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Services
ECL Sensory Services have a dedicated team of sensory specialists delivering services across Essex. The team's aim is to ensure that people can access the correct support, information, and advice at the right time, in the right place and in the right way.
Working in partnership with local and national organisations, ECL Sensory Services deliver high quality services that are focused on early intervention and maximising independence for people living with sensory impairments (visual, hard of hearing / deaf or dual sensory impairment). With a number of our ECL Sensory team living with a sensory impairment, our services are unique and provide person-centred support.
Delivering person-centred services to people with sight, hearing and dual sensory loss.
Find out moreAn invaluable opportunity to learn directly from those living with sight and hearing impairments.
Find out moreSupporting organisations to consider ways they could improve access to their services.
Find out moreOur Charter Mark could help to improve your CQC rating or your business grow.
Find out moreBecome a Sensory Champion through training and linking in with our team and local sensory services.
Find out moreSee our Sensory Service's latest blogs, news, developments and innovations within the sight and hearing sector.
Find out morePreparing for more independent living
Helpful hints and tips for parents and carers on how to prepare a loved one (and yourself!) for living more independently
Smashing the boundaries of autism
A blog that shares lived experience and gives helpful hints on how to be brave and try new things to improve the lives of loved ones with autism.
Remember, Remember the 5th of November: ASD – A guide for coping
For some people with autism, the unexpected loud noise and flashes of fireworks can cause anxiety and stress, we share some steps you can take to help them cope.
The positive power of animals
In celebration of World Animal Day (4 October) we take closer look at why being around them is so beneficial for customers in our Older People Day Services
The cost of living crisis and the care workforce
With the cost of living rising to the highest levels that we have seen in 30 years, care staff are at the hard edge of this crisis.
Autism and the reality of inclusion
Most of us in the developed world have the luxury of being able to go anywhere in the community. For those living with autism, it can be far more challenging.