WY&H HCP grief and loss support service The service is a free telephone counselling support service that operates 8am-8pm, 7 days a week and includes text and live online chat facilities as well as translation options. Call the service on 0808 196 3833, or use text or online live chat at griefandlosswyh.co.uk. Translation services are […]

Coming out of our second lockdown and after months of restrictions some of you may be looking to the future to put some sunshine in your life, whether that be planning a summer holiday for 2021 or indeed 2022 are you just want to inspire yourself by learning a new skill here is an app […]

We’ve come across a very useful website called Community Response Kirklees which shares lots of useful information for individuals during the Covid-19 pandemic (and beyond). The website is being updated all the time and has lots of information from mental health and wellbeing to sources of help if your circumstances change. It’s well worth having […]

Here at KVIN we are celebrating because we have been shortlisted and just won the Develop award from Visionary! We have won this award for our hard work to quickly shift to virtual services during Covid-19 so that we could continue to support everyone. The staff team would like to thank our fabulous volunteers for […]

Here at KVIN we really value other organisations within the sight loss sector and try as much as possible to make sure you know about anything that could benefit you. We have had links with Deafblind UK for about 18 months after Andrew, the local outreach officer for Deafblind UK popped into our drop in […]

Join in with KVIN’s Christmas Hamper draw! Donate for a chance to win a huge hamper full of sweet treats, savouries and toiletries, perfect for Christmas! It’s £1 per go to win, you can buy as many as you like! The hamper will be delivered to the winning person on Friday 18th or Saturday 19th […]

It’s Trustee Week which is a chance to celebrate the great work of our board of trustees, but what is a trustee? Trustee (n) An individual person or member of a board given control or powers of administration of property in trust with a legal obligation to administer it solely for the purposes specified. This […]

Welcome to the latest news roundup from KVIN for November 2020! Although we are in a second lockdown we are trying to stay positive and focussing on the many weekly groups that we are running via Zoom and telephone. We are sharing again some useful information from the first lockdown and if anyone needs support […]

We’re partnering with Match it from One Community Foundation Kirklees. That means any money raised for us or donated will be matched by them. Your donation will have twice the impact and help us continue with the great work we do for the visually impaired community. We are planning some exciting fundrasing events over the […]

At the moment we are delivering a wide range of virtual services instead of face to face services so that we can continue to support our community during the Covid-19 crisis. As this is set to continue for the foreseeable future we are expanding our group chats by provide additional information sessions with guest speakers […]