Christmas is coming, which means it’s time to get your letters from Santa! Every year the RNIB elves help Santa send personalised letters to children with vision impairments. These special letters are extra magical as they come in whichever format…
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Make it Happen – Make it Matter
At the Tenth Visionary Conference 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 and the part we can play in changing…
The Tenth Visionary Conference – Make it happen – Make it matter
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…
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…
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,…
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Devon in Sight!
Community Support Worker – West Devon Working for a charity like Devon in Sight can be extremely rewarding. Every day our staff, volunteers and supporters work together to improve the lives of people who are Blind or Partially Sighted in…
National Eye Health Week
About this event This year’s National Eye Health Week will take place from 23 to 29 September 2019, promoting the importance of eye health and the need for regular sight tests for all. Did you know? 2 million people in…
Cataracts Awareness Month
June is Cataracts Awareness Month Cataracts are when the lens, a small transparent disc inside your eye, develops cloudy patches. Cataracts are very common in people over the age of 60. Treatment is available for the majority of cataract conditions.…
FREE Goalball taster session – Exeter
Are you interested in playing goalball? Or becoming a coach or an official? Goalball UK together with key partners are launching a new club in Exeter so are holding free ‘have a go’ sessions for anyone to attend – visually…
Devon in Sight Supports Wiltshire Sight re-launch
Devon in Sight were pleased to support the team at Wiltshire Sight at a recent event to re-launch their services for people with sight loss across Wiltshire. The event, which took place at their centre in Devizes, was attended by…