Focus Birmingham | Charity for sight loss and complex needs

Dance to Health

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Christmas Cake Raffle

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Focus Birmingham - Making Lives Better

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Sailing Club

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We exist to make lives better

Sight Loss Support

We are the local charity providing support, care, advice and guidance to all those affected by sight loss across the whole of Birmingham. Sight Loss Support Service SupportLine 0121 478 5222

Our Complex Needs Day Service provides Monday to Friday support for adults from the age of nineteen upwards, to deliver stimulating programmes of activities which are tailored to the needs of the individual.

Supported Living

We provide a specially adapted supported living scheme in Kings Norton providing 24 hr care to support adults with visual impairment and other disabilities to live independently

Our impact

24,087	Service Occasions - that's the number of times we came into contact with the people we support this past year
1 in 5	people will live with sight loss in their life time
75%	of disabled people have more than one impairment

Make a donation

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£5

will pay for a cookery activity session

£10

will buy a piece of hand held sensory equipment

£20 will provide a new hand magnifier

£40 Will provide a session of specialist counselling for a visually impaired adult or child

£50 Will provide a monomouse magnifier. These devices allow a visually impaired person to magnify print onto their television

Other

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Latest events

Living Well With Sight Loss Course

Our living well with sight loss courses are designed to help you adjust to your sight condition, boost your confidence and maintain independence. Call us on - 0121 4785 222 to find out more or sign up below. Read more
Start: 17^th November, 2021 at 11:00am

End: 22^nd December, 2021 at 12:00pm

Published: 11^th June, 2021

Updated: 6^th October, 2021

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Location: 48-62 Woodville Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9AT
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Dance to Health

Want to improve your core strength? Join in with our new Dance to Health activity. Sign up below or call: 0121 478 5222 Read more
Start: 26^th November, 2021 at 1:00pm

End: 26^th November, 2021 at 2:30pm

Published: 12^th October, 2021

Updated: 12^th November, 2021

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Location: Lordswood Road , Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9QS
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Christmas Cake Raffle

Spend £3 and be in with a chance to win a Brandy soaked fruit cake this Christmas. Your kind donations will help us to continue making lives better. Sign up below or call us on - 0121 478 5200 Read more
Start: 7^th December, 2021 at 9:00am

End: 22^nd December, 2021 at 3:30pm

Published: 1^st December, 2020

Updated: 7^th December, 2021

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Location: 48-62 Woodville Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9AT
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Latest Stories

What Volunteering Means to me

Focus Trustee Jean, talks about what it means to her. Read more below or call: 0121 478 5200 to find out more about what we do. Read more
My years as a Focus Birmingham Trustee

Focus Trustee Marie, talks about her journey and what it has meant to her. Read more below or call: 0121 478 5200 to find out more about what we do. Read more
National Braille Week 2021

This week marks National Braille Week. Coinciding with World Sight Day on the 14th of October, this is an incredibly important week in the calendar, as from 11th-17th of October we raise awareness of the importance of Braille for blind and partially sighted people. Read more

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