Centre, Montague House, Montague Place, Brighton BN2 1JE
Telephone number: 01273 296132/3
Fax number: 01273 296144
Email: dlt@brighton-hove.gov.uk
To provide information on what daily living equipment is currently available with, an in-house Occupational Therapist and an equipment display for visitors to see and try out including mobility aids, communication aids, kitchen equipment, personal care products, beds, chairs and more.
Bromley - Deaf Access
Community House, South Street, Bromley, Kent BR1 1RH
Telephone: 020 8315 2550
Textphone: 020 8315 2552
SMS: 07732 449349
Email: information@deaf-access.co.uk
Website: http://www.deaf-access.co.uk/
The access centre maintains a permanent display of aids designed to provide support for people living with hearing impairment. Equipment demonstrations by appointment.
Bromley - Kent Association for the Blind
18 Blyth Road, Bromley, BR1 3RX.
Telephone: 020 8464 8406
Web: www.kab.org.uk
To provide service to visually impaired people to attain independence. Ring to advise of visit to ensure help available.
Canterbury - Kent Association for The Blind
51, London Road, Canterbury, Kent CT2 8LF
Telephone number: 01227 763366
Email: rehab.canterbury@kab.org.uk
Web: www.kab.org.uk
To provide service to visually impaired to attain independence. Ring to advise of visit to ensure help available.
Fetcham - Surrey Association for Visual Impairment
Rentwood Resource Centre, School Lane, Fetcham, Surrey KT22 9JX
Contact name: Andy Cook
Telephone number: 01372 77701 extn 212
To assist visually and hearing impaired people. By appointment only
Eastbourne - East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre
8 St Leonard's Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 3UH
Telephone number: 01323 722505
Website: www.eshrc.org.uk
Helping people with a hearing loss (deaf and hard of hearing) to achieve independence, equality and enhance communication techniques. The opening hours are: Drop in days Tuedays and Wednesdays, 10:00 to 16:00. Please call for an appointment for different days.
"East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre also offers a Deaf Outreach service. This is a full-length bus which visits rural areas throughout East Sussex on a regular basis. The
bus is equipped with assistive devices including doorbells with flahing lights, amplified telephones, smoke alarms etc. Please visit website for more information"
Eastbourne - East Sussex Disability Association Disabled Living Centre
1 Faraday Close, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22 9BH
Telephone number: 01323 514515
Textphone number: 18001 01323 514515
To help all disabled people in East Sussex achieve independence and control over their lives. Please call for an appointment, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 09:00 - 12:00 hrs.
Eastleigh - Open Sight
25 Church Road, Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, Hants SO50 6BL
Telephone number: 023 8064 6372
Email: info@opensight.org.uk
Web: www.opensight.org.uk
Open Sight is Hampshire's largest organisation working with people with sight loss. Open Sight provides a wide range of services for visually impaired people living in the county within core values promoting independence and quaility of life, through advise and informationservices, home visiting, low vision equipment assesments and providing equipment.
The Resource centre is open from 10.00am until 3.00pm Monday to Friday. Please call to confirm appointment.
Epsom - Disability Information Centre Epsom (DICE)
Epsom General Hospital, Dorking Road, Epsom KT18 7EG
Contact name: Pam Faulkes
Telephone number: 01372 735243
Enquiries welcomed on all aspects of disability from individuals, carers and professionals. Information available on all types of equipment, benefits and services. DICE offersan independent, confidential and free service. Please call for an appointment.
Farnborough - deafPLUS South
Centres in Aldershot and Farnborough (Hants.).
Telephone number: 01252 510051 (Aldershot)
Email: south@deafPLUS.org
Website: www.deafplus.org
Telephone number: 01252 313882 (Farnborough)
Email: south@deafPLUS.org
Website: www.deafplus.org
Providing advice and information on all aspects of hearing loss throughout Hampshire and Surrey. Mobile units which travel throughout Hampshire and Surrey. Schedule available upon request.
Haywards Heath - Action for Deafness
5a Hazelgrove Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3PH
Telephone number: 01444 415582
Textphone number: 01444 415593
Email: info@actionfordeafness.org.uk
Website: www.actionfordeafness.org.uk
Helping the Deaf, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing people of West Sussex. The opening hours are: Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00 hrs.
Audiology service available after GP referral, please ring for further details.
Herstmonceux - East Sussex Association for The Blind
West End, Herstmonceux, East Sussex BN27 4NH
Telephone number: 01323 832252
Email: info@eastsussexblind.org
Website: www.eastsussexblind.org
To provide information and support, building confidence and helping blind and visually impaired people to be less isolated and more independent. By appointment only.
Isle of Wight - RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf and hard of Hearing People)
17B River Way, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5UX.
Telephone: 01983 529533
Textphone: 01983 529998
Email: soundadvise.iow@rnid.org.uk
Web: www.rnid.org.uk
Information and advise in respect of Deaf/hard of hearing issues. Home assesments, outreach services and hearing aid support services.
Opening times: By appointment only. Please contact for appointment.
Maidstone - Kent Association for the Blind
72 College Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6SJ
Telephone number: 01622 691357
Website: www.kab.org.uk
Kent Association for the Blind aims to provide a quality service sensitive to the individual needs of those who are sight impaired, helping them
to attain the highest level of independence. Open Monday to Friday 09.00 - 17.00 hrs. Visitors can drop in anytime during these hours but an appointment
would be preferred.
Milton Keynes - Bucks Association for Blind and Partially Sighted People
Milton Keynes Resource Centre, The Farthing Enterprise Centre, 39 Farthing Grove, Netherfield, Milton Keynes, MK6 4JH
Telephone: 01908 395498
Web: www.bucksblind.co.uk
Opening hrs: Open every Tuesday, drop in from 0930 - 1600 hrs, no appointment necessary.
An extensive display of specialised equipment to help people with sight problems. Items can be ordered to buy. Links with many agencies that provide helpful services.
Oxford - Oxfordshire Association for the Blind
Bradbury lodge, Gordon Woodward Way, off Abingdon Road, Oxford OX1 4XL
Telephone number: 01865 725595
Fax number: 01865 725596
Email: information@oxeyes.org.uk
OAB advises on services and equipment that enable visually impaired persons to live independent lives. Open Monday - Friday 09.00 - 17.00 hrs
(please call to confirm appointment)
Sutton Association for the Blind
3 Robin Hood Lane, Sutton, Surrey SM1 2SW
Contact name: Vanessa Valentine
Telephone number: 020 8409 7166
Email:info@sab.gb.com
Web: http://www.sab.gb.com/
SAB is an independent charity established in 1965 to support and assit blind and partially sighted people resident in the London Borough of Sutton. By appointment only.
Worthing - Action for deafness
51 Rowlands Road, Worthing, BN11 3JN
Telephone & Fax number: 01903 217341
Email: worthing@actionfor deafness.org.uk
Website: www.actionfordeafness.org.uk
Helping the Deaf,deafened,deafblind and hard of hearing people of West Sussex. The opening hours are: Monday - Friday 09.00 - 5.00pm.
Worthing Society for The Blind
75 Richmond Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 4AQ
Telephone number: 01903 210737
Email: resource@wsftb.org.uk
Web: www.worthingsocietyfortheblind.co.uk
To assist wherever possible the vision impaired people of Worthing. Appointments preferred.
