Good News!! Richard Bowie (AKA Ziggy) is running the New York Marathon for us!! Richard Bowie (answers to the name Ziggy) is running the New York Marathon on Sunday 2nd November and would like to donate any proceeds from sponsorship he receives from friends and family, to Sight Cymru. Richard says “This is something which […]
September 2014
Snowdrop Appeal – Celebrating 150 years of our Charity Press Release To help celebrate the organisation’s 150th Anniversary year of providing services to people who have lost or are losing their sight, we are planning to 2015 start with a swathe of snow-drops, welcoming in our Birthday year. Snow-drops are a welcome light during those […]
Sight Cymru Uniform
Sight Cymru are always looking to continually provide the highest levels of care and support for all individuals suffering from varying levels of sight loss as well as offering the best working environment for all our dedicated staff and volunteers. As such, we recently had the opportunity to put together a new uniform for our […]
Sight Cymru operates a food Co-Op (starting in September)
What is a food Co-Op? A food co-op is a fun way to buy your fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as being good value, healthy and sustainable. It’s an affordable alternative to the supermarkets and money spent though a food co-op is re-invested into the local community, plus there is less waste, less packaging […]
Sight Cymru have recently delivered two HUGELY successful conferences.
Our Wales and West Vision Conference 2014 was held in Cardiff at the end of June with incredible speakers again this year, and we have also just delivered our first ever service user conference – i-Sight in Abergavenny. We would like to thank all the speakers publicly for their fantastic contributions which have made both […]
March 2014: Telephone Befriending Service – 10 Years Old
It is now 10 years since we started our telephone befriending service from our Resource Centre in Pontypool. With the help of our staff and our fabulous volunteers we have helped and supported dozens of people who are isolated by their eye condition. The Ring-Around service provides a vital support link to the outside world […]
Cats Eyes Project- First Successful Adoption!
We’re very excited and pleased to report our first successful Cats Eyes adoption. Rosie has settled beautifully into her new home. Cats Eyes is a new project which aims to match people with sight loss, who want companionship, with a suitable animal. The project is still in the pilot stage but following this success story […]
MEC Health Fair Success – thanks to Sight Cymru Staff!
An amazing job was done by a very small team at the 2014 Minority Ethnic Communities’ Health Fair. There were more people through the door than in previous years, probably nearer 400 than 300, which given that it is such a diverse group is a phenomenal achievement. People were heard to say how fantastic it […]
December 2013 News
Asda Bag Packing Fundraiser We held ANOTHER successful fundraiser on Friday December 2nd at Asda Cwmbran which raised £329.73. Thank you to all the volunteers and staff who helped on the day – everyone who took part really enjoyed the event. There was a sea of yellow Sight Cymru T-Shirts as far as you could […]
November 2013 News
Remember! Remember! the 5th of November!! Well we certaily will!! Members of Abergavenny Round Table have been very generous in presenting a further £600 to our charity. Sian Williams (one of our Trustees) received the cheque on behalf of Sight Cymru. They also allowed us to do a bucket collection amongst the crowd at their […]