People with sight loss in Sandwell want your help. Have you got a little time on your hands to light up someone's day? We are looking for volunteers to support blind and partially sighted people feel less isolated and/or to get out and about, whilst complying with Covid tiered restrictions. You …
News Articles
It’s Eye Health Week
"Vision really matters. Sight is the sense people fear losing the most, yet many of us don’t know how to look after our eyes – National Eye Health Week aims to change all that!" It's National Eye Health Week from 21 to 27 September 2020. Sandwell Visually Impaired will be spreading the 'vision …
Tell Us How We Can Do Things Differently
We are excited to tell you that we have received new funding from the Heart of England Community Foundation. It's to support our members to get back out in the community post lockdown. This new ‘Doing Things Differently’ Programme will start with a series of SVI members' virtual Zoom focus groups …
Watch out for our virtual activities
We've got lots of virtual (online) activities coming up for SVI members to enjoy, usually via Zoom. We've partnered up with some other organisations too, to bring you some interesting offerings. And we're taking a few steps into the real world too, as we prepare for in-person activities to …
Mask appeal success
Trustees and staff of SVI send out a big thank you to everyone who has so kindly responded to our masks appeal. So far we have received over 50 reusable masks and a further 1000 disposable medical/care masks. Amongst the donors who got handy with a needle and cotton were our very own members Ian …
