Group Volunteers Wanted For Haslemere Macular Support Group - posted 26.05.2022

 

Macular Support Groups aim to offer information and advice to those with partial loss of vision through any cause.

 If you can spare three hours once a month and a few hours for admin in-between meetings, and would like to help support people in your community who are living  with reducing sight, this might be for you. We are looking for helpers, who would be willing to be part of the dedicated committee, and would be happy to help with some or all of the following:  to open the meetings and introduce speakers, to arrange speakers, to run committee meetings, to take notes and manage membership, to help set up meetings, assist with refreshments, to manage publicity and to be  the group contact

 

If you would like more information please  click on ‘fill in application’ & complete the short online form’ and we will contact you.

Mission Statement

The Macular Society is the national charity for anyone affected by central vision loss. We have more than 21,000 members and, as the biggest membership group in the sight loss sector, we are the voice of people with macular conditions. We provide information and support to improve the lives of people with macular disease and to ensure no one has to face it alone. We have around 400 Macular Society support groups around the UK and beyond, run by volunteers. We have a helpline as well as befriending and counselling services and we offer one-to-one training in skills to make the best use of remaining vision. We campaign for better care and we fund research so that one day we can overcome macular disease.