A parent led organisation that connects,
informs and empowers

Féach are delighted to be shortlisted
for an NCBI Vision Award

Our Aim

To empower parents to support their blind and visually impaired children to ensure they thrive and lead independent lives

Our Vision

Equal Rights, Equal Access, Equal Opportunities for all low vision children

How

Through Peer Support, Information Sharing, Mentoring and Advocating – PIMA

Parents may never before have met a person who is blind or has a significant sight loss, and may never have known another child like their own.

They can be beset by all kinds of worries and questions:

Member Stories

The Wheel acknowledge Heroes

The Wheel asked Féach and 49 other organisations to nominate a Hero. Féach nominated Ian, a parent who has said YES to Féach everytime we have asked for someone to attend an event, man a stall, volunteer, help with IT, you name it Ian has done it! Parents and volunteers are the backbone of Féach… Continue Reading The Wheel acknowledge Heroes

Hero Booklet – Celebrating those who make a difference

Thanks to Pobal for sponsoring our Hero Booklet, celebrating those who have made a massive difference to our children’s lives. This was part of the ARISE program promoting social enterprises like Féach. The introduction to the book was written by President Higgins himself, the Heroes include, Dr. Michael O’Keeffe, Grainne Meaney – Visiting Teacher, Leo… Continue Reading Hero Booklet – Celebrating those who make a difference

Ski’s the Limit – Deans Story of Skiing St. Johann

My name is Dean and I’m visually impaired. I’m twelve years old and I live in Waterford. I would like to tell you about a great week’s skiing holiday that I went on in St. Johann, Austria. The holiday was organised be Féach and Topflight and this was the second year I have gone on… Continue Reading Ski’s the Limit – Deans Story of Skiing St. Johann

Bookshare Webinar

Webinar Tues 14th March 8 – 9pm. Bookshare is a digital library that is free to anyone with a print disability. Bookshare has a huge number of primary and post primary school books in its library as well as fiction and books for 3rd level. This webinar will be a guide on how to use… Continue Reading Bookshare Webinar

Braille Webinar

Stuart from Sight and Sound Technology, a Braille user and tech guru, and Martha & Edel from NCBI’s children and young person team, hosted the informative webinar. Had a fantastic turn out. We all learned something new. Watch now on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAwxphy1Lts

Dr David Coleman

Delighted to have Dr David Coleman Psychologist speak to Féach members on February 7th. It was really informative and helpful for parents with children of all ages. We were thrilled to have David’s expertise in an area that can be a real struggle. Anyone who registered to attend will receive a link to the recorded… Continue Reading Dr David Coleman

A parent led organisation that connects, informs and empowers

Féach are delighted to be shortlisted for an NCBI Vision Award