The Tenth Visionary Conference starts today at the Ashton Conference Centre in Birmingham. Charity leaders from across the sight loss sector are meeting to share best practice. This year the conference theme is Make it Happen – Make it Matter…
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Tactile Art Sessions – Thelma Hulbert Galley
The first joint art session with Thelma Hulbert Gallery took place on Tuesday where boat builder and artist Gail McGarva was the guest. Clients enjoyed hearing about Gail’s boatbuilding journey and had the opportunity to have a with oak wood…
Torquay and District Scottish Society
I was delighted to be invited to accept a cheque for the sum of £800 raised by The Torquay and District Scottish Society who had chosen to support Devon in Sight as thier charity of the year. It was so…
Tactile Art Sessions
We are organising a series of six art workshops to create an exhibition for Sidmouth Museum around the theme of our Tree to Sea project.They are being held at Twyford House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth from 1.30pm to 3.30pm on the…
Honiton Hub
Judy Pride from the Macular Society came along to the Honiton Hub and brought some very useful gadgets and top tips to use around the home. The support group all enjoyed trying out the gadgets and found the tips very useful…
Honiton Lions
Once again Devon in Sight has been the beneficiary of the Honiton and District Lions hard work. Not only have they funded the purchase of a selection of Assistive Technology which included an IPad, Amazon Echo and an Echo Dot…
Vision UK Awards
We are thrilled to be nominated in the Vision UK, ‘John Thompson Award for Excellence in Services, Support and Care 2019’ for our Sight Loss MOT Assessment & Outcome Framework. We look forward to the conference on the 9th October,…
The Exeter Society for the Blind seek a new Secretary.
We have received an appeal from Exeter Society for the Blind to help them advertise their vacant role of Society Secretary. For further information please email Ann Cheney directly on ann.cheney@blueyonder.co.uk For the role description Click here….
Yoga and Relaxation in Tavistock
In Tavistock, Rebecca arranged funding through the charity Livewise/Agewell, for monthly sessions of Yoga and Relaxation in the Anchorage Centre. These sessions started on 17th September mand have been very well received. The instructor Paul Beard who is an accredited…
Honiton Talk and Support Group October
The next Honiton Talk and Support Group in on Tuesday October 1st at the Beehive, coffee from 10am. The guest is Judy Pride from the Macular Society who will be demonstrating some gadgets to help people with low vision. The…