Thomas Dudley Group have made a £5000 donation to the Beacon Centre, a local charity which supports people with a range of eye conditions and other health issues, to help people with sight loss to regain their confidence in the kitchen.

The donation will be used to help people with sight loss regain some of the skills they may have lost in the kitchen with specialist equipment such as talking scales and liquid level indicators which help people to cook, bake or even make a drink independently.

It will also enable the charity to put on activity sessions where people can try and recreate some of their favourite recipes and even see if they can learn how to cook something new.

Beacon Centre Lifestyle Manager Becky Green said: “We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone at Thomas Dudley for their incredibly generous donation.

“Many of our members tell us that one of the things they really miss is cooking but sight loss doesn’t have to stop you from doing anything you enjoy and we hope that with some encouragement from our expert staff these sessions will help people to regain their independence in the kitchen.” To find out more about our lifestyle activities and whether our team could help you call 01902 880111 Monday to Friday or email enquiries@beaconvision.org.

1 in 5 of us will suffer some form of sight loss during our lives (REF: RNIB/Specsavers 2016)

Beacon Centre for the Blind has been making a visible difference for people living with sight loss for over 145 years. There are currently 195,000 people living with sight loss in the West Midlands and by 2030 this number is expected to rise by 20%.

A donation of £3 could pay for 15 minutes of low vision advice for someone newly diagnosed with sight loss. 

A £6 donation could support a 30-minute welfare call for someone with sight loss ensuring no one is alone through these challenging times. 

A £10 donation could help provide a session of sight loss advice support to help a Beacon Member live a fuller, more independent life. 

For further information please contact Helen Brown via hbrown@beaconvision.org