Social activities for the visually impaired (360G-SomersetCF-A411997)
Funding Organization
£500
Recipient Organization
Social activities for the visually impaired
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 500 |
| Amount Awarded | 500 |
| Award Date | 2016-06-24T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E01029137 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Sedgemoor 012B |
| Grant Programme: Code | June 2016 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Grants to Groups |
| Impact Category | Promote reduction of isolation and disadvantage and access to local services |
| Last Modified | 2017-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 15 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2017-12-13T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2016-09-14T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary age group | Seniors (65+) |
| Primary beneficiary | People with multiple disabilities |
| Primary ethnicity | White British |
| Primary issue | Health, wellbeing and serious illness |
| Recipient Org: Description | The Club meets for nine Wednesday afternoons throughout the year. The aim is to provide social contact and activities as well as an opportunity to find mutual support from other people with a visual disability. The club currently has 16 members with an average of 13 attending at each meeting. The current members are mainly older people, we have one member who will be 100 in November, and several are 90 +. Although age is not a criterion for membership, some of our members have been coming for over 20 years. We have also had new members after they have been first registered partially sighted who have found it helpful to meet people who have been through the process, this appears to have helped them to become more positive about their diagnosis. Transport is provided if required, usually by Taxi as most members have other physical disabilities, and several need walking aids. The committee and volunteers donate tea and cake, except for twice a year when we have a strawberry tea in June and a Christmas party. During the other months we have some entertainment, often someone providing music or a speaker usually on a voluntary basis, a quiz , poetry or reminiscence afternoon, it has to be someone without visual aids because of the member’s disabilities. Although there are only 9 meeting the “buzz” and chat that goes on when they meet appears to show that they value the event and encourages the committee to keep the club going as long as there are sufficient members attending. |