EVENTS
Social Clubs
Vision Bath runs three social clubs, one in Camerton, one in Keynsham, and one at our Green Park Station offices in Bath. Each club meets once a month (except for August and January). Transport can be arranged for those who are unable to make their own way to the clubs, usually in community minibuses with tail lifts for wheelchairs, and with volunteer drivers and volunteer escorts.
The Camerton Club meets on the first Thursday of each month, the Bath Monday Club meets on the first Monday of each month, and the Keynsham Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month. All the clubs run from 2.15pm to 4.15pm.
Please click on the link below for more information on the dates and entertainment programme for the next social clubs.
Social Club Programmes
Macular Support Group
A branch of the Macular Society meets in Vision Bath's meeting room at Green Park Station in Bath from 10.30a.m. to 11.30a.m. on the third Monday of each month. This is an informal get-together with tea, coffee and biscuits, and provides an opportunity for people to meet up and share information and details of new products. Equipment suppliers are sometimes invited to give demonstrations.
New members are always very welcome. For more information,
please contact Tom Clarke, the Chairman, on 01225 314344, or just turn
up on the day. The dates of the 2008 meetings are:
Monday, 18th February
Monday, 17th March
Monday, 21st April
Monday, 19th May
Monday, 16th June
Monday, 21st July
Monday,
18th August
Monday, 15th September
Monday, 20th October
Monday, 17th November
Monday, 15th December
Bath Blind Bowls Association
Vision Bath supports the Bath Blind Bowls Association, which meets on Fridays from 2.00 to 4.00pm. The group meets at Bath Leisure Centre in the winter, and at Bloomfield Bowls Club in Wellsway, Bath, in the summer. For more information, contact Colin Moore on
01761 415 326.
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Training Days
Vision Bath runs a programme of half-day training sessions for its volunteers. (The training sessions are also open to those who are not Vision Bath volunteers for a registration fee. Please call 01225 446555 for more details.) There are four topics: visual awareness, manual handling, befriending, and first aid in the office and at social clubs.
Visual awareness:
This includes information on how the eye works and the commonest eye conditions. There is also the chance to try special spectacles which simulate various eye conditions, and to practise how to guide someone with a visual impairment. At the end of the session you can look around the Resource Centre to see the kind of aids and equipment we have in stock.
Manual handling:
This session includes information on the basic principles of manual handling, the mechanics of the back, the do’s and don’ts of assisting people in and out of cars and wheelchairs, and risk assessment.
Befriending:
This training session covers listening skills, issues of confidentiality, identifying needs and offering experiences (at home and outside home) which expand the lifestyle of the member, tele-befriending (maintaining contact through regular phone calls), and the kinds of tasks suitable for a befriender to undertake.
First aid in the office and at social clubs:
This session covers signs and symptoms of injuries and medical conditions, and how to cope with these situations using basic first aid techniques until medical help arrives. There is also practice with putting someone into a recovery position, and assisting someone who has fallen out of a wheelchair, or helping someone into a vehicle. This training is especially useful for those helping out at the social clubs.
Please contact the Vision Bath office for dates of the next training sessions.
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