Greasely Sports and Community Centre is hosting the first Eastwood Sight Loss event on 19 September from 2pm to 4pm.
The idea for the event came from discussions between Linda Pattison Nottinghamshire County Council’s Local Area Coordinator for Eastwood and Paul Holden Regional Manager for the Macular Society. Linda had been supporting a local resident who has macular degeneration and was looking for a local support group. The options for Eastwood residents are very limited, with the nearest Macular Support group being in Wollaton.
Linda worked with the Eastwood Integrated Neighbourhood Working team and Elaine Cooper, Transformation Manager for Nottingham West PCN, to determine how many people were living with sight loss in Eastwood. With the assistance of the System Analytics and Intelligence Unit, the research highlighted that there are 4890 people in Broxtowe and 1600 people in Eastwood specifically.
Paul Holden from the Macular Society was approached with the findings and the idea of a support group, based in Eastwood, for people in the North Broxtowe area, was discussed. He suggested that they initially hold an information event and use that to gauge interest in a local support group.
The event will be an opportunity for residents to learn more about living with age related macular degeneration, the macular society and other local support, services and technology available. Also attending the event will be the RNIB, My Sight Notts, Optelec, Blind Veterans and Inspire.
People can just drop in on the day, or for any questions contact Paul on: 07769 494 087
