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A magazine for A magazine for peoplepeople with with sight losssight loss..

Autumn 2014. Issue 29.

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Photos provided by:

Jill Doidge, Greater Manchester Police, Tameside MBC Archives., Guide Dogs Volunteer Roy, Vicky Kay, Royal Blind, zimbo.com, amazon.co.uk, thisoldhouse.com, Wikipedia, and E&T Magazine.

Cover: Jean Connolly and her new Guide Dog Waffle! See page 6.

Welcome to the Autumn edition of the Eclipse Magazine. Since the nights have drawn darker and the mild weather is soon to leave us, it’s time to dig out the winter coat and get the hot chocolate on the go! Here in the office we have been particularly looking forward to this time of year as we (particularly Jill) make preparations for our Winter Fair (see the back page). The Project office has been as busy as ever; staff have attended a national conference for local sight-loss charities called Visionary, supported the ‘Make a Noise in Libraries’ event at Dukinfield Library—this year on WW1, and have continued to conduct training for the new nursing staff at Tameside General Hospital.

Tameside Sight also recently had its Annual General Meeting, and so we would like to say a big thank you to Ray Carter, our former treasurer who has retired, and also an official welcome to Sara Shaw, who is taking over the position (see page 3).

Now on with the Magazine! We’ve packed quite a lot into these 20 pages, with quite a long (and serious) article regarding potential changes within the NHS, but also light items regarding our volunteers, hints and tips, and also

other interesting information from other organisations.

I hope you enjoy the magazine, please get in touch and let us know your thoughts!

(Contact details are on the back page).

Note from the Editor.

Written by: Vicky Kay, Editor and Development Worker, Tameside Sight.

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Trustees report. Written by: Joan Kniveton, Trustee, Tameside Sight.

The Trustees have been busy organising the Annual General Meeting. All members were invited and those that attended were given a free ticket to enter for a raffle. Sheila Crumley won a box of chocolates and Roy Knowles won a bottle of wine. Speeches were presented and there was the election of Trustees and as well as an opportunity for members to air their views. On behalf of the Trustees I would like to thank Project Manager Ben Stoddard and the Project Staff for their contributions at the AGM with individual cases of how they had supported people this year. They clearly illustrated each person's strength within the team.

Ray Carter, after 20 years supporting the charity, most recently as treasurer, has retired. We wish him well for the future and thank him for all his hard work over the years. The newly elected treasurer is Miss Sara Shaw. The next magazine will have a fuller report about the AGM.

We would also like to thank all those who have paid their membership this year to Tameside

Sight and an especial thank you to those who also added a donation. All the funds go towards the running of our Charity. At this time it is particularly important, as a grant from Tameside Council we used to receive towards the running and upkeep of the club-room at Number 4 Wellington Parade has unfortunately been stopped. This room is used by three different blind social groups each week, all supporting residents from across Tameside, so more money is needed to keep this space up and running, therefore every membership fee really does count! Funds raised from membership fees and donations also go towards running the Support Project, and we also provide some small limited grants towards equipment for visually impaired people in specific need.

Ray

Carter.

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Reduce the risk of burglary. Burglars don’t like confrontation. They pick homes that look as though no one is at home. A significant number of burglaries take place when it is dark outside, and there is no light on in the property.

There is even CCTV footage showing burglars trying door handles of houses which have been left in darkness. Make your home look occupied: Light up!

For only a couple of pounds you can buy a 24hr timer switch at most supermarkets or DIY stores. A small cost to pay for peace of mind.

A third of burglaries are still through unlocked doors, why break in if you can walk in. Some alarm systems have a door chime function which you can activate.

If you don’t have one it’s possible to fit a battery version cheaply – they are available online, and are quick and simple to fit.

A series of videos have been produced which are designed to provide easy step by step tips including advice on products and how to fit them to make you and your property that little bit safer – these could be viewed by family or friends who may be able to assist with the purchase and fitting of products. To view these videos visit the website: www.gmp.police.uk/60secondsecurity.

To help Tameside Sight continue we need as many members as possible and as readers of Eclipse who may not already be members, we invite you to become so. The subscription is £5 per annum. If you have any thoughts on other ways of raising funds for us we would be delighted to hear from you. Please talk to the staff in the Support Project office, who will pass your message on.

Well lit

house.

Darker nights. Written by: Judith Hackney, Prevent and Secure Crime

Reduction Specialist, Greater Manchester Police.

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Calibre Audio Library. Written by: Nicole Russell, Communications Officer,

Calibre Audio Library.

Calibre Audio Library has been celebrating its 40th anniversary. The charity has come a long way since the three founders recorded the first book, Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables

(Catalogue no.1) on a kitchen table. Initially there were 10 books in the library; now members can enjoy a selection of 7,200 digital recordings available on MP3 CD, USB memory sticks or via streaming online. New books include: Ian Rankin’s Saints of the Shadow Bible (9989); Costa Book of the Year 2013 The Shock of the Fall (9985) by Nathan Filer; Catherine Aird’s Dead Heading (10052); Sebastian Faulks’ Jeeves and the Wedding Bells (10076) and Fannie Flagg’s The All Girls Filling Station’s Reunion (10059).

You can check out the titles via the free online catalogue at www.calibre.org.uk, where you can listen to an audio clip of each book. Alternatively, you can order large print category catalogues covering 60 genres ranging from detective and mystery fiction to autobiography and history titles, all for a small charge.

Calibre’s helpful Membership Services will go the extra mile to help people with their questions and book requests. Calibre offers a free 12 week trial membership, after which you can join this subscription-free service for a one-off payment of £35 (or £20 for under 16s) and receive free books for life. You can borrow up to 3 USB sticks and/or 8 CDs at a time in addition to limitless streaming titles for your smartphone, tablet or MP3 player. For those without a Tameside Talking News player, Calibre also offers a one-stop shop membership package which also includes membership and a choice of USB players for under £70.

For more information about Calibre call us on 01296 432 339 or email membershipservices@calibre.org.uk.

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Jean and Waffle.

Meet Jean Connolly and her new Guide Dog Waffle. She is a white Labrador, and is Jean’s third guide dog. Her first was Cara, who she had from 1997 for 7 years, although unfortunately she was not quite the right fit for Jean and was retired early to live a life of leisure by the seaside. Jasmine came next in 2001, who was just 19 months old, meaning it was Jasmine’s first owner-pairing. After a long and happy life together Jasmine was officially retired by Guide Dogs at the age of 11, although Jasmine had other ideas and still wanted to work! Unfortunately, in June 2014, at the ripe old age of 15 years old, Jasmine passed away after a battle with cancer. With the knowledge that Jasmine was ill, Jean had been placed on the register

Waffle the

Guide Dog.

Christmas Day in the Workhouse.

A local historian Chris E. Makepeace is conducting a talk to Dukinfield Library's ‘Lively Library Club’ about what it was like to spend Christmas Day in the Workhouse.

The talk will be on Wednesday 10th December, from 10am – 11.30am. There is no need to book, just come along on the day!

The Lively Library club is a group for vision impaired people or people over 55, and holds events once a month.

Dukinfield library is on Concord Way, near Morrisions. If you wish to get in touch before the event please ring 0161 330 3257.

The Workhouse at

meal time.

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for a new guide dog in February 2014. It was then that Jean was paired with Guide Dogs volunteer Roy, who is part of the ‘My Guide’ scheme and visits Jean every Wednesday, to take her out.

In July Jean was contacted by Guide Dogs to say they may have a match for her. Not long afterwards she met Waffle! Volunteer Roy took Jean up to Mercure Hotel in Blackrod, and she spent the next 10 days training with Waffle at Atherton Guide Dogs Centre, before they were ready to go home and begin their new life together.

Jean, 77 years old, was born in Manchester as DeafBlind, although she was never really told she was blind until later on in life and just thought her sight was normal and managed regardless. Jean went to the DeafBlind boarding school in Old Trafford which later became Henshaws, and learnt British Sign Language and tactile palm or ‘Deafblind Manual’ signing. Leaving school in 1953, the same year as the Coronation, Jean began work in Manchester for a small company making crepe paper. She met her husband at a deaf club off Oxford Road in Manchester, and they were married in 1958, prompting her move to Dukinfield where she still resides. For the next 21 years, while having two children, she worked for Hills Biscuits in Ashton on the packaging machine, and only left there after new health and safety laws prevented her from continuing. Since then she has been a ‘lady of leisure’ and is always busy keeping up with her routines and enjoying getting out for a walk, even if it is just a walk around Dukinfield park and then picking up some bread on the way home. Volunteer Roy still visits each Wednesday, taking them both off to places like Werneth Low, with Roy puffing to keep up with Jean! Waffle particularly loves these occasions, where she gets chance to do a bit of free-running.

Jean accepts that she needs a little bit of help every now and again, and has a few people she will turn to for this. She says “I never get depressed, just get on with what I have to do”.

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Healthier Together.

‘Healthier Together’ is the name of the NHS initiative currently taking place across Greater Manchester looking at proposed changes to the National Health Service and Social Care Services. With regard to Eye Clinics, there will be no change to these services; it is principally looking at re-forming In-hospital Care, Primary Care, and Joined-up Care.

This reform incorporates a call from a national initiative called ‘Care Together’, which promotes joined-up working between health and social care. This would mean people from both services work to support a person to stay well and independent together, by using the person’s own care plan developed around their wants and needs. This can include health aspects such as carers or community nurse visits, or social care aspects such as social clubs or befriending; cleaning or help with shopping; or, mobility aids or support regarding transport. This joined-up work should save money through reducing hospital visits for vulnerable individuals; they will have support during a medical crisis via a named professional whose responsibility is to coordinate their care and assess if they can be cared for at home rather than hospital. This could also mean a shorter stay in hospital with the shared knowledge that a care plan is already in place.

Other major proposals of the ‘Healthier Together’ initiative include changes to the structure of Greater Manchester Primary Care services – these are services which are normally the main or first point of contact for a patient; for example: G.P. surgeries, walk-in clinics, primary care centres, dentists, pharmacists and optometrists. This is where the majority of NHS patients have their care managed, and where most peoples contact with health and social care begins.

With regard to Primary Care, the NHS’s key aims are to bring more services from the hospitals into the community,

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and provide greater access to GPs. Having more hospital services within the community saves money, makes it more accessible for patients, and helps to give patients more control and responsibility over their own health. Better access to GP surgeries should hopefully mean less chance of people developing the kind of serious illness that requires hospital treatment. Plans include that by 2016, all Greater Manchester residents with a clinical need will have same day access to Primary Care services, supported by diagnostics tests, seven days a week, and people with long-term, complex or multiple conditions such as diabetes and heart disease will be cared for in the community where possible, supported by a care plan owned by the patient. The NHS also plan to bring together ‘community based care’ (a broad term used to describe all of the care that people receive outside of hospital, such as community nursing services and home care) and join this up with hospitals and social care, including the sharing of electronic records. This should make movement between different professionals easier as a patient will not have to re-explain their situation each time. Patients will also have access to their personal records.

One of the other major proposals from the ‘Healthier Together’ reform is in regard to In-hospital Care. The NHS plan to have two types of hospital across Greater Manchester: ‘General hospitals’ and ‘Specialist Hospitals’.

General Hospitals would provide secondary care services for patients with non-life threatening illnesses and injuries, with facilities and resources tailored for treating this group of patients, including an A&E department.

‘Specialist Hospitals’, would provide care for the people with the greatest need, for instance more unusual or specialised surgeries for people with ‘once in a lifetime’ life threatening illnesses and injuries. These hospitals will also

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include an A&E department. Analysis shows that only a very small proportion of patients using NHS emergency departments have a ‘once in a lifetime’ need for specialist services. Therefore, it is estimated that 96% of patients will continue to attend the same hospital that they do currently.

Specialist services will be delivered on fewer sites across Greater Manchester allowing a concentration of expert resources and facilities which means clinicians will see a larger number of patients across a greater geography. This will enable them to become centres of excellence in caring for seriously ill patients as currently doctors in some hospitals do not see enough patients with life threatening illnesses or injuries to maintain their skills and experience.

One Specialist Hospital will be linked to one or two General Hospitals in what will be called a ‘Single Service’; Both types of hospital will work together and be staffed by a single team of clinicians, meaning staff get a more varied work experience. The experience from treating more severe cases can then be used to benefit the patients they treat at General Hospitals, helping to drive up standards across both types of hospital. This should also save money by reducing the numbers of people required in senior positions and mean better coverage of staff during weekends and evenings – currently patients who become ill or sustain an injury at evenings and weekends experience worse results than those needing care during the daytime and in the week.

This will mean that if you are at a General Hospital and need more specialist care you will be transferred to the Specialist Hospital linked to that hospital and therefore still be seen by the same team of clinicians. Also, if you receive care at a Specialist Hospital, subsequent outpatients appointments can be made at the more local General

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Hospital, and still be seen by the same team who saw you at the Specialist Hospital. Essentially however, if you fall ill and require specialist care, the ambulance will always take you to the nearest Specialist Hospital, regardless of where you are.

The NHS believe that splitting the services across two hospital bases means that: specialist resources across Greater Manchester are combined to make them stronger, more efficient, saving money and serving more people, while general services are kept local but still have specialists conducting outpatient appointments; that planned surgeries are less likely to be interrupted and postponed for emergency surgeries (which saves money and provides a better service); and also that general hospitals may become specialists in day case and low risk planned general surgery.

Locally, Tameside General Hospital is to stay as a General Hospital and Oldham Royal is to become a Specialist Hospital. There are 3 options yet to be decided regarding a Single Service: Stepping Hill Hospital may yet become either a Specialist or a General hospital. If Stepping Hill Hospital is to become a Specialist hospital, Tameside General could become a Single Service with this hospital or Oldham Royal. There is also the option that if Tameside General does becomes a Single Service with Oldham Royal, another General Hospital of either Fairfield General (in Bury) or Stepping Hill Hospital (as a General Hospital) could become part of the same single service that feeds into Oldham Royal Hospital.

A fundamental aim of this Health and Social Care Reform is to bring services closer to home, where appropriate. The less money spent at the hospital, the more that can be spent on community care in people’s homes. The ‘Healthier Together’ consortia know that people want to manage their own conditions at home where appropriate and this new way of working should help them to do that.

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To Give Is To Receive. Written by Jerry Hinds, Volunteer, Tameside Sight.

Some years ago I saw an article in the local paper announcing that Tameside Blind Association (now Tameside Sight) was offering training for potential volunteers. Several people I knew had lost their sight, so the cause had always been close to my heart. I went along to the session a little nervously, but I was quickly reassured that this was something I could do. I signed up immediately. I suppose at first I felt this was a way I could give something back to the community, but I was soon to find that volunteering would give much more back to me.

After the necessary checks I was able to begin and because I was still working, I started with “befriending”, which was flexible and could fit in with my working week. In fact, flexibility is still an issue for me, which is why Tameside Sight is ideal; most of the volunteering does not require you to be in the same place, at the same time every week.

In time I was able to do more and the range of assignments might surprise you. A staple part of my role has been taking people to medical appointments – doctor, dentist, chiropodist, hospital… I’ve visited a lot of waiting rooms! But we’ve also been to the theatre, to musical recitals, to quizzes. For several years I was a regular with the walking group. Then there are the trips out to the seaside; the football matches; recording audio versions of the magazine; oh yes, and manning a stall at the wonderful Winter Fair. A spin off from all this was getting involved with Tameside Talking News – another excellent organisation that each week brings the news and other

Jerry helping out at

the Winter Fair.

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Golds at Commonwealth Games for Blind Athletes.

Two blind athletes won gold medals for Scotland during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer.

Libby Clegg ran for Scotland in the Women’s 100M T12 (the vision impairment running classification). She came in with a world lead time of 12 minutes 20 seconds, a whole minute and 13 seconds faster than the silver winner Elisa Maria Muchavo from Mozambique, and took gold with a cheering home crowd in Glasgow.

Libby has a congenital eye condition known as Stargardt’s disease and is almost completely blind, although she does have some slight peripheral vision in her left eye. She took up sport in 1999 at age nine at the Macclesfield Harriers

Club in the North West, but eventually took up running the 100m after being spotted by a UK Athletics talent scout. On the subject of winning Libby said “I’m glad I’ve done really well, the crowds cheered me over that line; it’s been really special. I don’t feel the pressure too much; I just had to run at the end of the day”. Libby’s ambition is to compete as an able-bodied

features to people with sight loss in the borough. All in all, I’ve had a lot of enjoyment.

But of course it isn’t the activities themselves that bring so much joy; it’s the people. I suppose I started out with the idea that I’d be working with some poor, frail old things; not a bit of it! I’m not sure where you’d find a more lively and cheerful bunch of characters. Through volunteering I have come to know so many lovely, kind and brave people who face their difficulties with spirit, good humour and courage. Some of their stories are awfully sad, but awesomely inspiring. And as people they inspire me every time I’m with them.

Libby Clegg.

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athlete in future events. Her training schedule includes work in the gym and three intensive sprint sessions per week.

Neil Fachie and his pilot Craig Maclean cycled for Scotland in the Para-cycling 1000m tandem time trial for blind and visually impaired athletes. They came in at one minute 2.096 seconds, beating Australia’s Kieran Modra and Jason Niblett by 0.148 Seconds. Neil has a degenerative eye condition known as Retinitus Pigmentosa, and started his sporting career as a sprinter, but impressed cycling coaches with the explosive power he had developed

through athletics, and officially joined the Great Britain para-cycling squad in 2009. On the subject of winning Neil said “We knew we had a chance. But everyone was supportive and it all came together. We did a lot of hard work beforehand but obviously anything can happen on the day.” Neil’s ambition is to reach an equal level of performance to top able-bodied athletes.

“I’ll give you a tip”

The original hints and tips article was published back in 2012 and was so successful it was re-printed in the affectionately named ‘Ooh I didn’t know that’ booklet which goes out in our Information Pack. Since then we have been collecting up more of your hints and tips that help with day-to-day activities when you have the added complication of a sight condition. Here are some of these new tips you have told us:

Invest in a café-style sugar dispenser,

where it measures out one spoon of sugar as you pour it. These could also be used for other granule or powder based products, e.g. coffee granules, gravy granules, powered milk, corn flour etc.

Neil Fachie.

Sugar

Dispenser.

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For baking, purchase some American ‘cup’ measures as

you can feel when the measure is right and level it off with a finger.

Silicone edges to oven shelves help to prevent you from

burning yourself when getting items out of the oven.

Bake potatoes in a muffin tray so it is easier to locate

them.

Use scissors to cut pizza if you struggle with a pizza

cutter or knives and forks.

Mix dry ingredients by putting them in a zipper food bag

or Tupperware box; seal and shake together.

Put cooking liquids – for example cooking oils, into jars or other wide-mouthed containers and use a measuring spoon (while holding the jar at an angle) or miniature ladles (while keeping it vertical) to be more accurate and avoiding drowning your food while trying to pour.

Put lids back on things straight away to avoid spills if

knocked over – for example milk, sugar and coffee containers while making a brew, but also a handy tip for use with anything that comes in a container and could easily be knocked over.

Create your own large print ‘cook book’ of instructions for things you regularly cook, even if these are just the instructions for ready meals.

Use a magnet to pick up lost safety pins, drawing pins,

sewing pins or other small metal objects.

Put a towel or sheet in front of the washing

machine or dryer before taking clean clothes out, that way if you drop anything you know they won’t get dirty.

Put old socks or woollen gloves on your hands and dust with them so as not to knock ornaments over using a duster.

Use a backpack if you walk with a white cane

Dusting with

socks on

hands.

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Celebrating Tameside Sight’s Volunteers. Written by Ben Stoddard, Project Manager, Tameside

Sight.

On the 21st July 2014 we held a Volunteer Get Together lunch at People First’s new space in St Michael’s Court, Ashton-u-Lyne. The event was held to recognise and thank all of the people who volunteer for Tameside Sight. We have a loyal team of volunteers who on a regular basis give their time and this is what enables us to continue to provide the many activities and services that

help and support people with sight loss in Tameside. I was particularly pleased with how well attended the event was and it was great to see the mix of volunteers who all

Ben and some of

our Volunteers.

or guide dog. This keeps your spare hand free and is better for your balance.

To figure out if a CD is the right way up, feel for

the raised ring around the central hole. This ring is always on the CDs bottom (the silver side not where the label is).

There are many talking gadgets available out there,

including talking meat thermometer (great for getting your steak just how you like it or making sure your chicken is cooked through), talking measuring jug, talking kitchen or bathroom scales, talking glucose or blood pressure monitors, and talking thermometers (for checking your health), not to mention calculators, microwaves, timers, compasses, tape measures, and colour identifiers.

If you would like any more information about any of our hints and tips please do get in touch, our contact details are on the back page.

CD.

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contribute in different ways, together enjoying the event.

This included our trustees, people who volunteer with social groups or the walking group, transport & guiding volunteers, website and audio volunteers, people who are befrienders and odd job volunteers.

It was also really enjoyable for me as I got the opportunity to meet with people that I had not had chance to meet in person before and put a face to a name. Again, I would like to say a big thank you to everybody who contributes and continues to support the work of Tameside Sight and also say thank you to the team at People First who helped make it such an enjoyable day.

Ben makes a speech thanking

Volunteers chatting

together.

Researchers at Oxford University recently won £500,000 from the Google Impact Challenge – a competition to develop technology to transform lives, for their ‘smart glasses’ that give some people with poor vision a clearer view of the world.

The picture is a high contrast sketchy white-on-black representation of the world, but it does help give an impression of where objects are, what is in the room around the wearer, and even basic grasp of near by faces. This of course only works if the wearer does have some remaining sight – the wearer looks through the glasses to use their remaining sight, but has the additional images overlaid onto the lenses and give extra high-contrast information about their surroundings.

Space aged ‘Smart Glasses’ could improve vision!

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Just to update you on one of the latest scams to help you stay safer…

If you get a phone call to say you have won a competition you never entered… then it’s not difficult to work out that it’s a scam!... and a knock at the door offering to repair a damaged roof that you didn’t know there was a problem with – well the guidance here is straight forward, never buy at the door and if you do need work doing try using the Tameside Buy With Confidence scheme where traders have been vetted (phone Tameside Sight, Tameside council or use the website to access contact details of traders on this scheme).

Fraud, tricks and scams. Written by: Judith Hackney, Prevent and Secure Crime

Reduction Specialist, Greater Manchester Police.

The glasses are quite bulky – currently the glasses need to be attached to a laptop in a backpack for the wearer to utilise the technology, but they are planning to use this money to develop a more mobile version of the glasses, and have them on the market by 2016.

Iain Cairns, 43, a copywriter for a marketing agency in London, tried out the smart glasses in Oxford's Covered Market. Iain was diagnosed with the inherited eye condition choroideremia at around the age of 12. On having the glasses fitted, Iain reacted: 'Ooh, I can… I can see your face… It's like I’ve wandered into an 80s pop video. Everyone has cool A-ha drawings round them. It's now much more of a scene with several people in.'

Future plans involve getting the glasses up and running in a more user friendly prototype, which the RNIB are supporting, to eventually get them on the market for around £200.

Iain tries out the

smart glasses

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Are You Musical?

Tameside Sight mentioned some time ago about the possibility of setting up a music group. We are now looking for people who would be interested in joining this type of social group and your thoughts about this. What would you want from this type of social group? Would you like to help

support it get off the ground? If you are interested, have any thoughts, or would like to find out more,

please get in touch (contact details on back page).

Some scams are more sophisticated:

There have been a number of scams where someone pretending to be a Police Officer phones saying that

the resident’s bank card has been fraudulently used, and that the card is needed to help the Police investigation.

The aim of the scam is to gain the bank card and the necessary numbers to make fraudulent purchases or withdrawals – some residents have lost significant amounts of money after falling for this trick.

The caller encourages the resident to ring their bank to check the call is genuine, however they hold the line open, so the householder thinks they are talking to the bank when in fact they are talking to the trickster - who will try to extract information such as the Pin number of the card!

The trickster even offers to arrange for the card to be collected, telling the resident to put it in the envelope and say what should be written on the envelope e.g. PC Bloggs at such-and-such Police station. They frequently use a taxi driver who has no knowledge that this is actually a trick.

Banks and Police officers do not request information by phone about bank cards and do not collect cards. Never give your PIN number to anyone.

If in doubt contact your bank, but make sure you are actually speaking to your bank by ringing a phone number you trust first, to make sure the phone line has cleared.

If in doubt phone Police on 101.

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Please remember Tameside Sight when you make your will.

This local charity works for all visually impaired people in Tameside - serving the Community for 37 years.

4 Wellington Parade, Dukinfield SK16 4LE

Committee contact number: 0161 330 7778 Charity No: 504063

Published by: Tameside Sight,

3 Wellington Parade, Dukinfield, Cheshire. SK16 4LE

Community Support Office

Tel: 0161 343 4090 / 6903

Online contact points: office@tamesidesight.org.uk

www.tamesidesight.org.uk

www.facebook.com/tba.blind

Printed by: P.D.

Print, Hyde.

Winter Fair 2014. Written by Jill Doidge – Christmas Fairy and Admin,

Tameside Sight.

It’s that time of year again folks!

The annual Tameside Sight Winter Fair will be held on Friday November 14th at Dukinfield Methodist Church Hall (opposite the Tameside Sight Offices) from 1pm to 4pm. You should have already had an invite posted out to you.

Please come, we would love to see you there. Bring all your friends and family for a lovely afternoon.

There will be various tombolas, a raffle, a cake stall, and stalls with gadgets for daily living, as well as refreshments.

We will accept donations up until November 13th – the day before the fair.

I hope to see you all there!