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 …
News Articles
Blathering with SVI – Water, Dreams and Colour
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 …
A Bostin’ Night out on the Cut
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 …
Temporary changes while the SVI office is closed
Due to building works in the Town Hall, SVI staff will be working from home for 4 weeks from Thursday 20 June 2024. The SVI office will be closed to visitors. You will still be able to leave a message for any of us during normal working hours. (For information about the history of the Town Hall …
A walk through the woods
As part of our summer activities programme SVI organised a walk though Lightwoods Park and Warley Woods on Monday 12 August. The weather was unsettled on the day and we were under the threat of thunder and lightning due to the recent heatwave, with heavy downpours forecast. This meant that only a …
