Sight ED
Set up in November 2010, Sight ED offers organisations the opportunity to consider how effectively they support people with sight loss. Sight ED is a Social Enterprise. It is 100% owned by Sight Support Derbyshire, and all of the profits that it makes are donated to the charity.
Sight ED have developed a partnership with Richard Shakespeare Consultancy. As part of this partnership, we have developed a new "Committed to Equality" accreditation logo - this will be something that all trained companies who demonstrate a the ability to deliver the best service and embrace equality will receive to promote their commitment to supporting people with disabilities.
How can Sight ED support you?
Whether you are reading this now within a school, a private business, a doctor’s surgery or eye clinic, there is a need to consider how effectively to support people with sight loss. Sight ED offers:
Visual Awareness Training
This will give your staff the skills, knowledge and confidence to be able to offer quality support. The 3-hour training course can be delivered within your premises and is designed to give your staff guidance to support someone with a visual impairment. The course covers:
- Effective communication techniques
- Recognising people with sight loss, including the equipment they use
- Learning about what visual impairment means – what are the types of sight loss?
- Challenging perceptions of sight loss
- Learning how to safely guide visually impaired people.
To ensure everyone else knows your commitment to supporting people with sight loss you will receive an accreditation. Your organisation will become an Approved Provider for Sight Support Derbyshire. We will give you:
- A Committed to Equality logo, to be used wherever you wish.
- A certificate to display.
- A listing within the Bulletin, with a distribution of 22,000 per year.
- A listing on 3 websites - Sight Support Derbyshire, Sight ED and Richard Shakespeare Consultancy.
- PR support.
Transcription services
Sight ED can support you to offer your information in different formats, such as Braille, Audio or Large Print
Access Audits
Sight ED can support you to review whether your premises are accessible to people with sight loss. You will be given a simple report, highlighting the improvements or changes we would recommend.
If you would like to find out more about how Sight ED can support you, please contact 01332 287 007, or email alan.mcconville@sighted.org.uk
VI and Disability Joint Training Package
Sight ED currently works alongside Richard Shakespeare Disability Consultancy to offer a joint training package, offering guidance on how to support ALL disabilities. We offer a 1-day and half day packages:
Disability and Visual Impairment Awareness Training
(1 Day Course)
In order to ensure that your staff comply with Equality Legislation and are able to develop the skills and the confidence to support people with disabilities, we can offer a choice of training sessions.
1 Day Course
a) SightED Visual Awareness Training (3 Hours), covering:
- Effective communication techniques
- Recognising people with sight loss, including the equipment they use
- Learning about what visual impairment means – what are the types of sight loss?
- Challenging perceptions of sight loss
- Learning how to safely guide visually impaired people.
b) Disability Awareness Training (3 Hours), covering:
- Why is disability awareness important?
- Enhancing the customer experience
- What is it like to live with a disability?
- Perceptions and how these can be wrong
- How to gain a competitive advantage by being fully inclusive.
We can provide a location for the training courses to be run or we can come to your venue. Courses are bespoke built following an initial consultation with each client.
Our aim is to provide you with the course that is best going to suit the needs of your organisation.
Disability and Visual Impairment Awareness Training
(Half Day Course)
We know that many businesses prefer short courses with a real impact, Richard Shakespeare and Sight ED have devised a special half day programme which may suit your requirements.
Half Day Course
a) Visual Awareness Training (1.5 hours), covering:
- Effective communication techniques
- Learning about what visual impairment means – what are the types of sight loss?
- Learning how to safely guide Visually Impaired people.
b) Richard Shakespeare Disability Awareness Training (1.5 Hours), covering:
- What does a disability mean?
- Common misconceptions about disability
- Living with and dealing with the challenges of being a disabled person.
We can provide a location for the training courses to be run or we can come to your venue. Courses are bespoke built following an initial consultation with each client.
Our aim is to provide you with the course that is best going to suit the needs of your organisation.
Open Training session
Designed for individuals and small businesses (under 10 employees), the Open training courses enable you to consider how you support customers with sight loss. For just £99 + VAT you can attend a session, at the DD Enterprise Centre on Pride Park. The course covers:
- Effective communication techniques
- Recognising people with sight loss, including the equipment they use
- Learning about what visual impairment means – what are the types of sight loss?
- Challenging perceptions of sight loss
- Learning how to safely guide visually impaired people.
To ensure everyone else knows your commitment to supporting people with sight loss you will receive an accreditation. Your organisation will become an Approved Provider for Sight Support Derbyshire. We will give you:
- A Committed to Equality logo, to be used wherever you wish.
- A certificate to display.
- A listing within the Bulletin, with a distribution of 22,000 per year.
- A listing on 3 websites - Sight Support Derbyshire, Sight ED and Richard Shakespeare Consultancy.
- PR support.
To find out how you could get the Commited to Equality accreditation for your business or for more information on courses and training please contact 01332 287 007 or email alan.mcconville@sighted.org.uk
Other formats
If you would like this information in any other format or language including large print, audio transcription or Braille please contact us.
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