During this year’s National Eye Health Week , it’s more important than ever to remember to look after your eyes. At least half of sight loss is avoidable. If you have an eye condition, it’s important that you continue to look after eyes to stop your condition from getting worse.
Follow the link to find out if you could be doing more to protect your eyesight. http://www.visionmatters.org.uk/eye-health-questionnaire/eye-health-questionnaire
Chris and Agnetta attended the Closer to Home Event focused on offering physical and mental wellbeing, job seeking and back to work support. The evening was a great opportunity to answer questions from the general public and to meet other services offering support and guidance.
If you would like to find out more and when the next event will be held please use this link https://www.gov.je/caring/organisations/pages/closertohome.aspx
It was so wonderful to have a small group of members at Westlea Centre today. This is the first time we have welcomed our members back since March. They enjoyed a morning of pebble and tile painting and it looks like they haven’t lost their creative flair!
More workshops are planned in the coming weeks.
Great to hear their chatter again at Westlea.
Infrastructure has advised their programme of work scheduled for traffic signals and junctions for 2020. They will endeavour to complete work as quickly as possible and will advise any changes that may occur to the schedule.
Please check below and note any work which is likely to affect the routes you take during August.
Saville Street Junction – (1 Team / 4 days / 1 week)
24th – 28th August.
This will involve the complete shutdown of the junction for 4 to 5 days as the ageing traffic signal
heads and controller are removed and replaced with new equipment. During that short period there
will be no crossing facilities available to any users in the vicinity who may need it. During the hours
of 8.00am – 5.30pm there will be installation engineers on site to assist anyone crossing that junction. Outside of those times the junction will be unmanned.
New Street / Union Street Junction – (1 Team 3 – 4 days/ less than a week)
29th August – 31st August
This will involve the complete shutdown of the junction for 3 to 4 days as the ageing traffic signal
heads and controller are removed and replaced with new equipment. During that short period there
will be no crossing facilities available to any users in the vicinity who may need it. During the hours
of 8.00am – 5.30pm there will be installation engineers on site to assist anyone crossing that junction. Outside of those times the junction will be unmanned.
EYECAN have been busy getting out and about supporting our Islanders with sight impairment.
Lisa, our Community Administrator, recently dropped off some equipment to Barry. Barry is one of EYECANs’ newest members, having recently had a deterioration in his sight with Macular Degeneration. Barry, a keen petanque player, is a gentleman with a lovely sense of humour. He and his wife Gwen expressed thanks to EYECAN. It is an absolute pleasure for EYECAN to offer support to our sight impaired community we strongly believe in enabling our members to be able to do anything, there is nothing that is impossible and none of the team will give up trying to find a solution.
If you know of any Islander with sight loss who would benefit from our assistance please contact us on 01534 864689 or email us at info@eyecan.je.
EYECAN met up with Abigail yesterday and surprised her with a bag of goodies and a Certificate of Appreciation for being so brave.
Abigail has raised £450.00 for the Charity by having her lovely long hair cut. As Abigail has sensory issues this was a real challenge for her.
Abigail you are a real star. We thank you for being so kind and thoughtful. It look like you have made another new friend!
We all know that the sun releases radiation, one of these is UV which is invisible to the eye. UV rays are responsible for sunburn, but did yo know they can also damage your eyes and vision!
Wearing sunglasses with a built in UV filter this summer can help protect your eyes from UV damage.
UVA and UVB rays in sunlight can harm your eyes and may increase the risk of Cataracts and Age-related Macular Degeneration, the number one cause of sight loss in Britain.
It is a good idea to wear sunglasses whenever you spend time outdoors, but did you know that UV exposure is much higher in areas where there are more reflective surfaces, for example near water? So, protecting your eyes when you are by the sea is particularly important.
When choosing sunglasses only buy those which have a CE mark or carry British Standard BS EN ISO 12312-1. Many tints are available but the lightness or darkness, and the colour of the tint, are largely a matter of choice.
Have a great summer!
EYECAN says a big thank you to Abigail who raised funds for the Charity by having her lovely long hair cut yesterday. As Abigail has sensory issues this was a real challenge for her.
Not only has Abigail raised over £450.00 for EYECAN but she is also donating her cut hair to the Little Princess Trust to help children who experience hair loss after treatment for cancer.
What an amazing young lady you are, Abigail! We think your new haircut looks fabulous! 
Elizabeth Place footpath closure 22nd – 24th July.
Jersey Electricity advises that Elizabeth Place footpath will be closed to pedestrians to enable maintenance work on Wednesday 22nd, Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th July. Crossing points to skirt this area are from the corner of Cheapside onto the traffic island and across to the corner of Parade Gardens, or at the Junction with Saville Street.
Earlier this year amateur photographers of all ages were invited to enter their work into a photography competition to celebrate World Social Work Day on Tuesday 17th March.
Photographers were asked to submit photos on the theme of ‘Promoting the Importance of Human Relationships’.
Below is a wonderful photograph taken of our members and volunteer, taken by Rob Ferchal at Westlea Centre.
At a time when many of us are distanced from family and friends, and when care and kindness are so often provided by neighbours and complete strangers, we are reminded of the power and importance of human relationships.
