Services
HERIB has been supporting local people with sight loss since 1864.
By listening to people with sight problems, the charity has changed and developed the kinds of services it offers and is still doing so today.
Our services are delivered both in the community and at our Beverley Road Centre.
For more detailed information on the services we provide please click the links below.
Home Visitors
HERIB employs a team of six home visitors who cover the whole of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire to offer advice and support in each clients own home.
Resource Centre
Our resource centre on Beverley Road, Hull offers an extensive range of products, all designed to help people with sight loss maintain their independence.
Day Groups
Our nine day groups operate across the East Riding every week providing
activities and a meeting place for up to 200 visually impaired people every week.
Our Mobile Resource Bus visits venues and organisations across the East Riding to offer assistance to those who are unable to come into our main Resource Centre at HERIB.
Clubs & Groups
There are several sports and leisure groups based at HERIB. In addition a number of groups meet at HERIB on a regular basis to support people with specific eye conditions.
Computers & the Internet
HERIB offers advice and assistance to help people with sight loss improve their knowledge of computers and navigating the Internet.
Annual Events
HERIB organises a range of annual events that are aimed at providing social and leisure activities and much more.
Sheltered Accommodation
HERIB manages Beech Holme Court; a sheltered housing development for
visually impaired people of all ages.
Transcription Service
HERIB helps local companies and organisations make their information accessible to sight impaired people by providing a transcription service into large print, audio or Braille formats.
Training
HERIB offers Open College Network accredited Visual Impairment Awareness Training courses for organisations and individuals delivering services to the public.
Our clients also receive our bi-annual Insight newsletter free of charge and receive our annual survey to assess our service provision.
If this is your first contact with HERIB or if you remember us from many years ago, please call in to our centre and have a look round, we think you will be very pleasantly surprised.
