As a leading sight loss charity, we will often come into contact with other organisations, companies and groups, which offer services, products, support and information. We believe they could be of interest to you. It can be a good way to find out further information and about other opportunities, which may be available.

Please find a list of useful links below:

Other local organisations (by area) supporting those with sight loss: 

Cambridge www.camsight.org.uk

Norfolk www.nnab.org.uk

Southend In Sight https://southendinsight.org.uk/

Essex www.essexsight.org.uk  

Sensing Change (was Suffolk Social Services) www.sensingchange.org.uk/

Local hospitals with eye clinics

West Suffolk Hospital 

www.wsh.nhs.uk/Services-A-Z/Ophthalmology/Ophthalmology.aspx

Addenbrooke's Hospital 

https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/our-services/opthalmology/

Ipswich Hospital 

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/service/eye-department/

Eye Health and Conditions

The Eyecare Trust - an independent source of information on all eye-related issues including a wealth of information on specific eye conditions. http://www.eyecaretrust.org.uk/index.php

Moorfields Eye Hospital - the major eye hospital in the UK. Details of a variety of eye conditions and possible treatments. https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/

A-Z of Eye Conditions (RNIB) https://www.rnib.org.uk/your-eyes/eye-conditions-az/

Nystagmus Network https://nystagmusnetwork.org/

Retinopathy - Diabetes UK (important information for all diabetics) https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/complications/retinopathy

Esme's Umbrella - Charles Bonnet Syndrome https://charlesbonnetsyndrome.uk/

National Sight Loss Organisations

RNIB  www.rnib.org.uk

Guide Dogs for the Blind www.guidedogs.org.uk

The Macular Society  www.macularsociety.org

Royal Society for Blind Children  www.rsbc.org.uk

The Deaf Blind Association  https://deafblind.org.uk 

Glaucoma UK https://glaucoma.uk/

Armed Forces Organisations

Blind Veterans  www.blindveterans.org.uk

Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Families Association (SSAFA) www.ssafa.org.uk

The British Legion  www.britishlegion.org.uk

Other Organisations

The Stroke Association www.stroke.org.uk

Age UK www.ageuk.org.uk

Suffolk Constabulary www.suffolk.police.uk

AccessAble  https://www.accessable.co.uk/

Suffolk On Board (Suffolk passenger transport) www.suffolkonboard.com

Educational

Royal National College for the Blind www.rnc.ac.uk

Media and Talking Book Services

Newstalk - Bury St Edmunds:  www.stedmundsburynewstalk.org.uk  

Sound On - Ipswich & District Talking Newspaper  Tel: 01473 610437  

Newstalk - Sudbury Talking Newspaper  Tel: 01787 468535 www.sudburynewstalk.co.uk

Sound East - Lowestoft & District Talking News  Tel: 01502 539656  www.soundeast.org

Three Rivers - Beccles & Bungay Tel: 01508 518723  www.3rtn.org.uk

Waveney Words - Talking Newspaper Tel: 01379 608774 or 0330 22 33 452  https://www.waveneywords.org/

Calibre Audio Library https://www.calibreaudio.org.uk/

RNIB Newsagent (formerly National Talking Newspapers) www.rnib.org.uk/newsagent

Infosound https://infosound.org.uk/

Please feel free to email us with suggestions for sites you think useful enough to be added to this list. If a link is broken please let us know and we will do our best to fix it.

Suffolk Sight is not responsible for the content of external websites, nor any accessibility issues that may be present on those websites.