Surrey Association for Visual Impairment. Making a visible difference in Surrey.
Head of Community Services Profile
This is SAVI's Head of Community Services Jason Spinney.
I had been the Volunteer Co-ordinator for SAVI since December 2004 and was recently promoted to Head of Community Services. Both roles are extremely diverse and no two days are the same.
The role as Head of Community Services is a highly challenging and rewarding one. Looking after so many vital projects that reach out into the community is a fantastic opportunity to provide much needed services to our clients. We have volunteer opportunities, offer computer training, sport and recreation for children, provide benefits support, outreach and low vision projects, provide information services, transcription and we offer external training on visual impairment and deaf blind awareness. So, as you can see, they keep me busy!
In general my motivation is to raise awareness of the issues faced by visually impaired people and offer as many different opportunities to them as we can. We also have the task of becoming more business like and will be tackling head on, the demanding issues facing us on the future of service provision and delivery.
My work history before SAVI is unrelated - stints in financial services and special effects flying for theatre and T.V. I started volunteering for SAVI as a Home Visitor and I haven't looked back.
When not working, and they would keep me here ALL the time if I wasn't careful, I enjoy spending time with my daughter, training for and competing in triathlons, mountain biking, drumming and music.
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