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How do blind and vision impaired people experience loneliness and isolation?

19 April 2024 | society, problems, challenges, blind, community, report, study, research, wellbeing

This week Fight for Sight / Vision Foundation released a report highlighting the acute experiences of loneliness among people who are blind or vision impaired.

Most UK doctors experiencing moral distress, survey shows

10 January 2024 | healthcare professional, wellbeing, mental health, stress, NHS, waiting lists, infrastructure

Nearly four out of five (78%) family doctors across the United Kingdom are experiencing moral distress while caring for their patients.

Sight loss befriender offers 'life changing' support to Freda

17 August 2023 | befriender, Sight Scotland, Volunteering, emotional, wellbeing, lonliness

Sight Scotland, Scotland’s largest sight loss organisation, is appealing for more volunteer befrienders to help battle loneliness and isolation.