The first meeting of our Wednesbury support group was a great success. This was the first of our town-based groups and forms part of our plan to take our services out to each of the six towns of Sandwell. The launch took place at South Staff Water’s Community Hub in Wednesbury on 31 January. The …
What a corker
For the past few months, both male and female members of SVI’s cricket group have been learning how to play visually impaired (VI) cricket. Now they are pushing the boundaries further - in Wolverhampton. To improve their technique and make more cricketing friends, they've started attending …
Local Support Groups to start
Help for blind or partially sighted people is coming to your town soon. Thanks to a grant from the Esmee Fairbairn Epic programme, local user-led organisation Sandwell Visually Impaired (SVI) will be setting up support groups in all of the six towns of Sandwell. The grant of over £7,000 will help …
Coming up in 2020
We wish you a happy, healthy and peaceful 2020. It’s a new year, a new decade and there has never been a better time to start doing more things. Over the next three months we’ve got plenty of activities and events coming up – old favourites and new. We’ve also got exciting news about successful …
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
To our members and friends! Thanks for being part of another fantastic year here at Sandwell Visually Impaired. We hope you have enjoyed this year's activities. You can see that our Active 60 group rounded off their year in style with Santa! We have many more ideas to come for the new year and …
