We offer training courses and awareness training to help people understand how a visual impairment can impact day-to-day life.
Our visual impairment awareness training sessions give participants the knowledge and confidence to offer effective assistance to those with visual impairments. All our sessions are provided by people with lived experience of sight loss.
We have provided awareness training to many organisations such as, the NHS, Town & Parish Councils, large care providers, and small voluntary sector groups across Oxfordshire. We have received some brilliant feedback about how the training has helped them.
“We all brought something away from this and will probably be talking about it for some time to come.”
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Visual impairment Awareness Training Workshops
Workshops are tailored to individual requirements but often include:
- insight into how different eye conditions may impact on people’s everyday lives
- practical tips on assisting someone with a visual impairment and helping them be as independent as possible
- a practical introduction to sighted guiding
- demonstrations of some adaptations, equipment and daily living aids that facilitate independence
We offer practical workshops with a mixture of information and activities to take part in. The sessions can take place at your premises, in which case your own work environment can be incorporated into the sessions, or at our Resource Centre in Oxford.
Webinars
If you are unable to attend a face-to-face session a webinar may be more suitable. This is a great opportunity to get an introduction to visual impairment. Our webinars cover a wide variety of topics and showcase the stories and experiences of people with lived experience of visual impairment.
Visual Impairment Awareness and Sighted Guiding
This interactive session aims to engage participants in learning how they can best support visually impaired people in the community.
Expect to learn:
- What is Visual Impairment.
- How visual impairment affects those living with it.
- Adaptations that can be make to assist visually impaired people.
- How to guide someone living with vision loss
Time: 2 Hours.
Cost: £360/ £300 for charities.
Digital Inclusion
This interactive session is designed to inform participants about the features and challenges of including blind and visually impaired people in digital environments.
Expect to learn:
- What is Digital Inclusion and why ir matters
- How Blind and Visually Impaired People access digital environments
- How screen readers work
- What Alt-Text and Audio Description are
- How to create accessible documents
- Guidelines on accessible branding
- How you can include Blind and Visually Impaired People in your digital communications
Time: 1 hour.
Price: £200 – £250.
Can be delivered in person or online.
Emotional Impact of Disability Training
Living with disability presents more than physical challenges in day-to-day life, it can also affect our mental health. Phoebe and Nathan have put this workshop together from their reflections on living with life changing disability.
Expect to learn:
- How living with disability affects mental health
- How the public can affect the experiences of people livening with disability
- Tips on supporting the mental health of those living with disability
- How to get it right/ wrong
Time: 1 Hour.
Cost: £240/ £200 for charities.
Physical Disability Awareness Training
Working with our partner Phoebe Gibbons, Founder at 3DOM and Inclusion, we can offer Physical Disability Awareness Training through the lens of real, lived experience. This session has been created to support organisations and businesses on their journey to becoming truly inclusive of those who are physically disabled.
Expect to Learn:
- What is Physical Disability
- How living with Physical Disability affects people
- Adaptations and workarounds for daily tasks
Time: 90 Minutes.
Cost: £300/ £250 for charities.
Visual Impairment Awareness Training for Schools
Testimonials
“Thank you for a really great session this morning. It was so insightful and really made me think about how the museums and myself personally can be better allies, help reduce that added “mental load” that comes with living with a disability. Definitely training that should be made mandatory for every member of staff at the University!”
Susan
University of Oxford
“It was profoundly helpful for all of us and I know that we all came away from the session with a much greater understanding of how to live alongside and work with people with vision impairment, on any level. “
Stuart
Oxford Opera
Packages and Pricing
| Type of training | Charity Price | Non-charity price |
| Full Day of Disability Awareness training. Visual Impairment Awareness, Physical Disability Awareness, Emotional Impact of Disability Workshop (6 Hours) | £750 | £800 |
| Half Day Visual Impairment Awareness, sighted guiding, and Digital Inclusion Workshop (3.5 hours) | £450 | £500 |
| Visual impairment awareness training and introduction to sighted guiding. (2 hours) | £300 | £360 |
If you would like more information or to book a training session, please phone 01865 725 595 or email info@MyVision.org.uk.
