VI Useful Resources
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A local organisation with regular activities for young people who have a visual impairment. |
| Blind Children UK | National organisation providing activities and books and advice. |
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Growing library of school textbooks – students can have access to a personalised collection of electronic books – membership through school. |
| Seeing Ear | Growing library of fiction and school textbooks – students and families join in their own right. |
| Calibre | Audio books to download or have delivered on a memory stick, for a modest one-off fee. |
| RNIB | Services and shop for people who have a visual impairment. Free access to libraries of books in Braille, giant print and audio on their website. |
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Grants for families with a child who is disabled or seriously ill. |
| Victa | Grants and activities for children who have a visual impairment. |
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Helpline for people who have a visual impairment. |
| Fashioneyesta | Webpage and blog by student Emily Davison, who has a visual impairment. Focus on fashion, also lots of articles about living with a visual impairment. |