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Sight Concern Event 23rd September 2024

Annual Sight Concern National Eye Health Week Event
Please come along and join us at our free event to celebrate National Eye Health Week on Monday 23rd September, King’s House Bedford – 245 Ampthill Road, Bedford MK42 9AZ from 10am – 2pm.
Free teas and coffees plus some light bites provided. For more information or if you have any transport queries for this event please ring us on 01234 311555.


We are hiring – May 2024

Sight Concern is recruiting a visual impairment advisor What we are looking for We are currently looking for a Visual Impairment Advisor to join our successful, experienced, and expanding team.


Sight Concern Thanks BLCF for Funding

Sight Concern Bedfordshire would like to thank BLCF who awarded this funding as part of the Luton Rising – Community Investment Fund. We worked with over 840 blind and partially


Sight Concern News & Views Spring 2024

Welcome to Sight Concern’s News and Views – Spring 2024. Please find attached a PDF file, a Word DOCX file and a plain text TXT document for your enjoyment and


Accessible Information Standard

As of 31 July 2016, anyone providing a service on behalf of NHS England or in publicly funded adult social care must now provide information in a format that their


Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

We are very proud to announce that Sight Concern Bedfordshire have been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.We have a small team of paid staff currently based in Luton


Service Users Event

The event will take place on Monday, 18th July at King’s House, Ampthill Road, Bedford, MK42 9AZ. This year the tickets will be £5.00 per person and do not include


Social Eyez Lunch Group

There is a new social club for visually impaired people in Dunstable: Social Eyez Lunch Group. They meet every Tuesday between 12 noon and 3pm. At Grove Corner, 76a


We Won

We were invited to The Houses of Parliament by Blind Children UK after we entered their Easter themed competition. We supplied lots of different art things, such as coloured in


Round The Moon

Help us travel the 6783 miles round the moon in aid of Sight Concern Bedfordshire. I think that sounds attention grabbing and people seem to respond to the ludicrous nature


Back to St. Bedes

Anyone who has known Sight Concern for more than 5 years may remember our old home in the former convent of St Bede on Bromham Road in Bedford. When we

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