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General| 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. |
| Eyecare 3000 Belfast - CET event 10 January 2010 | |
| Location: Belfast Waterfront Hall. | |
| Contact: For further details visit www.eyecare3000.co.uk | |
| Link: http://www.eyecare3000.co.uk |
| Eyecare 3000 Glasgow - CET event 17-18 January 2010 | |
| Location: Glasgow Marriott Hotel. | |
| Contact: For further details visit www.eyecare3000.co.uk | |
| Link: http://www.eyecare3000.co.uk |
| Signet Armorlite - CET seminar 'Kodak Lens Vision Centre Membership Programme' 18 January 2010 | |
| Location: Mercure Dinkenhalgh Hotel & Spa, nr Blackburn. | |
| Contact: To book a place call Becky at SA on 01452 887180 | |
| Tel: 01452 887180 | |
| Delegates will also hear about the latest developments from participating companies, Mainline,Continental Eyewear and Sauflon, |
| Optrafair 2011 - Prospective exhibitors are invited to the London launch 21 January 2010 | |
| Location: 11.15am Birmingham W1, 76 Charlotte Street London W1T 4QS. | |
| Contact: To secure a place at the launch telephone the FMO on 020 7298 5123 | |
| Tel: 020 7298 5123 | |
| The show dates are 9 - 11 April 2011. |
| 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 9 February 2010 | |
| Location: Hertford. 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 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 Celtic Manor Hotel, Newport, Wales. | |
| Contact: | |
| For further details contact the ABDO Conference Office (Event Exchange Ltd) on 01225 869 000 or email rsvp@eventexchange.co.uk or visit www.abdoconference.co.uk |