Gifts for people with sight loss

Need some inspiration for what to buy someone who's blind or partially sighted? Take a look at our sight loss inclusive gift guide...

Gifts for the tech enthusiast

• Amazon Echo – use Alexa to simplify everyday tasks. Ask Alexa for the weather, the news, or to play your favourite song or audiobook. Alexa can also assist with shopping lists, timers, and alarms.
• Amazon solar chargers – these work with iPhones, iPads and Android devices and eliminate any stress about losing phone battery without being able to find a charging point when out and about.
• The Tile Mate item locator – a smart bit of tech that can be attached to any item (keys, wallet) and connects to your phone. When you hit the button on your phone to find the item the Tile Mate will play an alarm to help locate it.
• A digital voice recorder – instead of a notebook for making lists or writing down reminders, a digital voice recorder allows you to record and store personal notes.
• A scan reader, video magnifier or another reading aid – dependant on what best suits your loved one’s sight.

Gifts for the other senses

• Audiobooks – why not gift an Audible subscription for £7.99 a month and give your loved one access to thousands of audiobooks from fiction to WW2 biographies.
• Spotify or Apple Music subscription – unfettered access to all their favourite tunes.
• A massage, aroma therapy or manicure – the gift of relaxation.
• Fragrance – know their favourite perfume/cologne? Pick up their tried and true or have a look at fragrance subscriptions like the Fragrance Shop’s £12 a month Scentaddict subscription.
• Tactile board games – Monopoly, Lego, Scrabble, checkers, UNO cards and decks of playing cards can all be bought in Braille, tactile and large print options.
• Tactile Rubik’s cube – a stocking classic that can be solved without sight and is suitable for those who don’t read Braille.

Gifts to ignite a passion

• Blind-adapted supercar experience – for those with a need for speed.
• Adjustable task lamp for crafters.
• Music lessons – ignite an old passion or learn a new one!
• Woodwork, pottery, or arts workshops – vision impairment doesn’t mean that your loved one can’t learn new things or reconnect with an old passion.
• A gift voucher – simple but effective, get your loved one a gift voucher for their favourite craft shop so that they can choose the colours, textures and tools that suit them best.
• Membership to a golf club, leisure centre or gym – maybe your loved one in a sports fan or used to love golf or swimming before losing their sight? This is a great opportunity to get them back into what they love.
• Membership to an accessible museum or attraction – for example the Victoria and Albert Museum have accessible displays to touch and feel.
• National Parks or Heritage site memberships – great for history buffs and hikers.

Practical gifts

• A helping hand – offer your help with home chores, paperwork, home repairs etc.
• Helpful services – hire cleaning services to help with dusting, vacuuming and other household chores.
• Transport gift cards – Lyft and Uber both offer gift cards, make getting around easy for your loved one.
• Talking watch/large print watch – an everyday essential, a small gift that keeps on giving.
• Kitchen aids – liquid level indicator, talking kitchen scale, tactile timer, talking food thermometer, talking measuring jug etc. The kitchen appliances are endless and the perfect gift for the chef or baker in your life.

Time together

• Cinema date – for the movie lovers. Get a voucher for a film screening with subtitling and audio description and take your loved one out for a movie night. If going out isn’t an option, why not bring movie night to them?
• Something tasty – a voucher to spend quality time with you at their favourite restaurant or a home cooked meal.
• Homemade vouchers – create your own voucher for your loved one to do an activity of their choice with you or with family.

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