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Macular disease information and support Whitley Bay Macular Society Group

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About Macular Disease Society

The Macular Society is a patient charity especially for people with macular conditions. We offer information and support to improve lives today and we fund medical research to bring hope for the future.

We have a large network of support groups around the country where members with central vision loss can share experiences and offer one another encouragement and friendship. They are the experts on living with macular disease!

Our services include

• Advice and Information Service

• Confidential telephone counselling (BACP accredited)

• Befriending

• Advocacy

• Coaching in new ways of seeing

• Buddy schemes for people experiencing visual hallucinations (Charles Bonnet Syndrome) and for those concerned about having injections in the eye.

All our services are free to anyone who needs them.

Call the Advice and Information Service 0300 3030 111

Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm

www.macularsociety.org

Further information

First Thursday of every month,

1.30pm – 3pm

Meeting day

Thursday

Meeting frequency

Monthly

This information was supplied by Macular Society on 10 February 2025.