PAVIS

Thank you to everyone who supported and helped at our annual event in the Reading Rooms, Billericay. This year we had to contend with the rain but we still came out with a healthy £400 profit.
We were pleased to welcome Tony Dunne to our team, selling his bird nesting boxes. We were all taken by the innovative little houses that will be an attractive talking point in our gardens, even without the birds! If you were not there to buy one this time round you will be pleased to know that Tony has asked to be present at the November bazaar, so note the date in your diary - Saturday 24 November - and buy your nesting box ready for next spring. More information about this event will be published nearer the time.

The My Guide service, provided in partnership with Guide Dogs, helps people with sight loss get out of their homes and back into the community. My guide aims to reduce the isolation that many people with sight loss experience, helping to rebuild their confidence and regain their independence.
For more information visit Services in the main menu or email Pavis

We are currently seeking volunteers for the My Guide project which is being run in partnership with Guide Dogs. 180,000 blind and partially sighted people find it hard to go out alone. Just a few hours of your time each week can change that. The new My Guide service helps people with sight loss get out of their homes and back into the community. My Guide aims to reduce the isolation that many blind people experience, helping to rebuild their confidence and regain their independence.
For more information look under Volunteers in the main menu or email Pavis

Our fundraising team pulled off yet another successful day on Saturday 12 November in the Reading Rooms, Billericay, taking a grand total of £692.13. We would like to extend a big thank you to all who supported this event and look forward to seeing you again in April 2012, at the Spring Fayre.

The PAVIS annual Spring Fayre took place in the Reading Rooms, Billericay on Saturday 23 April and raised a tremendous £597.
We would like to thank all those who came along and supported the event - our best ever. Thanks must also goto everyone that helped on the day and to all those who donated items for the stalls and the raffle.
Our next major event will be held at the same venue on 12 November but please look out for us at other events such as the Ghyllgrove Nursing Home Boot Sale on Sunday 15 May and at the annual Feast and Fayre, Horndon on the Hill on Sunday 26 June.

PAVIS has won an award from Essex County Council, for the partnership work it undertakes with Essex Vision. Essex Vision is a strategic partnership of local sight loss charities in Essex and aims to develop a Vision Strategy throughout the county. The Vision Strategy is a plan that combines health care, social care and support agencies, to help prevent avoidable sight loss and improve services for people with sight loss. PAVIS is a key partner in Essex Vision, along with other sight loss charities, Essex Blind Charity, Support 4 Sight, Deafblind UK, Action for Blind people and Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Essex Vision made the list of finalists for the award category of ‘Partnership Working’ and was then announced as joint winners at the Essex County Council award ceremony on 1 April 2011, “Celebrating Your Achievements”.