Help Sight Life by doubling your donations via the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2024!
The Big Give Christmas Challenge opens on 3 December 2024.
https://bit.ly/SightLifeBigGive24
Sight Life is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge again this year thanks to kind support of The Big Give and ShareGift.
The Big Give Christmas Challenge takes place between 3rd and 10th of December 2024.
If you donate online to our campaign via our bespoke donation page, then your donation will be doubled thanks to the match funding we have in place.
This means that a £10 donation will be doubled to £20.
Don’t forget to add Gift Aid to your donation if you are eligible as this adds an additional 25p per pound for free.
We have a target of £16,000 this year so please support us if you can.
Your donation will be doubled whilst match funds last.
Donations that are made after the match funding has been used up or the target has been achieved will still be received by Sight Life.
If you were considering supporting Sight Life this Christmas, this is the best way is to donate and will make a huge difference to our work supporting blind and partially sighted people in South Wales.
If you need support, please call into the resource centre at Jones Court where we can support you to donate online, or speak to a member of staff in your area.
Sight Life does not charge for its services. We rely on fundraising and donations for most of our income so your support this Christmas time would be greatly appreciated.
Donate Here:
https://bit.ly/SightLifeBigGive24
Useful links:
About the Big Give: https://biggive.org/our-story/
How does Gift aid work: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/gift-aid/
You can learn more about match funding here: Match funding explained – Big Give
Donate to our Big Give Campaign. https://bit.ly/SightLifeBigGive24
About Sight Life
Tel 02920 398900
Email [email protected]
Sight Life (formerly Cardiff Institute for the Blind) supports people who are blind or partially sighted in south Wales. We outreach to approximately 4000 people in Cardiff, Swansea, RCT (Rhondda Cynon Taf), Neath and Port Talbot. Many of these people receive ongoing support, advice and direct assistance on a regular basis.
We provide statutory services to people with sight loss on behalf of the local Councils in Cardiff and Swansea.
In cooperation with the NHS, we provide a support service (ECLO: Eye Clinic Liaison Officer) for patients newly diagnosed with sight loss in University Hospital of Wales (UHW “The Heath”) in Cardiff.
Our aims are to ensure that people with sight loss can take part in all aspects of society, including work and leisure.
We offer a range of training, clubs and activities including audio-described theatre trips, confidence building, cooking, drama, employment support, fitness, gardening, IT, music, photography, rambling and yoga to people with sight loss.
Established in 1865, we are one of Wales’ oldest charities. We are 160 years old in 2025. Find out how you could help us here: https://sightlife.wales/get-involved/project-160/
We have approximately a staff 15 and have an annual income in the region of £500,000 from statutory contracts, grants, trusts, The National Lottery, donations and legacies.
Sight Life changed its name from Cardiff Institute for the Blind in 2019 to reflect the fact that we work beyond Cardiff, including Swansea and RCT (Rhondda Cynon Taf). The name change also recognises the fact that we support people with any degree of sight loss, not only those who are blind.
Sight Life holds the Investors in Volunteering standard, our work is supported by over 100 volunteers, many of whom have sight loss themselves.
Find out more about Volunteering here: https://sightlife.wales/get-involved/volunteering/
Support Us: How Your Funding Could Help
Donate Here : https://donate.justgiving.com/charity/cifb/donation-amount
£20 could enable a volunteer to call an isolated member through our contact line to check in on their wellbeing and invite them to join an online or in person group
£50 could allow people with sight loss to safely enjoy a wellbeing walk with their peers
£100 could help maintain an activity group to run over the cold winter months to prevent isolation and loneliness in the sight loss community in South Wales
£200 could facilitate a volunteer training day to equip new volunteers with the vital skills to guide blind and partially sighted people, provide bespoke support and run groups in the community
£500 could allow us to start a group for those who are newly diagnosed with sight loss to improve their mental wellbeing and return to independence.
Thank you!
#GoSightLife
