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We are so proud that Tom McInulty is a Trustee at Southampton Sight.  Here he is talking to Meridian TV. Southampton Merchant Navy officer who went blind overnight 'thought his life was over' | ITV News Meridian

We here at Southampton Sight are always striving to help our members and the local V.I. community live as independent and fulfilling lives as possible. So, it is always welcome to hear when a company has gone that extra mile to provide the service and support needed...

Looking back over the past few years it’s fair to say Southampton Sight has found new ways and means to serve the local V.I. community. The old adage ‘with crisis comes’ opportunity’ has never rung so true. But likewise, ‘many hands make light work,’ and it is an...

Kate, Steve and Sue, visually impaired members of Southampton Sight, showed their kitchen skills to fellow Blind cook, Penny Melville-Brown, who won the international Holman prize run by San Francisco’s LightHouse for the Blind.  Penny is publishing the book with...

As we all wave goodbye to the short nights and frosty mornings of winter, we here at Southampton Sight are as keen as ever to help in whatever way we can.  Knowing we have changed a life is reward in itself, but when a member puts pen to paper to express their thanks...

Did you know that we sell second hand equipment? Have a look at our latest News Bulletin to see a list of what we currently have available. And give us a call on 023 8076 9882 if you are looking for a specific piece of equipment.  

Today, Andy Skinner from Sea City Museum visited our Monday Group and talked to them about Prehistoric and Roman Southampton.  Andy brought lots of artefacts for the group to handle.  One of our members commented "Listening to Andy talk about the history of...

When it comes to sight loss, dialogue can only get you so far.  No matter how eloquent the speaker, describing an everyday life with no everyday normal can be a frustrating and fruitless pursuit.  How best to illustrate the sight-loss experience to the sighted? So it...

Staff at ABP’s Port of Southampton have raised over £12,000 for its Charity of the Year, Southampton Sight. Based in Bassett, Southampton Sight offers a one-stop hub for people living with sight loss. This can include information and advice about equipment or visual...

Phew what a year....!  A few highs and a few lows is the only way to describe 2021.  It’s been like taking a road trip in an old banger - stopping for the odd lay-by picnic, but just as you’re getting up a bit of speed – another breakdown in some unfamiliar place and...

Southampton Sight was recently contacted by Penny Melville-Brown from Baking Blind  As we send Christmas greetings to everyone we know, here’s a little extra gift you might like to share: Baking Blind Christmas cook booklet The booklet celebrates the on-line cooking...

Each weekday from 6 to 21 December, 10 charities will win £1,000.  That’s £120,000 to 120 charities in 12 days!  All thanks to Ecclesiastical. The more nominations a charity receives, the greater the chance of them winning.  So make sure you tell your family, friends,...

I contacted the RNIB in mid-August about the appearance of new Touchscreen Card Readers in shops, which require customers to type in their PIN numbers on a touchscreen similar to a mobile phone’s but being black on a very bright screen and without any feedback as to...

At Southampton Sight we like to think we can be part of the solution.  We like to get involved and support businesses out there to be involved in these solutions to ensure people living with sight loss have a better experience ‘out and about’. Yesterday 3 members from...

Christina Rennie, our patron, and an ophthalmologist at Southampton University Hospital Trust recently ran the Southampton half marathon raising money for the Eye Unit and Southampton Sight to support the work we do for people living with sight loss.  Christina had...

by Stephen Boswell The following occurred because I am Visually Impaired: I have Retinitis Pigmentosa and am registered Blind.  Last Sunday I was walking down Bedford Place, in Southampton, to meet a friend for lunch in one of the cafés there.  On the way, I popped...

How do you know that what you do has an IMPACT?  When you get this sort of feedback you know and making a difference for the sight loss community is a winner in our book! It was wonderful being out and about again delivering sight loss awareness training at the...

While we can’t open our centre just yet, we can still make the best of what summer has to offer, so this week we sent out cream teas and strawberries as they are the quintessential summer treat.  One of our members certainly enjoyed hers! Good afternoon,  Just wanted...

We have been very busy at Southampton Sight this week delivering meals, chocolates, make your own easter egg kits and daffodils to our lovely members. Lovely to hear back from some of our members Happy Easter to you all! I wish to thank you very, very much for the...

We have been notified of a job opportunity for a Personal Assistant to support an 11-year-old young person with sight loss.  You would provide one-to-one support to enable them to go out once a week for 2-3 hours in the evening to a club or similar and for a full day...

As we cannot meet up with our children and young people, we thought that we would send them make your own pizza kits to bake at home instead.  Last Friday they received a special delivery from Peter in the Pan.  Each kit contained enough ingredients to make two...

Valentine's Day is still on the calendar even though we can’t get together with our Children’s Group.  So instead we sent out Valentine's craft packs with lots of tactile activities for the children to try out.  Today we were delighted to receive a beautiful card from...

Our centre is currently closed however we are still available on the telephone or email Please contact us if you need help with shopping, prescription collection, sight loss equipment or if you would just like a chat.  We would love to hear from you. Telephone: 023...

The Staff and Trustees at Southampton Sight would like to wish all our Members, Supporters and Volunteers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  The office is now closed and will reopen on Monday 4th January.

Congratulations to the winners of our Christmas raffle:   1st Prize £250 Ticket Number 3089 Brian Johnston   2nd Prize £100 Ticket Number 423 Kenneth Colborn   3rd Prize £50 Ticket Number 5192 Sharon Williams...

Southampton Sight was formed in 1899 to serve people living with sight loss and we are so proud to still be ‘relevant’ for our members 121 years later so getting this Christmas card from one of our members this morning was the icing on the cake. ‘Christmas Greetings...

We know it is going to be a quiet Christmas this year but we had a surprise for our members.  Recently we asked our children’s groups to design a Christmas card that we could send out to our membership.  The winning design was drawn by Mylie Dudley-Ward (aged 10...

We love to eat at Southampton Sight – I don’t know if anyone has noticed so we challenged our children and young people to decorate some cupcakes in Saints colours and we have a winner ….. Well done Josie and thanks to everyone who took part. Photos below of decorated...