Help support our visually impaired young people by volunteering with us today
Our charity shops in Exeter, Sidmouth and Honiton are all open.
We’re looking for staff to work at our St David’s House residential centre for young adults.
Young people and adults at WESC Foundation experience the widest possible range of services in care, therapies, mobility and education, provided at this highly specialist day and residential centre for visual impairment.
We provide high-quality education and care that increases our learners’ opportunities and raises their expectations.
5 August 2020
Behold the power of Facebook. In response to our plea for help, last week a team of skilled volunteers came to help us dismantle and move our storytellers hut to a place on campus more suited for our visually impaired young people. The hut...
4 August 2020
A former student at Exeter’s WESC Foundation has just finished a 31 day wheelchair marathon in memory of his late father. 22 year old Will Parry, who is severely sight impaired and confined to a wheelchair by Cerebral Palsy, completed 36...
29 July 2020
Simon Jupp MP had the chance to see things a little differently when he visited WESC Foundation yesterday. He wore special glasses that simulate different types of visual impairment for part of his tour of the charity’s campus, which sits...
27 July 2020
A talking till developed by WESC Foundation has been shortlisted for a second national award. The audible point of sale (APOS) till – which can be operated independently by users with visual impairment and other disabilities – has been...
Everybody has something to offer WESC Foundation, so I would strongly recommend anyone thinking about volunteering to come to meet the children and staff and find out how they can contribute. If you have a gap in your life or you’d like to learn a new skill or meet like-minded people, then please come and join us!
Angie, Volunteer - at WESC Foundation
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Have you seen our new blog post yet? Hannah, from Blind Mum vs The World, talks all about supporting people with VI to social distance safely.
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[Image: Hannah walking with Hetty, her guide dog, on her left and her daughter in a pushchair on her right] ...
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Our estates team have been hard at work ripping out the old kitchen in one of our young people's residential homes, ready to make way for their brand new kitchen!
[Image: pile of old kitchen cabinets and chairs stacked up like a bonfire] ...
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With a lot of our young people at home for the summer, our beautiful campus is looking decidedly empty 🌳🌻🌸
[Image: WESC Foundation campus, the grass is green, there are a row of trees in the background and a blue sky] ...
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Blog
Guest blog: Social Distancing with a Visual Impairment
3 August 2020
Guest blogger Hannah, from Blind Mum vs The World, shares her thoughts on social distancin...
Guest Blog: Eyelander goes mobile
12 March 2020
Our guest blogger is by Professor Timothy Hodgson (Professor of Psychology at the Universi...
7 Most Asked Skydive Questions
9 March 2020
Skydiving is probably one of the most common bucket list items. It’s also one of the lea...