My wife and I planned to set something like this up if we ever won the lottory. an intense living experience,with braille or Access tech if needful, shopping, sightseeing, local entertainment and activities, running the home etc. If you miss out as a child you're buggered here.

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The RNIB will help you. They have a centre at Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK and there is another centre in Hertfordshire. These centres offer living skills over a 6 to 8 week period. They are also residential so you don't have to travel home each day.

I went to RNIB Loughborough and loved it. I then went onto successfully completing a college course that took me into Loughborough University.

I hope this helps and best of luck.

This is certainly not the same thing as a camp for kids and I can't personally vouch for them, but you can go to the $1

They might even have a camp, who knows?

The Carroll Center for the Blinds programs always had international students because these programs are so rare. You can always talk to someone about seeking financial aid.

Have you tried calling Sight Scotland? Their website is https://sightscotland.org.uk/.
I know they’re located in Scotland, but maybe they can provide you with more detailed information for the greater England area. They do offer some services and they have a phone number you can call just to chat with a sympathetic ear.

And here I am going to England to learn life skills!

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For what it's worth I went on a residential course and lasted less than two days. That place smelled of cabbage and I have a feeling it was designed to turn you into an RNIB employee with a guide dog who's your best friend and absolutely no other friends.

Bradley I don't know where exactly you're based or what your history with sight loss is, but I'm just outside London and if you'd like to meet up at some point even just to chew the fat then maybe we could make that happen. Normally I would expect to be learning stuff from you if you've been dealing with this all your life. I've only been doing it a couple of decades so you ought to be the expert. But I guess we could compare notes at least.

I can't claim to have lived along with sight loss because I haven't but I'm reasonably confident I could. I have half a dozen different dinners I can cook, don't score me on presentation! On the odd occasion my other half is away from home for a week or so it's been not a big deal. He did say my obsessive compulsive need to put everything back in exactly the right place was sort of obvious when he got in and I'm not sure I'd trust my own hoovering, but honestly it's pretty doable. Depends exactly what you had in mind really.

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Sometimes I find if you want opportunities you have to make or find them. And networking helps.

Have you tried calling Sight Scotland? Their website is https://sightscotland.org.uk/.
I know they’re located in Scotland, but maybe they can provide you with more detailed information for the greater England area. They do offer some services and they have a phone number you can call just to chat with a sympathetic ear. Advice and information: Call 0800 024 8973

How young are you? Look up LOOK uk they run great workshops and I'm sure rnib have to, maybe not residential but they would have to do daily living skills