Members Spotlight

Voice of Vision Impairment

The VVI is Ireland’s national representative organisation for visually impaired people, specifically focusing on our rights and needs from a visually impaired perspective. In this, we are part of a wider movement of what are known as Disabled Persons Organisations (DPOs).

All VVI members and representatives have a visual impairment, and since we are not a service-provider, we use our expertise to represent the interests and needs of all visually impaired service-users.

We also very much welcome members who have other impairments as well as being partially sighted or blind, and our policies are very much influenced by the particular needs arising from combinations of visual impairment with other impairments.

https://vvi.ie/

Seniorline Third Age

SeniorLine is a confidential listening service for older people provided by trained older volunteers and managed by Third Age Ireland.

Our lines are open every day from 10am to 10pm, 365 days a year, including Christmas Day, St Stephen’s Day and New Year’s Day. Seniorline remains open when many statutory services are closed, and is recognised as a primary health care service helping to support older people in their community. Freephone 1800 80 45 91.

As well as responding to individual callers, Seniorline advocates nationally for older people in Ireland, representing their needs, concerns and wishes to media, the general public, politicians and key stakeholders.

We meet Damian Leneghan and Anne Dempsey who talk about the organisation and how they overcame the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.thirdageireland.ie/seniorline/