Comment: | The Eyeless Trust is a charity which helps children suffering from Anophthalmia, Microphthalmia or Coloboma. They offer professional support for families in Great Britain who have a child with these conditions and who is under the age of twenty two.
The Trust employs thirteen fully qualified medical social workers, whose job is to visit the children and their families, anywhere in Great Britain. They provide a personal and flexible support service according to the needs of each child and his or her family. The Trust aims to:
+ visit each child at home and identify particular problems and needs;
+ offer counselling to the families;
+ give advice to the families on the availability of medical treatments and special support;
+ investigate the availability of statutory help and, where necessary, to provide financial assistance for special expenditure.
The Eyeless Trust seeks to integrate the children into everyday life, to improve their quality of life and enable them to participate in as many as possible of the things that normal children enjoy. They organise a Family Day each year when families can meet and have a day out with their children. |
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