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Press editorials
The following editorials summarise the services offered by Vitalise and have been fully approved by Vitalise for use by journalists. Last updated March 2009.
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Vitalise is a national charity providing essential services for disabled people, visually impaired people, and carers.
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Vitalise is a national charity providing essential services for disabled people, visually impaired people, and carers. Vitalise’s services are designed to provide choice, promote independence and improve quality of life for disabled people and carers alike.
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Vitalise is a national charity providing essential services for disabled people, visually impaired people, and carers. Vitalise aims to offer choice through its enabling environment and inspirational opportunities for volunteers.
The essence of Vitalise is freedom and choice. The charity aims to contribute to the wellbeing of disabled people and carers, by giving them access to a wide range of services.
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Vitalise is a national charity providing essential services for disabled people, visually impaired people, and carers. Vitalise provides accessible short breaks, day services, home care, and holidays worldwide for visually impaired people.
Vitalise works in partnership with a number of charities including Action for Blind People, the Alzheimer’s Society, Carers UK, Liberty Child, the MS Society, Stroke Association and the respiratory disability charity Refresh. Vitalise is a member of Holidays for All, a consortium of accessible holiday providers, and Tourism for All, an accessible travel information service.
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Vitalise is a national charity providing essential services for disabled people, visually impaired people, and carers. Vitalise provides short breaks for disabled people and carers, with 24-hour nursing care on-call and personal support, at four of its five UK Centres. A fifth Centre provides accessible activity breaks for groups of disabled adults and children. All of Vitalise’s Centres offer a wide range of activities and excursions
Long-stay residential places are available at another of Vitalise’s Centres. The Charity also provides home care and day services, designed to promote independence, and organises holidays in the UK and overseas for visually impaired people, accompanied by sighted guides.
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Vitalise is a national charity providing essential services for disabled people, visually impaired people, and carers. Vitalise provides short breaks for disabled people and carers, with 24-hour nursing care on-call and personal support, at four accessible Centres in Essex, Nottingham, Southampton and Southport. A fifth Centre in Cornwall provides accessible activity breaks for groups. All of Vitalise’s Centres offer a wide range of activities and excursions. Volunteers complement the work of the Centres’ staff by providing guests with companionship and support.
Vitalise Churchtown in Cornwall provides accessible activity and adventure breaks for groups of children and adults with physical, sensory and learning disabilities. Day services and accessible self-catering holiday lodges are also available at Vitalise Churchtown.
Vitalise New Horizons Day Centre in Derby offers adults with high-level needs a bespoke day service that promotes independence. Vitalise Home Services provides tailored home care packages to disabled or older people and carers in the London region, while Vitalise Ellerslie Court in Southport provides long-stay residential accommodation for disabled people. Vitalise Holidays organises city breaks, activity and adventure holidays in the UK and overseas for groups of visually impaired people, accompanied by sighted guides.
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Vitalise (formerly the Winged Fellowship Trust) is a national charity providing essential services for disabled people, visually impaired people, and carers. Vitalise provides around 7,000 weeks of breaks each year for disabled adults, children and carers at five fully accessible UK Centres in Lanlivery, Cornwall, Chigwell, Essex, Nottingham, Southampton and Southport.
Four of the five Centres provide 24-hour care on-call and personal support in a relaxed, holiday environment. The Centres’ experienced staff can cater for over 150 different disabilities and, in addition to specialist nursing care, each guest is accompanied by a volunteer who provides companionship and support.
Vitalise Churchtown in Cornwall provides accessible activity and adventure breaks for groups of children and adults with physical, sensory and learning disabilities. Day services and accessible self-catering holiday lodges are also available at Vitalise Churchtown. Vitalise Ellerslie Court in Southport provides long-stay residential accommodation for disabled people.
Vitalise’s Centres organise hundreds of activities and excursions throughout the year, with evening entertainment laid on. A range of special interest breaks focus on particular activities, allowing guests to enjoy activities that would otherwise be very difficult or even impossible for them to participate in. There are also special subsidised weeks for people with Alzheimer’s and their partners.
Vitalise New Horizons Day Centre in Derby is the UK’s first ‘lifestyle centre’, offering adults with high-level needs a bespoke day service that promotes independence.
Vitalise Home Services provides home support to disabled or older people and carers in the London region. Vitalise Homecare offers disabled and older people a tailored package of personal care, domestic support and companionship, while Vitalise Homeshare arranges live-in support for frail or isolated older people and those with long-term health conditions.
Vitalise Holidays provides city breaks, activity and adventure holidays in the UK and overseas for groups of visually impaired people, accompanied by sighted guides.
Vitalise works in partnership with a number of charities including Action for Blind People, the Alzheimer’s Society, Carers UK, Liberty Child, the MS Society, Stroke Association and the respiratory disability charity Refresh. Vitalise is a member of Holidays for All, a consortium of accessible holiday providers, and Tourism for All, an accessible travel information service.
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