Great Yarmouth hub group visit Time and Tide Museum
A group from the Great Yarmouth hub had a special visit to the town’s Time and Tide Museum. The museum, which tells the story of Great Yarmouth from sandbank to thriving port and seaside resort, occupies the premises of the Tower Fish Curing Works, orginally built in 1850, and which closed in 1988. The £4.7 […]
Royal Society Of St George Chooses Norfolk Sight Loss Charity As Good Cause To Support For The Next Three Years
Children and young people in Norfolk living with sight loss have received a boost following a year of fundraising by the Lowestoft branch of the Royal Society of St George, who have chosen to support the work which Vision Norfolk does to support vision impaired young people and their families for three years. Branch secretary […]
Guide Dog Takes To The Catwalk As Charity Fashion Show Raises £1,500 For Sight Loss Charity
A sell-out charity fashion show held at a top Norfolk vineyard has raised over £1,500 for the county’s sight loss charity – having featured a blind model on the catwalk, complete with her guide dog. Chet Valley Vineyard in Bergh Apton hosted over 50 fashion-lovers at their winery for the event, which showcased clothes from […]
Vision Impaired Bird Lovers Get Wise To Owls In Head-Turning Visit
A group of vision impaired people from Great Yarmouth took part in a head-turning experience when they got up close and personal with three owls during a specially arranged visit to the Fritton Owl Sanctuary. Fifteen blind and vision impaired visitors and volunteers were able to hold and stroke a barn owl, a tawny owl […]
Vision Impaired Visitors To Norfolk Lavender Enjoy True Sensory Experience
A group of vision impaired people were given a real sensory experience when they were given a special tour of Norfolk Lavender at Heacham. Around 20 blind and vision impaired visitors and volunteers were treated to a VIP tour of the National Collection of Lavenders, which numbers more than 100 different species, before touring the […]
No Long Faces When Vision Impaired Group From Great Yarmouth Visited Redwings Sanctuary At Caldecott
A group of vision impaired people from Great Yarmouth had the chance to get up close and personal horses, donkeys and mules when they were given a special tour of the Redwings Horse Sanctuary at Caldecott. Around 20 blind and vision impaired visitors and volunteers were able to pet animals ranging from tiny Shetland ponies […]
Charity’s Army Of Volunteers Celebrated On North Norfolk Steam Train Trip
The contribution made by volunteers to Norfolk’s sight loss charity was celebrated during National Volunteers Week with a special trip abord the North Norfolk Railway. Around 30 of the more than 100 volunteers who support Vision Norfolk were treated to coffee and pastries aboard train pulled by a 1959 ‘Black Prince’ steam locomotive. The event […]
Sight Loss Charity Unveils £650,000 Refurbishment Of Independent Living Accommodation
Norfolk’s sight loss charity Vision Norfolk has unveiled a £650,000 investment in its Norwich-based Hammond Court accommodation, which enables vision impaired people to live independent lives. All 20 of the flats have been significantly upgraded, including expanding bedsit studios into one-bedroom flats, installing new adapted kitchens and bathrooms, and adding patio doors in every flat, […]
Vision Impaired History Lovers Get Hands-On With Artefacts From Norfolk’s Royal Shipwreck
A group of 18 vision impaired history lovers were given a special hands-on introduction to Norfolk’s royal shipwreck when they received a special sensory experience at Norwich Castle Museum’s ‘The Last Voyage of Gloucester’ exhibition. Sight loss charity Vision Norfolk’s Heritage Group was invited to a special session where they were able to handle accurate […]
New Group Aims To Support People Experiencing Sudden Sight Loss
Losing your sight suddenly can be a traumatic occurrence – and now a new informal peer support group has been established to help those going through that experience. Norfolk’s sight loss charity Vision Norfolk has set up the new group to enable people who have lost their sight suddenly to share their experiences, meet new […]