Congratulations to Sara on qualifying as a Vision Rehabilitation Specialist

Congratulations to Sara Milner-Jones on qualifying as a Vision Rehabilitation Specialist, following a two-year course at Birmingham University.

Sara works for the North Wales Society of the Blind covering Ynys Môn and Gwynedd.

She is one of only 35 qualified professionals in Wales helping people living with sight loss remain as independent and safe as possible and to improve their quality of life. 

This is done through training in the fields of mobility, communication, daily living skills and low vision as well as demonstrating and issuing equipment and making people aware of other support services both locally and nationally.

Sara joins the Society’s team of four other qualified officers.

The Society supports people across North Wales and has a rehabilitation service that assists around 900 people living with sight loss at their homes across Ynys Môn and Gwynedd.

Senior rehabilitation officer Dafydd Eckley said: “Sara has worked with us since 2022 and has become a very valuable member of a team of 12 employees based at our resources centre in Bangor.”

Sara said: “Thank you to everyone who has supported me while undertaking my qualification. 

“I am looking forward to putting what I have learnt into action in supporting people who live with sight loss in Ynys Môn and Gwynedd. I feel lucky to be part of such a skilled and experienced team in the North Wales Society of the Blind working on delivering all we can to support people to continue to be independent.”