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Posted on February 24, 2023.

Seeing in Isolation

A woman with pink hair holds out her arm for a man, who holds it at the elbow. The man wears glasses that look like cut outs from an egg box painted black.

Seeing in Isolation is a creative collaboration with SVI, arts organisation Multistory and photographer Karren Visser. It shares stories from SVI members and aims to challenge people’s understanding of sight loss. Created from July 2019 to August 2022, the final project resulted in a digital …

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Posted on April 28, 2023.

West Bromwich Wildlife Walk

Becky from Multistory introduces the programme. SVI members and a guide dog sit listening in one of the new mini park seating areas on the High Street. The Farmfoods shop is in the background.

On a sunny Thursday in April, a group of SVI members, staff and volunteers enjoyed a guided wildlife walk down West Bromwich High Street. Not a place you would expect to find an abundance of wild flowers, but how wrong you would be! Jake Williams, our guide from the Wildlife Trust, shared …

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Posted on March 6, 2023.

Our Dartmouth Park walks are back

A group of SVI members and volunteers standing smiling under umbrellas on a park walk

Unfortunately, due to the heavy snow, we've had to cancel our first walk which was due to take place on 9 March. We are starting our popular park walks again on Thursdays. Our first walk will now be on Thursday 16 March. We will meet at 12noon just inside the main entrance to Dartmouth park, West …

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Posted on March 7, 2023.

SVI celebrates International Women’s Day

SVI women and friends at the gym. The women are crossing their arms to symbolose embracing equity, this year's theme. One woman is a wheelchair user.

Women from Sandwell Visually Impaired proudly supported International Women's Day today with our friends. We've been getting out and about and active in the community, embracing difference. We've been going from strength to strength at the gym. And dancing in celebration at our line …

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Posted on March 2, 2023.

SVI Open Meeting Wednesday 15 March 2023

From 10.30am to 1pm at West Bromwich Town Hall, off Lodge Road, West Bromwich B70 8DY. We warmly invite you to join us for our first March open members meeting since Covid. The morning will include a generous mix of information, entertainment and updates from our invited guests and the SVI …

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