IRIS Vision Resource Centre

Everyday people are facing the unthinkable. To be told that nothing can be done, that your failing sight is likely to get worse and that you are permanently blind is devastating news. Blindness is a reality for many people.

If this has happened to you or someone you care for do not despair. Help is at hand at the IRIS Vision Resource Centre in Crewe. We have many years experience helping people learn to live independent and fulfilled lives in spite of their blindness. Our blind and partially sighted volunteers are on hand to help you understand about your eye condition and show you how to cope on your own as far as possible.

We have lots of information about services and we can show you useful equipment such as talking clocks and watches, talking microwave ovens, and writing frames, things you never knew existed. We also have trained Low Vision Therapists who can help you make the best use of your remaining sight.

In partnership with Central Cheshire PCT and Cheshire County Council, we have developed a Low Vision Service to supply local visually impaired people with magnifiers, (free of charge) on loan. When your sight cannot be improved by medical treatment or ordinary spectacles our Low Vision Therapist may be able to help. She will assess your remaining sight and where possible, suggest practical solutions. This may be by using the correct magnifier, better use of lighting or reducing the effects of glare.

This service is by appointment. We have helped many, many local blind and partially sighted people do things that they thought they would never do again.  For more information about our work or to make an appointment for this free Low Vision Service please ring 01270 250316.

Volunteers Needed