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Bus driver training materials showcased at Transport Minister visit
Sight Loss Councils met with the Local Transport Minister in Brighton on 3 December to celebrate International Day of People with Disabilities and share details of our free bus driver training materials created with Brighton & Hove buses.
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New indoor navigation app has potential
11 July 2022
Greater Manchester Sight Loss Council (SLC) members put a new indoor navigation app through its paces last week to assess whether it makes things easier for blind and partially sighted people.
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Council top team experience walking through city with a visual impairment
07 July 2022
Gloucester City Council's top team joined Sight Loss Council volunteers to experience the challenges faced by people with visual impairments navigating around Gloucester.
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Visual Impairment Procedure launched by Essex Police
05 July 2022
Essex Sight Loss Council worked with Essex Police to develop a Visual Impairment Procedure to help blind and partially sighted people verify police officers at their door.
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Visual Impairment (VI) Awareness session at Wolverhampton
01 July 2022
Black Country Sight Loss Council volunteers held a Visual Impairment (VI) Awareness session at Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis and Squash Club.
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Making Retail Accessible in Greater Manchester
27 June 2022
More than 40 blind and partially sighted people met with retailers at Greater Manchester Sight Loss Council's ‘Making Retail Accessible’ event.
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Merseyside residents invited to e-scooter safety event
17 June 2022
Blind and partially sighted Liverpool residents are invited to a public event on 20 June to discuss e-scooter safety and learn more about the safety mechanisms adopted by Voi.
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Celebrating Volunteers’ Week 2022
31 May 2022
For Volunteers Week, we want to say thank you to our incredible blind and partially sighted volunteers, who are working so hard to advocate for visually impaired people in their communities.
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Tackling barriers to health and social care in Bristol
31 May 2022
Bristol held a Health and Social Care VI forum recently that invited a panel of leaders and senior managers from the health services and local authorities to talk about the special provisions they are taking to best cater for the needs of blind and partially sighted Bristolians.
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Making transport accessible in the West of England
27 May 2022
Read more on our "Meet The Bus" events in Bristol and Gloucestershire in partnership with First Bus and Stagecoach respectively.
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Sight Loss Councils testing tech to boost independence – Global Accessibility Awareness Day
18 May 2022
This Global Accessibility Awareness Day we would like to highlight some of the ways Sight Loss Councils have been using accessible tech in innovative ways to improve experiences for blind and partially sighted people!
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‘We are a team’ Essex SLC work together to improve personal safety in Essex
18 May 2022
Sight Loss Council member Samantha Fox has been heavily involved in Essex Sight Loss Council's work to improve blind and partially sighted people's personal safety in Essex. We asked Samantha to tell us more about the Sight Loss Council's work with Essex police and all about the Essex VI Forum.
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York Sight Loss Council want you to ‘get active!’
18 May 2022
York Sight Loss Council held a 'Let's Get Active' event in York, which invited guest speakers from Thomas Pocklington Trust, British Blind Sport, Goalball UK and members of My Sight York, as well as SLC member, Anna Baldwin who spoke about the opportunities available for blind and partially sighted people to get involved in.
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Making walking routes in Bedfordshire accessible
13 May 2022
Bedfordshire Sight Loss Council are working to improve the accessibility to Central Bedfordshire's Right of Way network. SLC members experimented with Microsoft Soundscape to enable blind and partially sighted people to navigate a country walk independently.
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Welcome, East Sussex Sight Loss Council!
12 May 2022
A new advocacy group, led by blind and partially sighted people, has launched in East Sussex and is inviting other visually impaired in the county people to join.
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SLC member Clare Williams nominated to be 2022 Commonwealth baton bearer
09 May 2022
Sight Loss Councils are excited to announce that one of our wonderful members have been chosen to be a batonbearer for the upcoming #2022Commonwealth games this summer
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Living with Sight Loss: Northumberland Sight Loss Council VI Forum
06 May 2022
Northumberland Sight Loss Council held a 'Living with Sight Loss' event at Cramlington Community Hub on the 27th of May. The event provided an opportunity for people with lived experience of sight loss to inform a Northumberland Healthwatch study to identify the support available for people with sight loss in County and where there are significant gaps.
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West Midlands VI Forum – Life After Lockdown
03 May 2022
On Friday 25th March 2022, Sight Loss Councils for the West Midlands held its first ever VI forum at West Bromwich Albion football club. The event invited blind and partially sighted people to hear from guest speakers, including rehab workers & ECLO's, Sight Loss Council members & local sight loss charities talk about support services that are available.
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Sight loss campaigners welcome government promise of new laws on e-scooters
29 April 2022
Thomas Pocklington Trust and Sight Loss Councils welcome the Secretary of State’s promise that the Queens Speech will propose legislation to regulate e-scooters.
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Five Guys improving VI awareness
25 April 2022
In partnership with Sight Loss Councils, Fast food chain Five Guys has launched a new training programme for its 4,000 staff to improve VI awareness.
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London Sight Loss Councils host e-scooter safety event
20 April 2022
London Sight Loss Council (SLC) invited blind and partially sighted people and the wider public to an event on Wednesday 6 April to discuss key issues and concerns regarding London’s e-scooter trials.
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The journey of a Sight Loss Council member
12 April 2022
Following our ‘Meet the MPs' event at Westminster, Rick Asquith, one of the founding members of York Sight Loss Council, shared with us what volunteering with the SLC means to him and how this has grown his confidence.
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Meet the Buses in Greater Manchester
08 April 2022
Blind and partially sighted Greater Manchester residents were invited to a public event to walk through the layout of different bus styles, speak to drivers and training managers about their experiences and discuss how changes can be made to improve the accessibility of buses in Greater Manchester.
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Sight Loss Council members inspire and educate MPs in Westminster
01 April 2022
“Inspiring”, “important” and “hugely interesting” were among the comments after Sight Loss Council volunteers met with MPs in Westminster.
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Petition demands accessible health information for blind and partially sighted people
23 March 2022
A new petition from Sight Loss Councils demands five key measures to ensure blind and partially sighted people have access to health information. Sign our Accessible Information petition.
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