Date: Mon 17 November 2025 Time: 9.30am to 3pm. Venue: Portway Lifestyle Centre, Newbury Lane, Oldbury B69 1HE. SVI members and friends, you are invited to our twenty first Annual Forum We welcome: Mayor of Sandwell Councillor Steve Melia who will open the day. Guest speaker …
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Join us for a MacMillan Coffee Morning
On Monday 22 September from 10.30am to 12.30pm in the SVI Common Room. SVI Women's Group is hosting a fundraising coffee morning for MacMillan Cancer Support. Please come along and help us raise some funds for this very worthy cause. Everyone's welcome. Drop in for a chat, a cuppa and a cake. …
Summer walk and talk programme
We are pleased to bring you a packed programme of summer walking with a difference. ‘Walk and talk’ offers you six town based guided walks with a local expert speaker. The walks will be at a pace to suit everyone. However, we advise sensible and appropriate footwear and clothing to be worn as at …
Barefoot in the park
Our new six week summer 'walk and talk' programme got off to a relaxed start on Monday 11 August. Ever mindful of making the most of all our senses, we were delighted to welcome Sophie from Wonder in Nature to lead our first walk. This taster session explored the senses such as sound, touch and …
Rembrandt in Black & White.
SVI Members Explore Art Through Audio Description and Touch On a Thursday afternoon in May, eight members from Sandwell Visually Impaired (SVI) and three from The Art Yard took a trip to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG) for a specially arranged tour of Rembrandt’s …
