Group photo of members testing the AIRA app at Chichester station. There are six people in the photo with some with their fists in the air, all smiling at the camera.
Colleagues from Thomas Pocklington Trust and Greater Anglia at Colchester station (credit: Greater Anglia)
Sight Loss Council and Young Voices volunteers, and Thomas Pocklington staff, are sat on a bus creating some of the videos used in the training materials. Two passengers have white canes with them and there is a guide dog sat at the front.
Sight Loss Council volunteers sat around a table having a discussion at a recent conference. A Sight Loss Council banner is in the background.

Sight Loss Councils

Advocating for blind and partially sighted people

Sight Loss Councils are led by blind and partially sighted members. We tackle local issues and work with businesses and service providers to improve the accessibility of their services.

Get involved in a vision for change

We asked some of our members, why they joined, what they have got involved in and why other blind and partially sighted people should consider joining Sight Loss Councils in their areas.  Come join us.

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Group of volunteers with their arms around each other, facing away from the camera. They are outside and are all wearing light blue t-shirts.Join usPassionate about making a difference? What to influence positive change? Our Sight Loss Councils, led by blind and partially sighted volunteers, are recruiting new members. Join us today! Read more
Campaigns icon shows loud hailer and links to Sight Loss Councils campaigning work including #DistancingBlind and #StreetsForAllCampaignsSight Loss Councils campaigns push for a society where blind and partially sighted people have the same access to goods and services as everybody else. Read more
Image showing staff and members of the Sight Loss CouncilsHow we workFind out how the Sight Loss Councils work and discover our aims and objectives Read more

~2M

There are more than 2 million blind and partially sighted people in the UK

1 in 2

working age people have been treated unfairly by others because of their visual impairment

1 in 5

people will be blind or partially sighted in their lifetime

From left to right: Carl Martin, Accessibility Lead for Govia Thameslink Railways; Linn Davies, East Sussex SLC member; Dave Smith, Engagement Manager for the South East, and Iris Keppler, East Sussex SLC member. They are in the concourse of Brighton train station, looking at the camera, smiling.Sussex SLC’s Brighton ‘Coffee and Chat’ event with Govia Thameslink Railway

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Greater Manchester Sight Loss Council member Anthony Cough pictured feeling tactile exhibitions at Orsdall Hall.North West SLCs and local arts venues work to enable independent navigation of their sites
Group photo of members testing the AIRA app at Chichester station. There are six people in the photo with some with their fists in the air, all smiling at the camera.Advanced preview of new resources to make train travel more accessible for blind and partially sighted people
Colleagues from Thomas Pocklington Trust and Greater Anglia at Colchester station (credit: Greater Anglia)Exhibition on the theme of sight loss at Colchester rail station

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