by Mandy Swift | Oct 16, 2018 | Kates blog
This weekend I went to the Isle of Wight for the Blind National Championship organised by Blind Sailing UK. Friday morning, I ran around my house packing everything I needed from toiletries to dinghy boots in my purple rucksack to take with me. I was ready by 10 which...
by Mandy Swift | Sep 12, 2018 | Kates blog
On Wednesday 5 September two members of Southampton Sight along with Kate, Jackie and Angela visited Penny Melville-Brown at her home to take part in her Baking Blind series (www.bakingblind.com). Penny was one of the successful winners of the Holman Prize in 2017,...
by Mandy Swift | Aug 9, 2018 | Kates blog
This week has been a quiet week so far at work; with my support worker on holiday I am unable to leave the office without the support of other colleagues. I have seen a service user in the centre for a touch-typing session and I worked with two of my colleagues on...
by Mandy Swift | Jul 26, 2018 | Kates blog
I can’t remember if I have written this before, but in September I am going back to college to do an apprenticeship in customer service. Yesterday I started to learn how to get to Southampton City College. When you are completely blind like I am, you may find...
by Michelle Southampton | Jul 5, 2018 | Kates blog
Is it really July already? Soon we’ll blink and it’ll be next year. Yesterday Angela and I went to an information and equipment day in Totton organised by Open Sight the local society for VI people who cover Hampshire. First, getting in to the building was a...
by Michelle Southampton | Apr 26, 2018 | Kates blog
I haven’t blogged for a while so I thought I’d write one about my most recent adventure to Andover with two colleagues. We went on a two-day staff outing! Mandy, Angela and I all met at work last Wednesday to begin our two-day training course. We visited the head...
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Regular Sight Tests For All
The Safer Places Scheme