If you receive Direct Payments from Sandwell Council, this letter in audio format and series of Questions and Answers will explain how the Coronavirus may impact you and what actions you can take to get the support that you need. If you would like this information on one CD please contact …
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Using Technology to Keep In Touch
Keeping in touch can be challenging for people who are isolating or shielded and don’t feel confident with new technology. For visually impaired people, there can be added difficulties. In our efforts to keep ‘business as usual’, if you can call these times ‘usual’, SVI’s Board of Trustees met …
SVI update 24 March
Hello everyone, we hope you are all keeping as safe and well as you can. These are challenging times. SVI is doing our best to support our members. None of us have been through times like these before. Please remember that you are not on your own. We are here for you. We are contacting members …
Coronavirus – a message from SVI
We hope that you are all safe and well. We are sorry to be bringing more bad news in these bleak times. Due to the coronavirus pandemic we are unfortunately having to stop some of our services for now. There will be no Active 60 until further notice. SocialEyes activities will stop too. If …
Support group success
The first meeting of our Wednesbury support group was a great success. This was the first of our town-based groups and forms part of our plan to take our services out to each of the six towns of Sandwell. The launch took place at South Staff Water’s Community Hub in Wednesbury on 31 January. The …
