Hampshire Advocacy
User Group for Blind &
Partially Sighted people
Charity No.: 1064730
Newsletter No. 21 December 2006
Website: www.hants.org.uk/hampshireadvocacy
With this newsletter you will receive a copy of our DVD Insight into Coping with Sight Loss, which we,HAUGBPS, produced last year.
Even if you cannot see it, yourself, relatives or friends may be happy to
watch it & explain it to you. You may wish to take it along to your
club for others to view or pass it on to any organisation which does staff awareness training.
Such actions will help us all to get a better understanding from others as to what support blind people need.
The DVD Video "Insight into Coping with Sight Loss" was produced by Hampshire Advocacy User Group For the Blind & Partially Sighted and can now also be viewed by your Family members and friends if they have Broa dband Internet.
If they go to Google Video search engine and type "sight loss" they
will find it or they can type in the dressad
http://tinyurl.com/yhIauy
in their Browsers address bar.
For the visually impaired the narration closely follows the screen
content and there is a forward by Peter White, the BBC's blind Broadcaster.
CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
HAUGBPS have reason to
celebrate 2006.
We marked the tenth anniversary of being registered as a charity by arranging for one of our members to sail on the tall ship TENACIOUS
In addition, we saw the completion of the trainingof an in home' computer course trainer and have to thank the many companies and individuals who donated funds to the expensive training course undertaken so successfully by Elizabeth- a big thank you to them all. As you may be aware, we do not receive any funding from government bodies. We raise our money by our own efforts. This maintains our independence and ensures that we can do things that are outside the remit of some other charities.
In 2007 we hope to extend our`in home' IT training programme. Acquiring the funding is a major time consuming task but we will you informed of progress.
The committee send you their best wishes for an enjoyable festive season.
Presenter's Eyes Help others To See
Corneas from the late Richard Whiteley, host of Channel 4's Countdown, have helped restore the eyesight of two people.
His long-term partner Kathryn Apanowicz approved the donation of the 61 year-old's corneas after his death following heart surgery last year
She told the BBC: "I fully support donations. Richard felt the same way."
Talking Newspapers etc.,
Did you Know TNAUK now provides national newspapers and magazines (more than 230 titles) in a variety of accessible formats, not only audio tape & CD, but also computer disk, e-mail, internet download and CD-ROM. They also now provide a DAISY service. Titles include all the daily and weekend papers and a large percentage of the most popular magazines and periodicals, including Private Eye.
For more information contact
TNAUK.
By telephone: 01435 866102.
By fax: 01435 865422.
By email: info@tnauk.org.uk.