To try to make this as easy as possible for them our staff are very reassuring and we make our day centre as friendly and open as possible. For the newly impaired we offer retraining, including cooking, which can be a very dangerous activity after losing ones sight. Our Hydrotherapy Pool is open to anyone with a disability or injury. Through gentle exercise in very warm water it gives relief from pain caused through damaged muscles and joints, and is a great help in regaining mobility. The pool helps over 100 people a week, a number which is growing all of the time.
Many people come in groups from other charities for the disabled and local voluntary groups.
Our Library has books in large print, Braille and audio tape. As tape is the most popular format we now have over one thousand titles for people to choose from. People can visit the library at any time during the week, but for those who find the journey too far or difficult to make, we also have a postal library. After making selections from a list we can provide borrowers with regular sets of tapes through a freepost system, expanding the operating range of the library across the whole of Sussex. The Equipment Shop gives visually impaired people a chance to try out a range of specialist equipment before they buy it.