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Posted on October 31, 2024.

Be Fearless: A journey of confidence and calm

SVI members and Sarah-Ann take a break from the Be Fearless course. Lots of smiley faces, a thumbs up and a peace sign.

The recent Be Fearless workshops, led by award-winning conductor and opera singer Sarah-Ann Cromwell, were a joyful experience for participants. This six-week series, hosted by SVI, was designed to help members build inner confidence, reduce anxiety, and learn practical tips for managing fear—all …

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Posted on October 9, 2024.

Rock out with SVI

Rock out with SVI

Let's get together and make some music to help keep those autumn blues at bay. Feel the noise with us as SVI's new rock project kicks off on Wednesdays from 16 October. Grab your instruments, warm up your vocal chords in the shower and rock up to the SVI offices on Wednesday lunchtimes.  Join in …

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Posted on September 20, 2024.

Let’s chat about Eye Health

National Eye Health Week launches 23/09/24. #VisionMatters

It's National Eye Health Week from 23 to 29 September. To raise awareness of National Eye Health Week, we will be at West Bromwich ‘Lets Chat Hub’ at West Bromwich bus station on: Monday 23 September, from 10 – 2.30pm Please feel free to drop in and have a cup of tea/coffee and chat with us …

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Posted on September 10, 2024.

Blathering with SVI – Water, Dreams and Colour

Animated image of laptop with a pair of headphones resting on the sides of the screen, an image of the SVI logo is displayed on the laptop screen. Text reads "Blathering with SVI Podcast"

Blathering with SVI is the result of conversations between Sandwell Visually Impaired (SVI) and Black Country Touring artist Graeme Rose about a series of everyday themes that we may take for granted. All of us encounter the world in different ways, but how does living with sight-loss alter your …

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Posted on September 5, 2024.

A Bostin’ Night out on the Cut

Inside the Blackcountry Man narrowboat, SVI members fill all the seats as they enjoy a glass or two and prepare for a sing song.

Back in July our Active 60 group went on a narrowboat trip from Stourbridge to Stourton. SVI member Stevie has written the following article about it for our website. Our first port of call was over the road from the old Billiard Hall in West Bromwich where we assembled to pick-up the mini-bus …

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