Sight Loss, Home and the Built Environment

A Lighting Guide developed by Thomas Pocklington Trust and designed to assist visually impaired people to improve lighting in their homes, increasing their independence, comfort and safety.

This online guide by sight loss charity Thomas Pocklington Trust provides information and advice for visually impaired people who are looking for a new home, seeking to live independently for the first time or experiencing problems in their current accommodation.

Drawing upon research from Thomas Pocklington Trust & UCL, this guide is full of practical advice for improving lighting in the existing homes for people with sight loss.

This guide from TPT covers a wide range of tech products used for a variety of activities around the home, from online shopping and reading to health and fitness.

This publication provides good practice guidance on improving the homes of people with sight loss. It aims to support planned maintenance, replacements and refurbishment of the homes of people with sight loss and one-off adaptations in response to individual needs.

Thomas Pocklington Trust have prepared these links as part of the third phase of the Longitudinal Transitions Study that follows the experiences of young people with vision impairment during the transition from school through to employment and adulthood.

This guide by Thomas Pocklington Trust and the University of Manchester, highlights the power of design for daylighting to improve the lives of people with sight loss. This resource will be extremely valuable to architects.