Our Zoom sessions are available for all Eye Matter members to access wherever they live. Support can be provided to assist access and all members are expected to read our terms and conditions to ensure. The importance of using Zoom in respect of other people.
Zoom schedule for week starting 8th June
Monday 1:30pm-3pm “Turning Surviving into Thriving” facilitated by Joanna Williams.
Feeling good and bad
Is it possible to appreciate the present while grieving the life you used to have (or could have had)? Can you feel sad about what you’ve lost, frustrated by day-to-day challenges, but also feel hopeful about the future? In this zoom session we’ll talk about the conflicted nature of grief after sight loss and how two opposing feelings can both be true at once.
If you are unable to attend and would like to learn more please click here:
“Marvellous Me Mondays” continues at 6pm with Organisational Coaching with Caroline Dove.
Everyday Ease: Simple Ways to Make Life Work for You
Caroline Dove is a writer, facilitator and communication intermediary working with complex workplace situations. Her work explores neurodiversity, disability, identity and belonging. Through her book coming this year, on Invisible Grit, Caroline brings together lived reflection, professional insight and a commitment to compassionate conversations, collaboration and finding workable solutions.
This six-week programme offers a welcoming and supportive space for people living with sight loss to explore simple ways of making everyday life feel easier and more manageable.
Eye Matter recognises everyone’s journey is different. This programme is about sharing ideas, learning from each other, and finding what works for you – so that daily life feels more in your control and less of a struggle.
How the Sessions Work
Each session is 60 minutes on Zoom and follows a simple, relaxed format:
A warm welcome and chance to check in
- A practical idea to explore together
- A guided activity or discussion
- A small, optional step to try during the week
There is no pressure – just an opportunity to take part in a way that feels right for participants.
Tuesday 6pm Fun and friendly social followed by mindfulness with Laura Brodie from Adventures in Albinism
Resilience is about learning how to meet life’s challenges with greater steadiness, awareness, and self-compassion.
In this session, we will explore Dr. Rick Hanson’s practical approach to resilience and positive neuroplasticity, including his H.E.A.L. process for helping positive experiences “stick” in the brain. Through mindfulness practices, reflection, and open discussion, participants will learn simple ways to strengthen inner resources such as calm, confidence, connection, and emotional balance in everyday life.
The session will include guided mindfulness practices, practical tools for working with stress and difficult emotions, and small everyday exercises that help cultivate resilience over time.
Wednesday 11am Eye Matter Natter with Queen Sarah
Pour yourself a cuppa and curl up on the sofa with your Eye Matter friends.
Choir is back every Wednesday at 6pm. Please come and join us for singing, wellbeing and fun. Hosted by the fabulous Rachel.
Click here for more information:
https://www.eyematter.org.uk/songs-in-summertime/
Thursday 11am Living Well with Sight Loss course week 6.
Please click here for more information:
https://www.eyematter.org.uk/living-well-with-sight-loss/
Friday 11am fun and friendly social followed by Neurobics, aerobics for the memory. Neurobics is a fun brain workout facilitated by Steve Wax. These sessions are kindly funded by The National Lottery.
Don’t forget you can find out about all our Zoom activities here: