We organise regular visits to the Barber Institute for our members. It's one of the many opportunities we take to enable visually impaired people to engage fully with arts, crafts and other cultural activities. SVI member Liz describes a recent visit and tells us why the art shown was important …
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World Sight Day with Serco
SVI members and friends took the message of ‘Vision First’ out to the people of West Bromwich on World Sight Day, Thursday 10 October. We hosted an information stand in Tesco West Bromwich where we talked to people about eye health. We combined this with a fund raising event that raised £131.83 for …
Annual Forum details announced
We are excited to announce that this year's annual forum keynote speaker will be local lad ‘Blind Dave’. His talk will be just one of the highlights of our yearly event, to be held on Monday 18 November at Portway Lifestyle Centre, Newbury Lane, Oldbury B69 1HE. We also welcome the Mayor of …
Three Peaks Fundraiser: We Did It!
Fantastic news from our amazing Information and Support Worker Cassie. Well done. SVI are so proud of you. “I completed Snowdon, the final mountain of the Three Peak’s challenge, on Saturday 5 October! It was drizzly and pretty misty throughout the day but the climb went great. We decided to take …
Eye Health Week makes an impact
With help from our friends, we visited five stores in Smethwick, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Oldbury and Great Bridge Tipton. We had a total of 14 volunteer helpers throughout the week and raised £560.94 towards SVI activities and services. This on top of our great fund raising day at Morrisons …
