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.
18 January 2021
Being able to read Braille can give someone with a vision impairment access to information that many of us take for granted. It’s also an important way of being able to communicate your needs and wishes. For example, being able to acc...
14 January 2021
It’s really easy to use Instagram to give a shout-out to your favourite charity and help raise money for a good cause. One of the simplest way to raise money for charities on social media is to add a Donation button to your Instagram sto...
13 January 2021
Shift your unwanted CDs, books and DVDs with Ziffit and help raise money for WESC Foundation After the excesses of Christmas, January isn’t traditionally a great time for cash donations to any charity. But thanks to Virgin Money Giving...
5 January 2021
Young people with complex needs and visual impairment often face barriers to learning, living and taking an active, independent place in society. Our charity (including the special school and specialist FE college) remains open, and will co...
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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Are you our next Digital Marketing Officer?
We're looking to fill a part time (30 hours per week) post based at our Exeter campus.
You’ll be joining our Exeter-based charity as part of the External Affairs Team, and your role will be pivotal to:
increasing awareness of our charity’s work and the impact of what we do
helping to increase revenue from fundraising
promoting placements in our school, college and adult services
improving communications with people inside and outside of the organisation
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Why is Braille important and how do we teach it?
Thanks to Braille teacher Jenny Langley for sharing some great information for our latest blog post.
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Our charity shops are currently closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown, and unable to take your donations.
There's still a way to support young people with vision impairment and complex needs to live amazing lives, thanks to Virgin Money Giving and Zippit.
You can use Zippit to clear-out unwanted books, games, CDs and DVDs, and then choose for WESC Foundation to benefit from the sales.
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Not keen on Zippit? Already on eBay? You can also donate all or some of your eBay income to the WESC Foundation eBay store.
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