Do you want to find groups and support in the community that might help you improve your health and wellbeing? You can find lots of local support from charities to social groups in the Arc Bucks PCN Directory.
Our Marlow Group meets in the Pugin Rooms, St Peters Church on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 2.00 to 4.00pm.
The group is run by a fantastic team of volunteers who can arrange transport to get you to the venue.
The group offers a chance for you to chat with others also experiencing sight loss.
Please contact Bucks vision to join to complete an assessment form for a referral to the group.
MedicAlert is the UK’s only charity medical ID services provider. We provide access to our members’ vital medical information in an emergency, to ensure they receive fast and appropriate care based on their medical requirements. The peace of mind of wearing a MedicAlert ID can support the confidence to be more physically and socially active, and to remain as independent as possible. This supports improved physical and mental health.
Be My Eyes is a free mobile app with one main goal: to make the world more accessible for blind and low-vision people. The app connects blind and low-vision individuals with sighted volunteers and companies from all over the world through a live video call, volunteers sign onto Be My Eyes to lend their sight to blind and low-vision individuals to tackle challenges and solve problems together.
Wycombe Talking Newspaper has been bringing local news to visually impaired people for 40 years since it was founded in 1984. Now it is adopting a new title, South Bucks Talking News, as its listeners are now to be found all across the southern part of Buckinghamshire.
The charity’s volunteers record weekly news articles from the Bucks Free Press and other articles from local journals for distribution across southern Buckinghamshire. Tailored for those with visual impairment or other conditions preventing them from reading, the recordings are sent out to listeners via small USB message sticks in re-usable plastic envelopes so they can keep up to date with local news and activities.
A local charity helping people with sight loss across bucks and providing a wide range of services delivered by volunteers. services include practical courses, social and sport activities, home support and eye clinics.
BISS is commissioned by Buckinghamshire Council and provides a wide range of support to children and adults with sight, hearing, and dual sensory loss.
All our services are free as they are funded by Buckinghamshire Council. This does mean that to receive support from BISS you need to be paying your council tax to Buckinghamshire Council.