Galloways

We are hiring! 🙂 Are you passionate about providing support and making a real difference to the wellbeing of others? Do you want to help people who are impacted by sight loss to keep their independence by providing information, guidance and support? If so, we want to hear from you! We’re looking for a Community Sight Loss Advisor to provide vital sight loss services from our building in Morecambe to the North Lancashire area. You’ll be joining a friendly team in a values-led organisation that cares deeply about the work we do, our people and our culture. Apply today or share this post with your network. Find out more about the role here >>

We’re currently experiencing a systems outage at Howick House, which is affecting our ability to respond to enquiries. We’re working closely with our contractors to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, but it may take until tomorrow to be resolved. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time and will update you once everything is back to normal. 🧡

🌟 Exciting News for Our low Vision Service! 🌟 We're thrilled to soon be joining the new Opera Electronic Referral System to better manage our low Vision service! 👓💡 Here's why this matters: 🔗 **Strengthening Connections:** With primary care now able to send referrals directly to the voluntary sector, we can ensure that individuals impacted by visual impairment get the right support at the right time. ⏱️ **Faster Support:** This streamlined system means fewer delays in getting people the help they need, leading to quicker assessments, personalized care, and access to vital resources. 🤝 **Empowering the Voluntary Sector:** Being integrated into this system allows us to play a key role in managing and delivering services that make a difference in people's lives. This new approach will help us continue to provide the high-quality, compassionate support that our community deserves. Stay tuned as we move forward with this exciting development to transform vision care and improve lives! #VisionService #OperaReferralSystem #VoluntarySector #VisualImpairment #CommunityCare #PrimaryCareIntegration #TransformingLives Galloways https://lnkd.in/e4RW6xFd

Did you know that Galloways has a Weekly Lottery and it has been a whole 5 years since our first ever player signed up? The Galloways Weekly Lottery costs just £1 a week to play and all profits from the Lottery go directly towards improving our services for people living with sight loss. There's also the added bonus of a weekly jackpot of £25,000...one of our very own players, Bob, won this top prize and said "I am over the moon! I couldn’t believe it when I heard I had won the top prize.”. So if you would like to celebrate our Lottery's 5th birthday by becoming a player, please sign up online at https://lnkd.in/eX-hZ6h4 or you cal sign up over the phone by calling 0370 050 9240. If you would like an accessible sign up form posted to your home address, please contact us on 01772 744148 and we will pop one in the post. Good luck and thank you to all of our dedicated players. 🧡 [IMAGE: a photograph of a gentleman holding a plaque saying "winner" and Galloways team member Nadia holding a large orange cardboard lottery ball with the Galloways Lottery logo in the centre. There is an orange dialogue box which reads "The Galloways Lottery is 5 years old!"] Unity Lottery #charitylottery #fundraising #sightloss #lancashire

An informative post from our CEO Iain Pearson on #WorldSightDay... To learn more about what we do here at Galloways visit our new website at www.galloways.org.uk

As part of Galloways continuously striving to diversify and strengthen our workforce, we have renewed our commitment to inclusivity and proud to have become a Disability Confident employer. Being Disability Confident provides us as an employer with the knowledge, skills and confidence to attract, recruit, retain and develop disabled people in the workplace. This counts for advertising jobs, recruitment, interviews, wellbeing, reasonable adjustments as well as retaining staff who may have become disabled. Just another way we are aiming to deliver a better service to staff and our service users! [IMAGE: a black background with the Galloways logo featuring against an orange/yellow gradient background. Central on the post is the wording 'Proud to be' and then showcasing the 'Disability Confident Committed' logo.] #disabilityconfident #disabilityconfidentcommitted #disabilityfriendlyemployer #disabilityconfidentemployer #employmentequality #inclusivity

The Galloways grounds are usually impeccably kept. But sadly we can no longer call on the team of people who keep on top of our grass cutting so the lawns are becoming slightly unkempt 😫 So we are calling on our wonderful supporters to share this post and tag any companies or individuals that might have the time, equipment and hearts to help out a charity in need! Thank you so much for your help. [IMAGE: a black background with 2 images of the Galloways grounds, showing large lawns which are overgrown. The title on the image reads "We need help with our gardens."] #landscaping #gardening #groundskeeping #Preston #penwortham #volunteer #charity Kelly Love Roger De Nobrega

Sending a big thank you to everyone at The Lancaster Priory who have raised £290.00 for Galloways by holding a coffee morning to support us recently. Michelle Hawley attended their harvest supper yesterday evening and held an awareness discussion to provide understanding of various sight loss conditions, as well as giving people the opportunity to perform small tasks blindfolded to experience first hand what life with a visual impairment could be like. It was great to have so many willing volunteers giving the activities a go! Thank you for hosting us, and we loved attending your function! [IMAGE: a black background with the heading text reading "thanks to Lancaster Priory" and 3 circular images depicting 2 ladies holding a large cheque, a group of people round a table doing different activities and another lady blindfolded pouring water into a jug. It also features the Galloways logo in the bottom right hand corner.] #sightlossawareness #communityfundraising #visualimpairment

Galloways was pleased to be part of an engagement and collaboration event for St. Paul’s Eye Unit at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for improving accessibility at the Unit and the hospital as a whole. Along with other collaborators from Bradbury Fields and Merseyside Sight Loss Council, we teamed with staff and volunteers in the hospital and had the chance to walk around the clinic, the emergency unit, and the low vision clinic. Our own Jenny White posed as a patient with a guide dog (her lovely assistant Collis, pictured below!). She sat in the waiting area, waited to be called, and then followed a nurse to the assessment room. Another participant did the same from the perspective of a cane user, and the pair offered feedback on accessibility to help improve the care patients receive when attending the hospital sites. Yet another great collaboration to help improve services across the NHS in the area for people living with sight loss! [IMAGE: a black background with a title reading "improving accessibility across Liverpool" and 3 circular images showing a patient using a touch screen self check in service; a group of staff and volunteers sat around a table in a room; and a group of people in the foyer of the eye clinic having a discussion.] #accessibility #improvingaccessibility #sightloss #sightlossawareness #visualimpairment #liverpool #sefton