Feedback

Oxford University:

Peter Quinn, Senior Disability Officer:

“Mary has worked at my request in delivering training on visual impairment, orientation for students and most recently on producing a tactile map of the Collegiate University's city centre buildings. On each assignment with us she has demonstrated her expertise, good judgement and hard work. She thinks about her work, knows her limits and delivers at a very high standard.”

Lorna Smith, Disabilty Fellow, St. Hilda's College:

Evaluation of visual impairment awareness training: "Very helpful for advising students with visual impairments of any type... Very helpful indeed."

Eye Clinic, Great Western Hospital, Swindon:

Create Vision UK was asked to provide 2 courses for Nurses and Orthoptists, to update practical skills relating to visual impairment.

Outcome of a long term evaluation:

• "As a team we are much more aware of the needs of the visually impaired.  This is particularly appropriate when escorting patients between clinical and waiting areas.  I personally learned about the aids available, as this was something I had not seen for some time."  

Feedback from Individual Participants:

• "Very informative and useful. Quite a bit of this will be used daily in the department."
• "I will be more aware of how patients feel when they come to the department and are partially sighted. It was very useful."
• "I feel more equipped to answer patients questions on what help is available for the visually impaired."
• "Very interesting to use the visual aids, and also to see the impairment glasses to be able to have some idea of how difficult it is to cope with visual impairment."

New College, Swindon

Create Vision UK was asked to provide an exhibition for the college's Diversity week in two successive years.

Feedback from Trudy Murphy, Equal Opportunities Advisor:

• "Mary Parsons has participated in our Diversity Week events. Her thought provoking activities and displays engaged students’ interest and increased their awareness of visual impairment."

Multiple Disability and Visual Impairment course, for staff in Education and Social Care:

This was a course ran in the Swindon area, and open to anyone working with clients who have a visual impairment.  It covered a range of issues arising from having additional disabilties alongside visual impairment.  It also covered practical skills such as sighted guide.

Feedback from Individual Participants:

• “When I take the pupils swimming it will be useful to know how visual impairment affects their perspective in the pool.”
• “I will have more insight to assist constituents. It is difficult to just identify one useful part of the course as the whole course was most enlightening... It gave me a better understanding of how we can communicate better with those with multiple disabilities and visual impairments. Excellent course, keep me informed on future projects.”
• “I have further understanding of what we can to help improve access to our facilities.”
• “Meeting others in the same field and wearing the glasses were great! Very useful.  I will be able to feedback what I have learnt today.”
• “I had the opportunity to discuss issues with others from the same field.”