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Supporting visually impaired young people with their mental health

Loneliness and isolation are critical issues for visually impaired young people. We know that people affected by sight loss are more than twice as likely to have experienced difficulties with unhappiness or depression than the UK average. Despite this, only...

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Volunteers Week: Q&A with Kerry

To celebrate Volunteers Week, we want to share the story of one of our previous volunteers, Kerry. After joining the Vision Foundation team in 2021 as a volunteer, supporting with operations at Head Office, Kerry was employed as our Grants...

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The moving story behind the youngest male runner in the London Marathon this year…

This Sunday, 23 April, Fight for Sight runner, Jude will be 18 years and six days old, and he’ll be taking on the iconic London Marathon to raise money for groundbreaking research into sight loss. Running alongside around 50,000 other...

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Three actors on stage, they wear colourful costumes. One wears a pirate inspired outfit, one in brown velvet dungarees and a princess in a tiered neon dress. They stand against a mix of colourful designs as a backdrop.

Polka Theatre: a wonderful, welcoming and inclusive experience…

Guest blog by Charmaine Ashpole.   It has taken me some time to put my thoughts into text because I, like many parents, have had to juggle the complexities of family life, with two beautiful young persons at home, often...

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Monica at a work event with Nick Herod and Mike Brace

Disability Pride Month: Myth-busting with Monica

On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Vision Foundation Fundraising Manager, Monica Smith, busts some myths about what life is like for visually impaired people....

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Deafblind Awareness Week: Chloe’s Story

This week, 27 June to 3 July, is Deafblind Awareness Week. Did you know that over 400,000 people in the UK are living with combined sight and hearing loss? Deafblindness can affect anyone, and you can be born deafblind or...

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Volunteers Week: Q&A with Kerry

As Volunteers' Week comes to a close for 2022, we want to share the story of one of our previous volunteers, Kerry. After joining the Vision Foundation team in 2021 as a volunteer, supporting with operations at Head Office, Kerry...

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Journey By Dots – Braille Art Exhibition

Clarke Reynolds, the blind artist behind Seeing without Seeing, has launched his most ambitious solo art exhibition to date, Journey by Dots. Exhibited at Aspex in Clarke's hometown of Portsmouth, Journey By Dots offers a unique insight into Clarke's life....

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Chris, a Caucasian man, stands smiling in front of a sign that says Thames Path. He is wearing sunglasses, a flat cap hat and a backpack.

When is a junction not a junction?

On 29 January 2022 some changes were made to the Highway Code. If certain publications are to be believed, these changes make navigating the Arc de Triomphe at the height of rush hour whilst wearing a blindfold more preferable to driving...

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Becca a young woman with blonde hair in her mid-twenties is sitting at a desk with a laptop and a cup of coffee in front of her. She's smiling at the camera and wearing a blue shirt.

Kerry and Becca talk life coaching

Having introduced myself to Vision Foundation's community in November 2021, where I shared my story of founding Balance with Becca, a Transformational Coaching business, I have since had the pleasure of coaching Kerry Firth through my Introduction to Transformational Life...

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