Support Sites

Do you find it difficult to get to your optician?
 
Well, don’t worry, we can visit you – we’re here for those who are housebound or unable to get to their local optician. Wherever you are you can benefit from our expert free eye test services.

Do you suffer from a disability?

If you have a disability that makes it difficult to get around, such as Multiple Sclerosis, then let us visit you in the comfort of your own home and carry out a free eye test

Do you care for an elderly person?

Are you worried that their tendency to trip, drop items or knock into things has increased? It could be due to deteriorating eyesight. Our friendly Visioncall home visit opticians can carry out a free eye test in the home.
Are you a care home manager?

Does your care home have residents that wear glasses or suffer from age related conditions?

We have all the expertise to help. We can support your residents and train your staff too.

We are a UK wide provider of home eye tests
We have local branches across the UK and our qualified clinical opticians will be pleased to assist you whatever your needs.

Website: http://www.vision-call.co.uk/Book-a-Home-Visit/free-eye-test.html

The FHA is the only charity in the UK that specialises in helping provide holidays for families and children in need. Since its beginning in 1975, when the charity was set up by Joan and Pat Laurance, the FHA has helped over 100,000 parents, children and young people to have a holiday.

The work of the FHA includes providing grants to families towards the cost of their holiday; lobbying and campaigning for greater awareness and working with other like-minded organisations.

MS-CAM stands for "Multiple Sclerosis-Complementary and Alternative Medicine", and is run by the Rocky Mountain MS Center, a non-profit corporation located in Englewood, Colorado.

MS-CAM is an organisation which has been set-up due to the increasing interest in field of Complementary Medicine in people with chronic illness such as Multiple Sclerosis, and the unfortunate fact that objective and accurate CAM information related specifically to MS is difficult to find.

MS-CAM is changing all that, with 7, 337 confirmed Members with MS contributing information about their personal experience of MS & a vast array of Therapies in the field of Complementary Medicine, from supplements to Homeopathy or Chinese Medicine. CAM run many surveys looking a different aspects of MS, such as the effect of the Heat or the Cold on people with MS, or Fatigue and how it interferes with out lives. There are even interesting information on the effects of prayer and humour on MS (where would we be without the latter!), as well the therapeutic benefits of taking Cannabis (Marijuana).

Pain can be a soul-destroying symptom of MS, but the good news is that there is a lot you can do to help yourself manage the pain.

'Pain Support' is a website set-up by Jan Sadler, Author of the book 'Natural Pain Relief' (Element Books), to help you do just that. It is informative and supportive, and contains details of pain management techniques such as relaxation, exercise, diet, attitude, pacing, how to deal with emotions and much more.

Jan, who herself suffers from sciatic pain, has been working with people in pain since 1990. Her material for pain control and pain relief is used in many NHS Hospitals, pain clinics, chiropractors, physiotherapists and self-help groups.

The website is interactive so you can join in discussion forums, leave messages, and make new friends through Pain Support's confidential Contact Club. They also have a good newsletter, which you can subscribe to free, or read online. You can also browse through previous issues.