Blind Veterans UK Brighton Centre

Overlooking Brighton and the English Channel, we moved into our centre at Ovingdean in October 1938.

Visually impaired Veterans can come to the centre for their initial visit and assessment. During their introductory week we carefully assess each person's vision impairment, and speak to them and their families about how we can help through training and rehabilitation.

After this visit, our members can come back to our Brighton centre for holidays, respite, residential and nursing care. As well as helping with fitness and mobility, we give veterans with sight loss the skills they need to live an independent life.

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Our care services are accessible to members who:

• Have sustained other illnesses and disabilities alongside their blindness
• Don't have family help to stay self-sufficient at home
• Will benefit from a temporary stay to recover from an illness, or give their full-time carers a break
• Need support during their old age

There's always demand for our care facilities, and we offer them in specific circumstances:

Permanent placements: are offered on a needs basis with priority given to war-blinded ex-service men and women.  Note: Permanent places are only available at our Brighton centre and currently permanent social care placements are only available to those who have been members of the charity for a period of 3 years.

Respite stays:  are arranged subject to availability, and are available at both our Brighton and Llandudno centres.

Student Nurses at our Brighton Centre

Blind Veteran’s UK nursing department at our Brighton Centre regularly hosts first year nursing students from University…

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Nursing care

Our nursing care is designed to meet individual needs, whether it’s lifelong or short-term care to recover from surgery …

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Residential care

Long-term residential social care is available at our Brighton centre. This helps members who would struggle to cope wit…

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Care quality in Brighton

We’re proud of the quality of our care, and we’re not the only ones who think so – our Brighton centre has achieved and …

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Care quality in Llandudno

Llandudno is our newest centre, which opened in autumn 2011. Overlooking the North Wales resort town with its iconic pro…

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Dignity in care

Maintaining dignity is an important part of care delivery, and something we see as fundamental to how we work with our r…

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Brighton Health Authority Report

We’re proud of the quality of our care, and we’re not the only ones who think so – our Brighton centre has achieved and …

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