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Visual impairment

Useful organisations

• Name
• Royal National Institute for the Blind
• Address
• RNIB Yorkshire, Humber and North East
• 
  Grosvenor House
• 
  Grosvenor Road
• 
  Leeds LS6 2DZ
• Web site
• RNIB|  
• E-mail:
• RNIBYorksHumberandNorthEast@rnib.org.uk
• Telephone:
• 0113 274 8855 
  0845 766 9999 (RNIB Helpline)

• Name
• Action for Blind People
• Address
• 14-16 Verney Road
  London SE16 3DZ
• Web site
• Action for Blind People|  
• Telephone
• 0800 915 4666.

• Name
• Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Information Officers
• Address
• Leeds Centre for Blind and Partially Sighted People
  72 Headingley Lane
  Leeds LS6 2DJ
• Web site
• The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association|  
• Telephone
• 0113 275 6326.

• Name
• Specialist Inclusion Service (including services for children with a visual impairment)
• Address
• Heath Training and Development Centre
  Free School Lane
  Halifax HX1 2PT
• Telephone
• 01422 394113
• Fax
• 01422 364899.

There are two voluntary societies in Calderdale covering visual impairment:

• Name
• Halifax Society for the Blind
• Address
• 34 Clare Road
  Halifax HX1 2HX
• Telephone
• 01422 352383.

• Name
• Todmorden Society for the Blind, Treasurer and Acting Secretary – Mr. Philip Lee
• Address
• 7 High Croft Road
  Todmorden OL14 5LZ
• Telephone
• 01706 812318.

Both offer home visiting services and social groups.

The Halifax Society has a Resource Centre where equipment can be purchased.

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