South Wales Local Peer Support Group

Wales Council of the Blind is the umbrella agency representing vision impairment within Wales. They work to campaign, lobby and support the improvement of services for people with sight loss. WCB provides a platform vision impaired people to raise their concerns and wishes.

Anita have worked in the sight loss sector for thirty four years.  She started at WCB as an admin assistant and then went to work for what is now Sight Life where she carried our a variety of roles from running the resource centre, training and carrying out disability access audit under the DDA to delivering rehab services across South and West Wales.

Anita’s previous role before moving back to WCB as the Sight Loss Council Engagement Manager for Wales was to set up and deliver services within Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.

Anita was born with sight loss  and her passion is to empower, enable and support people to see what is possible.  She loves watching people grow and achieve their aspirations and overcome their challenges – This is why the Sight Loss Council for Wales is so meaningful for her and a great way to make a difference for all of us.

Please come and join us to hear from Anita and ask any questions you may have. We also welcome and encourage you to have your say in how we move forward with growing this new peer group in South Wales and how we can support our community living with inherited retinal dystrophies.

We hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you there!

If you would like to join the South Wales WhatsApp group chat to stay in contact with others and keep up to date with this peer support group’s activity, then please email [email protected] to request the joining link.

Venue

This meeting will be held online via Zoom.