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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 an enabling environment, and inspirational opportunities for volunteers.
The essence of Vitalise is freedom and choice. The charity aims to contribute to the well being of disabled people and carers, by giving them access to a wide range of services, both in the UK and overseas.
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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 at five accessible Centres, offering 24-hour care on-call, personal support and a choice of activities and excursions.
Vitalise also provides day services, designed to promote independence, and organises holidays in the UK and overseas for visually impaired people, accompanied by sighted guides. Long-stay residential places are available at one of Vitalise’s Centres. The Charity also offers holidays at accessible hotels in Europe for independent disabled travellers and carers.
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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 at five accessible Centres in Cornwall, Essex, Nottingham, Southampton and Southport. Our Centres offers 24-hour care on-call and personal support in a relaxed environment, and a choice of activities and excursions. In addition to specialist nursing care, each guest is accompanied by a volunteer, who provides companionship and support.
Vitalise also provides accessible activity and adventure breaks for children and groups, as well as adults, with physical, sensory and learning disabilities at Vitalise Churchtown in Cornwall. Day services are available at Vitalise Churchtown and Vitalise New Horizons Day Centre in Derby, offering a bespoke service designed to boost self-confidence and promote independence.
Vitalise organises City breaks, activity and adventure holidays in the UK and overseas for visually impaired people, accompanied by sighted guides. The charity also organises holidays at accessible hotels in Europe for independent disabled travellers and carers. Self-catering accessible holiday lodges are available at Vitalise Churchtown, and Vitalise Ellerslie Court in Southport provides long-stay residential accommodation for disabled people.
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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 over 7,000 weeks of breaks each year for disabled adults, children and carers at five fully accessible UK Centres in Bodmin, Cornwall, Chigwell, Essex, Nottingham, Southampton and Southport.
Our Centres provide 24-hour care on-call and personal support in a relaxed 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 also organises accessible activity and adventure breaks for children and groups, as well as adults, with physical, sensory and learning disabilities at Vitalise Churchtown in Cornwall. Vitalise Ellerslie Court in Southport provides long-stay residential accommodation for disabled people.
There is a choice of over 500 activities and excursions throughout the year at Vitalise’s Centres, with evening entertainment laid on. Over 35 different theme weeks focus on particular activities, allowing guests to experience activities that would otherwise be very difficult or even impossible for them to participate in. These theme weeks include several special Alzheimer’s and MS Society weeks each year.
In addition to residential breaks, Vitalise provides day services, which are available at the Vitalise Churchtown and Vitalise New Horizons Day Centre in Derby. New Horizons is the UK’s first ‘lifestyle centre’ offering adults with high-level needs a bespoke day service that promotes independence.
For visually impaired people, Vitalise organises City breaks, activity and adventure holidays in the UK and overseas, accompanied by sighted guides. The charity also offers holidays at accessible hotels in Europe for independent disabled travellers and carers.
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