Useful Links
Connect to Support Hampshire is a website for adults in Hampshire. Its aim is to help you stay independent and to manage your own care. You can find local groups, activities and services within your community as well as formal care services.
Tax Help for Older People is a charity service providing free, independent and expert help and advice for older people on lower incomes who cannot afford to pay for professional tax advice. With over 420 volunteers and a national call centre, we can help you, wherever you are in the UK. Simply call the Tax Help number 01308 488066, or contact us by post or email via the website enquiry form. We will help to resolve your tax problem.
Angel Radio is Havant’s local radio station – “Pure nostalgia – Entertainment and Information for older people”. Every Friday morning at 9:00 am, Angel radio broadcasts a 10 minute extract of the current HBTN fortnightly edition. You can even stream the live broadcast and listen to it now. FM Radio local frequency 98.6MHz
Open Sight is the largest charitable organisation in Hampshire working with people who have, or who are at risk of developing sight loss. Based in Eastleigh, Open Sight has provided uninterrupted support to the blind and partially sighted community of Hampshire since 1922. It operates in conjunction with Deafplus to provide a Mobile Advisory Service (MAS) which offers free advice and information, one-to-one support, demonstrations of telecomms and other specialist equipment, basic maintenance of NHS hearing aids at a variety of venues across the county.
If you’re affected by sight loss, we’re here for you. Through our Sight Loss Advice Service, RNIB offers support to blind and partially sighted people across the UK. We can help you to find the right assistive technology, support you in education and work, access financial help and much more. We’re here to help you live the life you want.
Blind Veterans UK helps vision-impaired ex-Servicemen and women to rebuild their lives after sight loss. We provide rehabilitation, training, practical advice and emotional support to veterans regardless of how or when they lost their sight. We’re here to help blind veterans regain their independence and live the life they choose.
At Age Concern our dedicated team of staff and volunteers have been providing services to promote wellbeing and support older people and their carers since 1985. We are always looking at opportunities to increase our range of services and help improve the quality of life of the older community of Hampshire.
Infosound is a UK-wide registered charity that produces free information, in audio, for vision-impaired (blind and partially-sighted) people on subjects that directly affect living with sight loss. You can listen to individual items of interest on their website downloads page audio downloads. Each item comprises between 3 and 10 minutes of audio.
The Macular Society provides free information and support to those with macular disease, along with their family and friends, to help people keep their independence. Along with their online resources, they have a team of friendly and knowledgeable professionals who can answer questions and provide information and advice about any aspect of living with macular disease.
The British Wireless for the Blind give radios for free and for life to people in the greatest financial need living with sight loss. Their easy-to-use apps and skills unlock a world of audio content on the internet for people who might otherwise struggle to access it. Too many people living with sight loss still face loneliness and exclusion. Their radios and apps provide comfort and companionship, and keep people connected with their communities, their passions and the wider world.
RNIB Newsagent delivers more than 200 popular and best-selling publications in a format to suit you. They are your accessible local newsagent! We all know how important it is in our day-to-day lives to read newspapers, magazines, periodicals and other sources of information, so they aim to ensure that all these reading materials continue to be available to those that want them, if standard print becomes inaccessible.
VocalEyes is a nationwide audio description charity, providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people. Here you can listen to podcasts from their library of audio-described cultural and arts activities and locations, by voices famous and not-so-famous.
Hampshire Library Services lists services for blind and partially-sighted people. The service offers content from the National Talking Newspapers and Magazines organisation. You can listen to an audio clip about the library services for blind and partially-sighted people.
Listening Books is a charity that offers an easy to use audiobook library service to anyone who struggles to read due to a visual or physical impairment or with learning difficulties. For a small subsidised membership fee, members can have MP3 CDs delivered to their home or they can listen or download titles online.
My Web My Way takes you to the accessibility ‘How to’ guides on the BBC website, where you can find out how to set up your PC to improve your browsing experience if you have a disability.
Hampshire Alert is a community messaging system aimed at improving the flow of information between the community and the police. You can register, using the button their home page, to receive information by email, text or phone about crime alerts and witness appeals in the local area where you live or work.
The Talking News Federation is the umbrella organisation that represents the interests of local Talking Newspapers in the UK. Their website has a search facility to locate any of the National Talking Newspapers registered with them. Some of the local Talking Newspapers are listed below.