New volunteer steps out to help blind fundraiser on 50km challenge
A Norwich man is starting his volunteering career by putting his best foot forward – and stepping out to guide a blind walker on a 50km challenge to raise money for the county’s sight loss charity.
Charity partnership enables vital sight loss support service to restart despite Covid
An innovative partnership between two Norfolk charities has enabled the reintroduction of a vital support service for people receiving a sight loss diagnosis, after the Covid pandemic meant it could no longer be delivered in hospital eye clinics.
Norfolk charity ‘better placed to face the challenges of the future than ever’, annual meeting is told
The 214th annual meeting of one of Norfolk’s oldest charities has heard how a year of modernisation and restructuring has made it ‘fit for the future’ – as well as hearing how the organisation rose to the challenge of Covid-19.
Vision Norfolk Newsletter
The newsletter provides an update from our various departments over the last few months and details of whats in-store for Vision Norfolk.
We want to reinforce that we are still here and providing our services, albeit in a different way to usual.
NNAB Annual General Meeting – 19 November
Unfortunately, it is not possible to hold our 2020 AGM in the usual way. The Board of Management (Trustees) has carefully considered the most appropriate arrangements for this year’s AGM in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the evolving public health advice and legal restrictions imposed by the second lockdown.
Avid fundraiser Harry auctioned world of ‘Stickmen’
What started as a hobby to keep Harry occupied during lockdown, soon turned into his latest fundraiser for Vision Norfolk.
Norfolk woman born during World War One celebrates 103rd birthday
A former midwife living at Thomas Tawell House has celebrated her 103rd birthday.
Visually-impaired sheltered accommodation residents kept safe and well-fed by Norwich City Football Club staff
Staff from Norwich City Football Club are ensuring that visually-impaired people living at a Norwich sheltered accommodation scheme are being kept well-provisioned – by delivering food parcels to their doors.
Norfolk-based gin firm donates hand sanitiser to charity care home for the visually-impaired in ‘amazing gesture’
A Norfolk gin maker has come to the rescue of staff at a charity care home for the visually-impaired who were struggling to get hold of hand sanitiser – by donating 48 half-litre spray bottles and two huge refill containers of the ethanol-based product.
