{"id":887,"date":"2025-09-24T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/?p=887"},"modified":"2025-09-24T16:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T15:28:04","slug":"vision-care-for-homeless-people-vchp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/2025\/09\/24\/vision-care-for-homeless-people-vchp\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear All,<\/p>\n<p>Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP) is a national charity providing free NHS-regulated eye tests and glasses to those experiencing homelessness. We run fully equipped clinics across England and Scotland, including in London, Brighton, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Our testing rooms are set up much like a high street optician, and optometrists are fully supported by an optical team including trained assistants and a Clinic Manager.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t ask for a big commitment , volunteering just once a month can make a real impact. Travel costs are covered for all volunteers attending shifts, and we\u2019re happy to offer a video tour or arrange a visit before your first clinic. Many volunteers find the experience hugely rewarding with zero commercial pressure. For patients, receiving glasses can be a powerful step toward rebuilding their lives.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in volunteering with us, please do complete a Tell Me More (application) form on the website. All our updated available roles are advertised on our website: here is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visioncarecharity.org\/join-us\/volunteers\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also find us on social media platforms: Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Any questions, please send an email to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@vchp.org.uk\">info@vchp.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards,<\/p>\n<p>East Sussex LOC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear All, Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP) is a national charity providing free NHS-regulated eye tests and glasses to those experiencing homelessness. We run fully equipped clinics across England and Scotland, including in London, Brighton, Edinburgh. Our testing rooms are set up much like a high street optician, and optometrists are fully supported by &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/2025\/09\/24\/vision-care-for-homeless-people-vchp\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1034,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/eastsussex-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}