Visual Impairment: Education and Welfare

VIEW is an association for the education and welfare of the visually impaired

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD

VIEW is your voice at government level, representing teachers of the visually impaired on a range of Committees and Steering groups linked to VI issues.

VIEW is a group that is open to professionals, parents and others with an interest in the field of visual impairment.

Aims of the association:

• To represent the views of our membership through training, support and surveys
• To raise the standards of the education of children and young people in schools and in Further and Higher Education Establishments
• To support developments in the field to benefit individuals with a visual impairment
• To support the qualification of piano tuners
• To share and disseminate information
• To establish links with other organisations, sharing information to benefit children and young people with a visual impairment.

Membership enables you to:

• Access areas on our website created for certain professional groups.
  These areas are under construction at the moment but they will provide opportunities to access:
  • Publications of work carried out by QTVIs and others
  • Information produced via our committee, groups and sharing best practice groups
  • A network of support and information for members
  • VIEW newsletter which highlights key issues and gives regular feedback from consultations
  • Question and answer forums on particular issues of interest to QTVI, etc.
  • An opportunity to become involved with small pieces of research on relevant issues to the members and by doing so to provide evidence from the field to support concerns and issues
• Receive 3 copies per year of the British Journal of Visual Impairment (a SAGE publication)
• Support for the production of publications, small projects and research
• Have your views heard at a range of committees and groups with links to:
  • DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families)
  • QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority)
  • Vision 20:20
  • RNIB
  • VIA (Visual Impairment Association)
  • LVSIG (Low Vision Services Implementation Group)
  • BAUK (Braille Authority UK)