Carl Hodge

Carl is the Development Director for SLSB and his role is to ensure the charity has sufficient income for the future and to manage the funds being used each year. Part of his role also includes running the social enterprises.

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Margaret McClure

Margaret has two roles – Services Manager and Resource and Information Co-ordinator. She shares the role as Services Manager with Janet Eardley and together ensures SLSB’s services run smoothly and meets the needs of our members. As Resource and Information Co-ordinator, Margaret is responsible for the Sight Advice Centre, the Hospital Desk and oversees the Low Vision Service.

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Scott Hemsley

Community Development Co-ordinator – Scott visits people at home to demonstrate equipment and give information groups and other voluntary organisations. Scott also arranges for Volunteers to visit people who want home based support. Scott is part of the Low Vision Scheme which works closely with Adult & Cultural Services.

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Jane Dodding

Sight Action Officer –

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Charles Ely

Charles Ely is SLSB’s technology adviser, he provides advice on how computers can be made accessible for visually impaired people and gives training in computer use. He also advises on other “hi-tech” equipment such as electronic magnifiers and reading machines.

Visit the Technology Service page.

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Jan Quinn

Jan is our craft instructor. It was her silly idea to put pictures of the staff on this web site.

Visit the Craft Group page.

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In addition to this Jan is responsible for the Children’s Project

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Elizabeth Wright

Elizabeth is the Fund Raising Secretary. She organises street and in store collections. The Annual Coffee Morning and Fund Raising Concerts are also arranged by Elizabeth. She also organises the weekly Keep Fit Class.

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Lisa Thompson

Lisa is the Administration Officer at SLSB and her role is to organize the office to run smoothly. Her duties include answering the phones and general post, email and faxes. Lisa is good at trouble shooting and is in the process of sorting a few years filing.

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