Insight: Spring 2021

This year, we are celebrating a very special milestone – 100 years of support for blind and partially sighted people in London.

Two of the Vision Foundation’s supporters in 1946, celebrating our annual fundraising event, ‘Geranium Day,’ beside London’s Albert Bridge

Your support is changing lives

As you’ll see inside our Spring newsletter, the generosity of people like you has been a lifeline during the pandemic to many blind and partially sighted people as they faced their biggest challenges to date.

In this issue, we hope you enjoy reading how you helped people like Kevin stay connected to the world around him during lockdown and encouraged a group of blind and partially sighted people to share their stories through the campaign #BlindLockdownLife.

You may also be inspired by our incredible supporter, Eilish, who overcame physical challenges and lockdown restrictions to achieve her London Marathon dream on her treadmill at home.

Everything we do is only made possible because of our supporters. Thank you for helping us build brighter futures for blind and partially sighted people in our communities.

Read Insight 2021 below…

A lady, Odette, walking down the street with a white cane. Odette wears an orange face mask due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Navigating Lockdown

Read how you support helps us ensure services for blind and partially sighted people continue to run during the pandemic and beyond.

Mark, a staff member at Kent Association for the Blind, wears a red polo shirt and smiles at the camera.

Technology: a lifeline during self-isolation

At the start of the lockdown, Kevin became completely cut off from his support networks. Find out how your kindness made a difference.

A black and white photo of a young child learning to read braille.

100 years of the Vision Foundation

Over the past 100 years, we have made real progress for the sight loss community. Take a look at our history.

Smiling Eilish with a towel wrapped around her shoulders at a marathon training session.

London Marathon from home

Supporters like you have been going the extra mile during the lockdown. Read Eilish's inspiring story.

A photo of a painting - Preparing the Celebration of the Wine Harvest, by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

A long-lost legacy

The Vision Foundation was thrilled when we received a long-lost legacy from a very special supporter. Read Irma's story.

Image shows Mary smiling at her doorstep. Mary was supported by the Vision Foundation during the lockdown period.

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