BAME Vision – NEHW Workshop Itinerary 2021[7041]
BAME Vision, in collaboration with eye care professionals and people with lived experience, are facilitating a series of informative workshops around this year’s themes of National Eye Health Week. This year, National Eye Health Week runs from the 20th – 26th September 2021
You can find the full schedule and speakers below. To register for any of the sessions, please email info@bamevision.org. All workshops welcome a Q and A session, or email your questions in advance. The link to join via Zoom will be shared with you a few days prior to each workshop. Please do share with your networks and members.
Workshop Schedule:
Workshop 1- Monday 20th September 2021
Time – 7– 8pm
Hosts – Bhavini Makwana, Adam Mapani, Tricia Smikle and Saliha Rashid as a Lived Experience speaker of Leber Congenital Amaurosis
This session will cover:
- Introduction to BAME Vision and what BAME means,
- Sharing our mission and vision,
- Sharing details of the upcoming workshops during the week ahead,
- What is National Eye health week, its aims and this year’s themes,
- Discussing challenges and perception of sight loss within BAME communities,
- How to stay connected to BAME Vision and our projects.
Workshop 2 – Tuesday 21st September 2021
Time – 7 – 8pm
Hosts – Dr Sheena George, Subash Suthar and Nita Patel, a Lived experience speaker living with Diabetes and Management.
Theme: Sight after 60
This session will cover:
- Sharing common eye conditions which are prevalent in BAME communities, in those over the age of 60,
- Sharing resources and services available to support you,
- Ways to manage good eye health and vision,
- Importance of regular eye check-ups and screening,
- Sharing tips on good diet and nutrition.
Workshop 3 – Thursday 23rd September 2021
Time – 7-8pm
Hosts – Jayshree Vasani, Subash Suthar & Bhavini Makwana, a Lived Experience speaker of Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Theme: Live Well and See Well
This session will cover:
- Why good sleep, diet and exercise is important,
- Regular eye check-ups and the importance of having them,
- Who is entitled for free eye tests,
- What can be detected in eye tests?
- Talking about medication and eye drops,
- Sharing impact of screen time and usage,
- Protecting eyes from sun,
- Relax and Breathe- the importance of doing so,
- Clarifying myths around so-called remedies within BAME communities.
Workshop 4 – Friday 24th September 2021
Time – 2-3pm
Hosts – Beverley Drugid, also sharing living with glaucoma, Wayne Chapman and Maxine Plowden, a Lived Experience speaker of Coloboma
Theme: Mental Health and Mindfulness
This session will cover:
- Highlighting the importance of relaxation and taking care of our eyes,
- Sharing the work of an eye care champion,
- Raising awareness of mental health, in particular around having a vision impairment,
- What is mindfulness?
- Practicing mindfulness whilst having sight loss.
Workshop 5 – Sunday 26th September 2021
Time – 1 -2pm
Hosts – Mandy Davidson, Subash Suthar and a Lived Experience speaker of Macular Degeneration Ifzal Khan
Theme: Dry Eyes, Cataracts and myth busting
- What are Dry Eyes?
- Signs and symptoms of Dry Eyes,
- Common causes of Dry Eyes,
- Prevention or remedies of Dry Eyes,
- Cataracts and its effects,
- Living with Cataracts.
We look forward to seeing you at the workshops
