We can provide information and advice about support or equipment to help you retain independence if you have a sensory need i.e. hearing impairment or loss or visual impairment or loss.
If you have difficulty communicating with us via the telephone, then Relay UK may help. Relay UK services for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired people are readily available without specialist equipment. You can download the app from the app store, google play or the Microsoft store onto your smartphone, tablet, or computer.
For further information visit Relay UK | Relay UK (bt.com) - please note that Relay UK is a 3rd party service and not run by RCBC so RCBC is not responsible for data shared.
More information on our sensory support is available in our guide below:
If you're experiencing a sensory impairment which is impacting your independence and daily life, please contact:
Adult care access team
Phone: 01642 771500
Email: adultsensorysupport@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
There are a range of organisations, both local and national, which provide valuable resources for those with sensory loss. You can find their details by following the links at the bottom of this page.
Useful links
- Teesside and District Society for the Blind
- Partially Sighted Society
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Albinism Fellowship
- British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
- Guide Dogs for the Blind
- Henshaw’s Society for the Blind
- International Glaucoma Association (IGA)
- Macular Disease Society
- National Federation of the Blind
- Talking Newspaper Association of the United Kingdom
- Vision Aid
- British Deaf Association
- Deafblind UK
- Hearing Link
- Sense
- TAVIP
- The British Tinnitus Association
- Action on Hearing Loss