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Pre-Registration Dispensing Programme January to March 2010
Location: 6 week course, alternates Tuesdays 11am - 4pm. London. £300.
Contact: Sally Bates on 020 8504 0967 or email identity@sallybates.com for further information.
email: identity@sallybates.com
Tel: 020 8504 0967
Ideal for trainee Dispensing Opticians, those returning to Dispensing following a career break, and pre-registration Optometrists. CET accredited.

Optical Assistants VRQ (Vocationally Related Qualification) Level 2 February to May 2010
Location: 4 week course, Fridays 10am - 4pm. London. £300.
Contact: Sally Bates on 020 8504 0967 or email identity@sallybates.com for further information
email: 020 8504 0967
Link: identity@sallybates.com
Improve your practical and basic Dispensing skills.

VRQ (Vocationally Related Qualification) Level 3 February - May 2010
Location: 4 week course, Tuesdays 10am - 4pm. London. £300.
Contact: Sally Bates on 020 8504 0967 or email identity@sallybates.com for further information.
email: identity@sallybates.com
Tel: 020 8504 0967
Enhance your communication skills, practical Dispensing skills and Management skills. Ideal for those in a Supervisory role, Dispensing Opticians, and those returning to work following a career break.

GOC - 'Help to shape your revalidation scheme' consultation events 8th, 10th,16th, 18th and 19th February 2010
Location: From 10am - 15:45pm at the following locations.
Contact:
email: sgrier@optical.org
Tel: 020 7307 3478
Link: http://www.optical.org
8th February - Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff CF10 5AL. 10th February - Britannia Hotel, Manchester M1 3LA. 16th February - Park Crescent Conference Centre, London W1W 5PN. 18th February - Caledonian Hilton Hotel, Edinburgh EH1 2AB. 19th February - Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, Belfast BT7 1HL. The events are free but space is limited, so delegates must register your interest in advance with the GOC at www.optical.org or by contacting Simon Grier on 020 7307 3478 or sgrier@optical.org.

BCLA - Specialist workshops 19 February 2010
Location: Leighton Buzzard. For venues and details see page 22 of 'Dispensing Optics'.
Contact: For more information visit www.bcla.org.uk, email events@bcla.org.uk or call 020 7580 6661
email: events@bcla.org.uk
Tel: 020 7580 6661
Link: http://www.bcla.org.uk

BCLA - Specialist workshops 23 February 2010
Location: London. For venues and details see page 22 of 'Dispensing Optics'.
Contact: For more information visit www.bcla.org.uk, email events@bcla.org.uk or call 020 7580 6661.
email: events@bcla.org.uk
Tel: 020 7580 6661
Link: http://www.bcla.org.uk

Sight Care Group - One-day business conference 1 March 2010
Location: Metrople Hotel, NEC, Birmingham.
Contact: For further details email info@sightcare.co.uk or telephone 01256 781522.
email: info@sightcare.co.uk
Tel: 01256 781522

Area 12 (Scotland) 3 March 2010
Location: Two Bridges, South Queensferry.
Contact: For further details email Brenda Rennie brendarennie@f2s.com
email: brendarennie@f2s.com
'Single vision - a wider perspective’ by Nick Browning BBGR, and a lecture by Jeremy Franklin, SA Europe/Kodak. Sponsored by BBGR, SA Europe and Continental Eyewear.

Area 7 (West Country) - CET Day on frame repairs and adjustments 4 March 2010
Location: Gypsy Hill Hotel, Exeter, Devon EX1 3RN.
Contact: For further details email Debbie Anderson at daa73@live.co.uk
email: daa73@live.co.uk

Area 5 (Midlands) - East Midlands CET day 15 March 2010
Location: Riverside Centre, Derby.
Contact:
email: ian@ihardwick.orangehome.co.uk
Tel: 07814 558343
£20 for ABDO members and £45 for non-members, includes coffee, tea and buffet lunch. For more information, or to book your place, contact Ian Hardwick on 07814 558343 or email ian@ihardwick.orangehome.co.uk

Second Sight - North East Eye Day Conference 11 May 2010
Location: £90, The Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Contact: Contact Caroline Boulby on 01325 365757 or 07906 469766 or email nevis_boulby@msn.com
email: nevis_boulby@msn.com
Tel: 01325 365757
For further details & booking forms contact Caroline Boulby on 01325 365757 or 07906 469766 or email nevis_boulby@msn.com

Vision Aid Overseas - 25th Anniversary Ball 15 May 2010
Location: The Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LR.
Contact: For further details contact Jeremy Jalie on 01293 535016 or email jeremy.jalie@vao.org.uk
email: jeremy.jalie@vao.org.uk
Link: http://www.visionaidoverseasball.net
For further details contact Jeremy Jalie on 01293 535016, email jeremy.jalie@vao.org.uk, or visit www.visionaidoverseasball.net

Area 3 (North West) - CET Sunday event ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’ 16 May 2010
Location: The Thistle Hotel Haydock, St Helens, Merseyside.
Contact: For more information email rs.morris@btopenworld.com
email: rs.morris@btopenworld.com
Exhibition and buffet, about £25 per delegate.

BCLA - Clinical Conference and Exhibition 27 - 30 May 2010
Location: Birmingham
Contact: For more information visit www.bcla.org.uk, email events@bcla.org.uk or call 020 7580 6661
email: events@bcla.org.uk
Tel: 020 7580 6661

ABDO - 2010 Conference and Exhibition 9 - 10 October 2010
Location: At the Marriott Bristol City Centre.
Contact:
The 2010 Conference and Exhibition will now take place at the Marriott Bristol City Centre on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 October. Further information will be available in due course.