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Royal Society for Blind Children launch Welsh Social Group
As part of the National Lottery-funded Eye Connect Cymru project, the Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) is starting a Welsh Social Group for vision impaired children and young people across Wales aged 10 to 16 years. The group will meet monthly, via Zoom and the first meeting is on Wednesday 29th January. To find out more and book a place, click here.
Eye Connect Cymru project is an RSBC Project in collaboration with Wales Council for the Blind and CWVYS (Council for Wales Voluntary Youth). You can find out the project, and the services available from RSBC for families with a vision impaired child, here.
Sight Village to return to Wales in 2025
The 2025 schedule for Sight Village, the free exhibition for people with sight loss, their families and professionals has been announced, and includes a return visit to Cardiff.
Sight Village Wales will be held at the All Nations Conference Centre in Cardiff on Tuesday 8th April 2025. For a list of all Sight Village venues, and more information about the Cardiff event, click here. Further details will be available in the New Year.
Deadline extended: Eye Connect Cymru project - Survey for families and educators
Eye Connect is an RSBC Project in collaboration with WCB (Wales Council for the Blind), CWVYS (Council for Wales Voluntary Youth), and other partners designed to connect VI (visually impaired) children and young people (CYP) and give them a voice in their community. The project plans to achieve this in various ways, such as providing emotional well-being support, group support, practical referrals to professionals, family/CYP one-to-one online sessions, and ensuring that more children/youth-focused organisations are VI-inclusive.
We are seeking the views of children, young people and their families, and VI educators in Wales. By filling out this questionnaire, you will help us identify the best way to make this vision a reality:
- Questionnaire to children, young people and their families: click here
- Questionnaire to children, young people and their families (WELSH): click here
- Questionnaire to VI Educators: click here
- Questionnaire to VI Educators (WELSH): click here