Intrepid Quintet To Tackle Britain’s Third Highest Mountain To Support Norfolk’s Sight Loss Charity
Five members of staff at Norfolk’s sight loss charity – including one who has been blind since birth – are set to tackle the UK’s third highest mountain in a bid to raise money to boost the charity’s support for people living with sight loss. The five, all of whom work for Vision Norfolk, will […]
Vision Impaired Group Get Aboard Steam Train And Paddle Steamer For Sensory Travel Day
A group of vision impaired people enjoyed a special sensory travel day, travelling on the Bure Valley Railway and the Southern Comfort paddle steamer on the river Bure from Horning. The excursion, organised by sight loss charity Vision Norfolk’s Great Yarmouth hub, saw the group enjoy the atmosphere of the train as they travelled along […]
Blind Novice Baker Carries Off Bake Off Prize
A Norwich woman who has been blind since the age of six has carried off the inaugural ‘Norfolk Vision Impaired Bake Off’ prize just six months after she first picked up a spatula. Paige Simonds won the prize for a ‘stunning’ Bakewell Tart in the competition, which was the culmination of a cooking course designed […]
Eye Clinic Staff Make Another Four Figure Donation To Norfolk’s Sight Loss Charity
People living with sight loss in Norfolk will continue to receive support to live independent lives thanks to the latest £1000 donation from the Norwich Newmedica Eye Clinic. The team at the Broadland Business Park-based clinic, along with some of their patients, have taken part in a number of fundraising activities including an Easter egg […]
Charity’s Volunteers Celebrated With Special Pensthorpe Visit
The contribution made by volunteers to Norfolk’s sight loss charity was celebrated during National Volunteers Week with a special visit to Pensthorpe Wildlife Park near Fakenham. Around 35 of the more than 100 volunteers who support Vision Norfolk were treated to a special sensory tour and lunch, as well as the chance to explore the […]
Broadland Council Chair’s Appeal Will Help Provide More Support For Young People Living With Sight Loss
Children living with sight loss and their families will be the beneficiaries after the chair of Broadland District Council chose Vision Norfolk as one of two charities she would support during her year in office. Through a series of fundraising events at the council offices, a total of £536 was raised for the charity’s Children, […]
Sight Loss Charity’s New Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Seeks To Boost ‘Crucial Volunteer Support’
Norfolk’s sight loss charity Vision Norfolk has appointed a new volunteer engagement coordinator to boost the charity’s crucial volunteer support. Sophie Chapman-Smith will be responsible for recruiting and managing volunteers into Vision Norfolk’s hospital-based Eye Clinic Liaison service and its Community Outreach service, two key areas where volunteers play an important role in providing support […]
Shadwell Donation To Boost Support For People Living With Sight Loss In Thetford Area
Support for vision impaired people in the Thetford area living has been given a boost with a £1,000 donation by The Shadwell Stud to Norfolk’s sight loss charity, Vision Norfolk. The charities committee at Shadwell, which is made up of staff from across the business, chose Vision Norfolk to be a recipient of one of […]
Vision Impaired Cromer Woman Set To Undertake 5.25 Mile Open Water Swim Challenge
A vision impaired Cromer woman is preparing to swim the entire length of the 5.25 mile Coniston Water in the Lake District to raise money for two sight loss charities. Clare McCarthy, 57, who was born with albinism and is severely sight-impaired, is taking part in the Coniston Chill Swim next month, to fundraise for […]
Brownies Easter Fair Raises £240 For Norfolk’s Sight Loss Charity
A group of Norfolk Brownies are helping vision impaired people in the county leading independent lives, after their Easter Fair raised £240 for sight loss charity Vision Norfolk. The 1st Corpusty and Saxthorpe Brownie pack held the fair as part of their Charities badge, fundraising by selling papier-mâché bowls, bookmarks and painted flowerpots, as well […]
