Calling all SVI members and friends! Try something new! We are excited to be starting up some Goal Ball taster sessions this August. They will be from 4pm to 6pm on Thursdays 15 and 22 August at Portway Lifestyle Centre, Newbury Lane, Oldbury B69 1HE Goal Ball is a team sport. Each team is made …
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Award nomination for SVI
Sandwell Visually Impaired was proud to be nominated for the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS). This was a fantastic achievement for our organisation and a great acknowledgement of the hard work of our volunteers and staff. The Awards are the organisational equivalent of the MBE or …
Trip to Bourton-on-the-Water
Active at 60 day trip to Bourton-on-the-Water on Thursday 18 July from 9.30am to 5pm. In response to members' requests, we have arranged a day trip to this charming, prize winning village, set in a small valley amongst the rolling hills of the Cotswolds. Bourton-on-the-Water is known as the …
Three Peaks – two down, one to go
Cassie scales Scafell. In the second leg of her fundraising Three Peaks adventure for SVI, our Information and Support Worker Cassie successfully scaled Scafell Pike in the Lake District. Setting off early on the morning of Saturday 29 June, she enlisted the support of two friends to meet this …
SVI hamper – it’s a winner
Our very own SVI member Janet Male was the lucky winner of our special food hamper raffle at the Celebrate Sandwell event. The raffle was part of our information and support worker Cassie’s Three Peaks fundraiser. We put the hamper together with the support of local organisations including …
