Mum lives in London and is now registered blind - this has been a gradual process and she is having to re-adjust to more sight loss very often. I live elsewhere and have two young children so my input on a practical level is limited. She currently lives alone and just about manages, but what she really needs is a regular visit each week from somebody to read post, organise paperwork, go through diary and similar stuff. Friends do help but she would prefer a more formal arrangement so she wouldn't have to depend on goodwill, and also their plans changing week to week. Either a volunteer or a paid person, she doesn't mind. She isn't receiving DLA, mostly because she is financially OK, but has had v negative experience of Islington Social Services personally and via other blind friends - she doesn't feel they could offer any useful help. Have been prodding her to try Age Concern, but they apparently told her volunteeers couldn't read post because of Data Protection - so she was really put off them! Any other ideas?? RNIB have been good for gadget-related stuff, but she has not been impressed on other fronts.