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December 2025

Christmas Opening Hours

Christmas is fast approaching!

The last day for any groups at Newcastle Vision Support will be Tuesday 16th December.

The office will be closed from 4.30pm on Friday 19th December.

The office will be contactable by telephone only on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd December from 10.00am until 4.30pm. On Wednesday 24th December the office will be contactable by telephone from 10.00am until 12.30pm.

The office will be closed completely and no telephone calls will be answered from Wednesday 24th December at 12.30pm until Friday 2nd January. This is to allow the staff to enjoy some well earned time off.

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

We look forward to seeing you all in 2026.

November 2025

Special Delivery!!

Special delivery at the office today!!

This is the first ever Newcastle Vision Support Christmas Card!!

We recently ran a Christmas Card competition with our service users. The winning, hand drawn card, was sent to a professional printers and will soon be available to buy!

The cards will be sold in packs of 5 and will include envelopes. All proceeds from sales will go directly to Newcastle Vision Support.

More information and pricing is coming next week. Stay tuned for updates!

Take a look at the cards below:

3 Christmas Cards being held up. The card is blue and there is a small snowman next to a larger snowman. The snowmen have carrot noses and are both wearing black and white scarves and black and white bobble hats. They are surrounded by white snowflakes. The text at the top of the card reads Merry Christmas.
The back of the Christmas Card. The card is blue and there is a small red tree in the centre. The tree is made up of love hearts, trees and snowflakes. The text at the bottom of the card reads - Designed by Beryl Hall for Newcastle Vision Support. All proceeds from sale will go directly to Newcastle Vision Support. Est. 1867. Registered Charity No: 1115815.

December 2024

Christmas Closure 2024

As you are all aware Christmas is fast approaching! This year the office will close on Friday 20th December and will reopen on Tuesday 7th January.

There will be no home visits or groups during this period. Our telephone lines will also be closed during this time. However, if you leave a message, we will aim to get back to you as soon as possible in the New Year.

We would like to wish all our service users and members a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank you all again for your continued support and generosity throughout 2024.

All of our groups and services resume on the week commencing Monday 6th January 2025.

Below are some handy dates for your dairy of when our groups resume in 2025:

Chair Exercise – Tuesday 7th January at 12.30pm.

Knit and Natter – Thursday 9th January at 1.30pm.

Art Group – Friday 10th January at 1.30pm.

CU Wednesday – Wednesday 15th January at 1.30pm.

Walking Group – Thursday 16th January at 10.30am.

Creative Writing – Friday 17th January at 1.00pm.

Yoga – Wednesday 22nd January at 11.15am.