Magpie News Available
Our latest edition of Magpie News is now available. Hard copies in large print have been posted out and should land soon. The audio versions (USB & CD) should arrive next week, the Braille version is also in the pipeline. Here two online formats: Simplified Word and PDF. We will also be emailing […]
Crafts Made By People Living With Sight Loss In Norfolk To Be Sold At Summer Events Across The County
Crafts and other handiworks made by some of Norfolk’s vision impaired people are to go on sale at a variety of summer events across the county, to raise money to support the work done by sight loss charity Vision Norfolk. The amazing crafts have been made by a number of groups organised by the charity, […]
Charity’s Army Of Volunteers Celebrated On Broads Boat Trip
The contribution made by volunteers to Norfolk’s sight loss charity was celebrated with a special Broads boat trip. Around 40 of the more than 100 volunteers who support Vision Norfolk were treated to drinks and lunch aboard the Southern Comfort Mississippi River Boat during a special two hour cruise from Horning. The event was to […]
Norfolk Trio Take On Wind-Swept Mountain Climb To Raise Money For County’s Sight Loss Charity
Three intrepid fundraisers from Norfolk have raised more than £3,000 to help provide support for vision-impaired young people and their families, after climbing the UK’s third highest mountain in treacherous conditions. Two members of staff from Vision Norfolk were joined by a grandfather of a vision-impaired youngster to take on the 3,500ft Mount Snowdon in […]
Special Afternoon Tea Delivery Ensures Vision Impaired People Can Celebrate The Jubilee
Vision impaired people in Norfolk who find it difficult to get out are being given the chance to celebrate the Jubilee with a sumptuous afternoon tea – thanks to a special delivery from the county’s sight loss charity Vision Norfolk. Staff and volunteers from the charity are delivering dozens of boxes containing sandwiches, savouries, scones […]
Book Lover Sought To Lead Audio Book Club For Vision Impaired People In Dereham
A literature lover is being sought to help Dereham-based vision impaired book-lovers enjoy their passion at a monthly audio book club. With the retirement of a longstanding volunteer, the Vision Norfolk Dereham audio book club is looking for someone to lead the group, which meets at the town’s library once a month. Run by the […]
Visually-Impaired Runner And Former Wheelchair User To Take On Sandringham 5k To Raise Money For Sight Loss Charity
A visually-impaired Norwich woman who used to be a wheelchair user is to take on the Sandringham 5K run to raise money for Norfolk’s sight loss charity Vision Norfolk. Rachael Andrews, who is 50 this year, suffered retinal damage in her 20s and now has no sight in one eye and no central vision in […]
Norfolk Visually-Impaired Young People Speak To MPs In House Of Commons About Living With Sight Loss
Two visually-impaired young people from Norfolk have been telling MPs about the needs of young people living with sight loss at a special forum held at the Houses of Parliament. Marcus Dunn, 14, and George Edwards, 12, were representing the county’s sight loss charity Vision Norfolk at the event on the House of Commons terrace, […]
Blind Cook To Join Top Chefs On Stage At Cookery Theatre
A blind Norfolk man is set to join some of the region’s top chefs when he takes to the stage at the East Anglian Game & Country Fair cookery theatre next week. Ed Bates, who has been blind since birth, will be making his cookery demonstration debut as he sets out to cook a two-course […]
Revolutionary New Smart Glasses Which Use AI To Help Visually-Impaired People To See To Be Showcased In Norwich
A revolutionary new piece of equipment which can help visually-impaired people identify faces, read text and watch TV is to be demonstrated at a special even next week. Norfolk’s sight loss charity Vision Norfolk has arranged a special demonstration of the innovative Oxsight Onyx smart glasses, made by technology firm Sight and Sound Technology, at […]
