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RNIB NI Services Roadshow to Health Trusts

RNIB NI Services Roadshow to Health Trusts. Agenda. Overview/Presentations Health & Social Care Health Trust presentation Specialist Services Business Development Accessible Media Guide Dogs presentation Discussion & Close. RNIB NI Mission.

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RNIB NI Services Roadshow to Health Trusts

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  1. RNIB NI Services Roadshow to Health Trusts

  2. Agenda • Overview/Presentations • Health & Social Care • Health Trust presentation • Specialist Services • Business Development • Accessible Media • Guide Dogs presentation • Discussion & Close

  3. RNIB NI Mission 'For Northern Ireland to be the best place in the world for blind and partially sighted people to live'

  4. Context • 52,000 people living with sight loss in NI • 17 services • £3 Million spend in NI • 7 bases (Belfast x 2, Coleraine, Omagh, Londonderry, Lisburn, Share Centre) • Fundraising/Volunteering/Transcriptionreport to Head Office • 80 staff • 277 volunteers

  5. Organisational Structure + Fundraising & Accessible Media

  6. The Vision Strategy NI • Strategic aims of the UK Vision Strategy:- Prevention of avoidable sight loss- Supporting Independent Living- Creating an Inclusive Society • 7 NI Government Departments (DE, DEL, DHSSPS, DCAL, DSD, DRD, OFMDFM) • Full Ministerial support

  7. The Vision Strategy NI (cont'd) • Vision Strategy Implementation Group (Senior Civil Servants) • 6 Priority Action Groups (PAGs) • All Party Assembly Group on Visual Impairment • Currently in Year 3

  8. Priority Actions 1. Ending Preventable Sight Loss 2. Accessible Information 3. Equal Educational Attainment 4. Maximising Employment 5. Maximising Independence 6. Ending Exclusion

  9. Key Vision Strategy Successes to Date • Wet AMD Treatment Success • Accessible Elections • Central Education Resource • 40 blind and partially sighted people into work • Universal ECLO • React Navigation System in Lisburn, Belfast & Share Centre, Lisnaskea

  10. Any questions?

  11. Health & Social Care

  12. Services • ECLO - Eye Care Liaison Service • CVC - Community Vision Coordinators • Activity Programmes - 3 locations ( Belfast / Coleraine / Omagh ) • Community Access Service • VAT - Visual Awareness Training • Promotion of Eye Health /Prevention of sight loss

  13. ECLO (3000 patients per year) • Provides interface between hospital sector /sensory support/ community • Helps patients understand eye conditions and their effects • Provides emotional support • Ensures understanding of medication compliance • Refer/signpost on to relevant services

  14. CVC and Activity Service • Work in partnership with sensory support staff in the delivery of reablement services, to improve an individuals quality of life • Deliver individual and group support • Promote independence and peer support through confidence building • Encourage full participation in society • Facilitate social peer mentoring groups

  15. Visual Awareness Training • All staff in Health & Social Care team trained to deliver Visual Awareness Training • All training co-delivered with someone living with sight loss • Vital to success of ECLO service in hospital setting and community optomotrists • Training about to be OCN accredited

  16. Eye Health/Prevention • All staff actively promote eye health/prevention message • Work in partnership with other agencies - in particular long term health conditions to promote eye health and prevention of sight loss - for example, diabetes, stroke • Current Community Engagement Project running in West Belfast Link to ECLO DVD

  17. Any questions?

  18. Specialist Services

  19. RNIB NI Specialist Services • Children and Youth Service • Campaigns and Benefits Service • Technology and Employment Service

  20. Children & Youth Service • The RNIB Children & Youth Service provides support for children and young people (0-25 years old) and their families • Support includes:- Signposting and advice- Family Activities- Projects

  21. Projects • Family Support Services (Northern Trust area & Wraparound Project, Southern Trust) • RNIB Youth Service/Eye Matter • Share Centre Chalet • Eye Wise (Programme for Schools) • Education Pilot Project

  22. Family Support Service (Northern & Southern HSCT areas) • Parent Education & Support • Activity Days, Family weekends • Signposting, Advocacy & Advice • Work in partnership with Health and Education Services • Projects in partnership with Angel Eyes NI

  23. Youth Service/Eye Matter • For young people (11-25 years old) • Confidence building, Activities & Residentials • Training e.g. OCN2 Youth Work, Duke of Edinburgh Award, ICT, Employment • Saturday Football Club for blind and partially sighted children and young people • Partner on Hub Youth Inclusion Project with Mencap & NIDYA

  24. Share Centre Chalet • Available for Blind and Partially Sighted people to rent at a reduced rate • Newly refurbished • Sleeps up to 14 people • Activities at Share include: • Water Sports • Boat Trips & Orienteering • Indoor and Out Door Climbing Walls Art/Pottery/T-Shirt Making Add Youth Service footage

  25. Eye Wise (Programme for Schools) • Eye Health and Basic Visual awareness Training for school children • Practical • By request for schools and youth groups

  26. Education Pilot Project Loan Library for Vision Support Teachers • ‘Try Before you Buy’ • Equipment Includes CCTV Magnifiers • Daisy Players, ZoomText, JAWS Training & Information Days • Technology Training for Vision Support Teachers • Parents Information Days - ICT, Mobility & Life Skills & Transitions/Employment • Guide Dogs Assoc. & RNIB Partnership

  27. Any questions?

  28. Campaigns & Benefits Service

  29. Benefits Service • Combines intimate knowledge of benefits system with understanding of visual impairment • Full checks or specific enquiries • Telephone or face to face • £1.5m for clients each year • Available to any blind or partially sighted person or their carer in NI • No external funding • Currently internal referrals only

  30. RNIB Benefits Service Case Study • Client is referred to Benefits Service by one of our Community Vision Co-ordinators • Entitlement check indicates eligibility for additional benefits, which we help her apply for • Result: increase in income; also full Housing Benefit award and so no more rates to pay • As the client was awarded Pension Credit we applied for a Community Care Grant and again she was successful • She was able to purchase her first new bed in 37 years and also a new washing machine

  31. Campaigning for Change • Through Vision Strategy Action Groups • Through Supporter Events • EVERYONE CAN CAMPAIGN: FROM STORMONT TO LOCAL HIGH STREET!!

  32. Stormont Pledge Event

  33. Lisburn in Focus • 5 year, Lottery funded • Lisburn Council Area to be Model of Excellence • Home Security • Visual Awareness Training • Accessible Information Training • Inclusive Social and Cultural Events • Navigational Infrastructure

  34. Lisburn in Focus

  35. Any questions?

  36. Technology & Employment Service

  37. Technology & Employment Service Our aim is to help blind and partially sighted people: • to become more employable • to find jobs - who are already in employment, to keep their jobs

  38. Technology & Employment Service Becoming more employable • Training to use access technology needed in the workplace • Gaining accredited qualifications (eg ECDL & CLAIT) • Work placement Finding a job • Career guidance • Designing a CV and filling in application forms • Interview preparation • Job searching Keeping a job • Employment assessment • Technology assessment and onsite/offsite training • Workplace mentoring Eyematter DVD - link

  39. Technology & Employment Service Meet Paul Gracey! • Prior to RNIB involvement • Through assistance from Technology and Employment

  40. Any questions?

  41. Sensory Engagement Programme

  42. Sensory Engagement Project (SEP) SEP is a new cross-border project with two strands: 1. Active Citizens - providing IT and confidence building training to people with sight and hearing loss 2. Models of Excellence - working with libraries, colleges and banks to ensure their services are accessible to people with sight and/or hearing loss Funded through the EU’s INTERREG IVA Programme, managed by the SEUPB

  43. Who's involved? • The project is a partnership between four organisations: - RNIB (lead partner) - RNID- NCBI- DeafHear • The focus is on cross border areas and Greater Belfast is not included

  44. Any questions?

  45. Special Projects

  46. Special Projects • A Sense of The Past: A Social History of Blindness in NI - Book, Talking Book, Exhibitions • Audio Description in Sport - Soccer Sight established. Plans for GAA, Rugby and Ice Hockey • International Projects - Christian Blind Mission - planned prevention and sight saving project in Asia/Africa • Gambia Education Project

  47. Gambia Education Project • £400K Project over 3 years, to integrate VI children into mainstream education • Partners RNIB NI, GOVI, Children in Crossfire, Gambian Education Department

  48. Gambia Project - RNIB NI's Role • Setting up Technology Education Centre in GOVI School for the Blind • Training Gambian Teachers and Resource Centre staff in NI • VIVID Programme - young VI people to do 3 month volunteer work placements in Gambia Footage from Gambia - INSERT LINK

  49. Any questions?

  50. Business Development

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