{"id":122,"date":"2025-03-31T16:55:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:34:33","slug":"support-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/public\/support-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Support Groups:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>There are many organizations and charities that offer information and support to those with various eye conditions and sight loss,, from community groups to online shops and support resources.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RNIB:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnib.org.uk\/\">RNIB | Homepage of the Royal National Institute of Blind People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsbc.org.uk\/\">Welcome to the Royal Society for Blind Children<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Albinism Fellowship:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.albinism.org.uk\/\">Albinism Fellowship | albinism information and support<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aniridia Network UK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aniridia.org.uk\/\">Aniridia Network | Supporting people with aniridia and their families<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blind Veterans UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blindveterans.org.uk\/?msclkid=f8f089d0fc391a7a55d9e1c8732263f9&amp;utm_source=bing&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=Bing%20%7C%20Paid%20%7C%20Branded&amp;utm_term=blind%20veterans%20uk&amp;utm_content=St%20Dunstans%20Blind\">Blind Veterans UK, Rebuilding lives after sight loss &#8211; Blind Veterans UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brain Tumour Charity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebraintumourcharity.org\/\">The Brain Tumour Charity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>British Blind Sport:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britishblindsport.org.uk\/\">Home | British Blind Sport<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>British Wireless for the Blind Fund:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blind.org.uk\/\">Home | British Wireless for the Blind Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Calibre Audio Library:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calibreaudio.org.uk\/\">Calibre Audio &#8211; Calibre Audio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deafblind UK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deafblind.org.uk\/\">Deafblind UK | Supporting Deafblindness in the UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Diabetes UK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabetes.org.uk\/\">Diabetes UK &#8211; Know diabetes. Fight diabetes. | Diabetes UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Esme&#8217;s Umbrella (Charles Bonnet Support):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesbonnetsyndrome.uk\/\">Esme&#8217;s Umbrella | Charles Bonnet Syndrome<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guide Dogs UK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidedogs.org.uk\/\">Guide Dogs | The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Healthy Surrey Stop Smoking Support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthysurrey.org.uk\/smoking\">Stop smoking support | Healthy Surrey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I<strong>nternational Glaucoma Association (Glaucoma UK):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glaucoma.uk\/\">Glaucoma UK | Here to support people with glaucoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Look UK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.look-uk.org\/\">LOOK \u2013 Supporting Visually Impaired Young People to Thrive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Macular Society:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macularsociety.org\/\">Beating Macular Disease &#8211; Macular Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nystagmus Network:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nystagmusnetwork.org\/\">Nystagmus Network \u2013 Supporting people living with nystagmus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Retina UK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/retinauk.org.uk\/\">Retina UK &#8211; Inherited sight loss, a charity raising money to fund research and provide information and support.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sense:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/\">Sense | For disabled people<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stroke Association:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke.org.uk\/\">Stroke Association \/ Finding strength through support<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Surrey and Hampshire Talking News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatntalkingnews.org.uk\/\">FATN Talking News &#8211; Covering the Surrey and Hampshire borders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Talking News Federation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tnf.org.uk\/\">Welcome to the Talking News Federation &#8211; TNF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Pocklington Trust:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocklington.org.uk\/\">Thomas Pocklington Trust<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UK Keratoconus Self help and Support Association:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keratoconus-group.org.uk\/\">UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association \u2013 Helping people live with Keratoconus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support Groups: There are many organizations and charities that offer information and support to those with various eye conditions and sight loss,, from community groups to online shops and support resources. &nbsp; RNIB: RNIB | Homepage of the Royal National Institute of Blind People Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC): Welcome to the Royal Society &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/public\/support-groups\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Support Groups&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1087,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-122","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1087"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122\/revisions\/344"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/surrey-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}