| So How Can Your Legacy Help
Legacies are crucial to our development of services to meet the needs of blind and visually impaired children and adults in Highland. We are very grateful for the generosity of donors who help us meet these needs and provide an improved quality of life and increased independence. However the value of a donation is increased when people leave us a vital legacy in their Will as this helps us plan for the future.
Your legacy can help us:
- provide much needed information and support to people and families when they are first diagnosed with visual impairment
- provide family fun days when children can come together to learn and play whilst parents have an opportunity to meet others and share some of their concerns and anxieties as well as providing positive examples of what can be achieved
- provide opportunities for young people to come together and learn new skills, including socializing, to ensure their full social inclusion in their own community
- provide a toy library where very specialized toys are available to parents and to local nurseries and pre-school playgroups where a young visually impaired child is attending; we also provide awareness training for staff
- provide a range of sporting and leisure activities for young people
- provide a resource centre which stocks a wide range of specially adapted aids and equipment to assist people perform every day tasks as well as carrying a range of information in a variety of formats, e.g. braille, large print and tape
- provide a range of rehabilitation training skills to maintain and enhance independence and safety, e.g. mobility - getting about safely, undertaking tasks in the kitchen and throughout the home, communication skills such as handwriting or learning some form of embossed type such as braille or moon and personal skills
- provide computer training skills to those who are seeking employment or to older people who want to remain independent whilst keeping in touch with families; a computer is a useful way of keeping a diary, writing a letter, making out a shopping line, etc.
- provide more expensive equipment for those unable to afford it, e.g. a family where the parent(s) are visually impaired and want to be able to support and help their child with homework we have provided a CCTV (closed circuit television) to allow them to read the work together, or provide a computer with additional software where this will make a real difference to an individual
- provide leisure opportunities and outings for older blind and visually impaired people to help overcome isolation and mix with others who are experiencing the same difficulties
- provide a tape library service
Help us create a better future for blind and visually impaired children and adults in the Highlands – consider a legacy today.
Thank you.
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