In The Media
Facebook December 2009
Vision Care for Homeless People joins Facebook – keep up to date with news and events.
Facebook
Ot TV Interviews volunteers and patients September 2009
Listen to an interview with the Chief Executive and one of the founders of the charity Vision Care for Homeless People, Harinder Paul. He talks about his inspiration behind setting up the charity in 2003, and the impact it has made on the lives of thousands of homeless and other vulnerable people. Volunteers John Waller and William Johnston describe the reasons they volunteer and their experiences of the people they meet and help. You also hear the other side from a homeless person who has received the fantastic services of a free eye examination and spectacles to enable him to improve his life.
Ot TV video
Primary Health Net reports Shocking findings May 2009
London’s homeless people are struggling to function with prescriptions of up to -16.00 dioptres. This is just one of the shocking findings of volunteer optometrists at Vision Care for Homeless People, operating from London’s Crisis Centre. Primary Health Net
Optician looks out for charity February 2009
Two kind hearted opticians have their sights set on making a real difference to the lives of others by supporting a charity’s efforts to improve the eyesight of homeless people. Observer 0209 – pdf
Young opticians giving up time for eye charity February 2009
The current economic climate means that many university graduates are struggling to find work and pay off student loans but a Birmingham pair are forfeiting a fifth of their salaries from their new jobs to devote time to charity work. 0209 – pdf
Free Eye Care for Homeless People January 2009
Newly qualified opticians are helping homeless people in Birmingham. Every Monday, Sonia Aggarwal and Jaimin Chauhan offer free eye care for homeless people at the Salvation Army’s William Booth Centre. 0109 – pdf
Vision Care names date for third clinic Optometry today October 2008
Vision Care for Homeless People will open a clinic in Birmingham next month, offering free eye care and spectacles to homeless people in need of health checks. ot311008 – pdf
Homeless charity to set up in Birmingham Optician June 2008
Vision care for Homeless People plans to run a centre in Birmingham by this September following on from its London clinics offering eye care and speon ctacles to the homeless. OPTICIAN130608 – pdf
Keeler Donates Pulsair June 2008
Leading Ophthalmic manufacturer Keeler has provided a much needed Pulsair intelliPuff® tonometer to non-profit charity Vision Care for Homeless People at its clinic in Victoria, London.
Keeler donates pulsair
Homeless clinics extend to Brum Optometry today June 2008
Optical good cause Vision Care for Homeless People will open a clinic in Birmingham this September. The opening will be the charity’s first expansion outside of London’s Aldgate and Victoria areas for several years. ot130608 – pdf
Vision Care expands Optometry Today August 2007
Last week OT met with the founder of Vision Care, Harinder Paul, to speak about his plans to expand its clinics across London and taking the charity nationwide. Vision Care expands 170807 – pdf
Volunteers needed for new Vision Care clinic Optometry Today April 2007
Newly registered charity Vision Care is opening a second clinic in Victoria, London, this month. Volunteers needed 060407 – pdf
Vision Care appeal for support to expand Optometry Today January 2007
Charity Vision care for Homeless People made a fresh appeal for support to make its service nationally available.
Charity Vision of caring optician Ilford Recorder January 2006
A man who set up a charity to provide free eye tests and spectacles for the homeless is appealing for more opticians to volunteer for the London-wide project. Recorder120106 – pdf
Looking Good December 2005
Street Lights – The voice of the streets – Big Issue reporter Pam commenting on the value of the services of Vision Care for Homeless People.
Big Issue December 2005
On the net
Couple’s helping hand for charity
A Birmingham couple are forfeiting a fifth of their salaries from their new jobs to devote time to charity work. Every Monday, newly-qualified opticians Sonia Aggarwal, 23 from Great Barr and Harborne’s Jaimin Chauhan, 27, will not be found at their hard-won jobs at leading High Street opticians but offering free eye care at The Salvation Army’s William Booth Centre in Birmingham on behalf of the Vision Care for Homeless People charity.
The homeless and health Health Service Journal
http://www.hsj.co.uk/the-homeless-and-health/1970518.article
Meanwhile, the charity Vision Care for Homeless People offers a free eye screening and spectacle dispensing service at the centre. Volunteers include dispensing optician Sarah Baylaya and optometrist Sandhya Gosai, who both ordinarily work for Boots but are at the centre every Monday.
Open Day
We had an open day at Vision Care for Homeless People on Monday 24th Sep 07 from 3-8pm at Crisis Skylight
The purpose was to ;
1.To allow new and existing volunteers to see Vision Care in action
2. To meet and chat to the homeless people who we help
3. See first hand what we do .
4. To meet existing volunteers .
5. Chance to see the premises .
6. Meet the core team.
7 . Meet some of the trustees .
8 . Get to know about future plans .
