Group shot of Wandsworth Council’s Road Safety and Engineering Team with Sight Loss Council (SLC) members and Thomas Pocklington Trust staff. A selection of the team who have just been guided are wearing simulation glasses (sim specs). SLC member Harry is holding a navigation cane, and SLC member Haren is pictured with a guide dog. They are stood in front of Wandsworth Town train station.
Sight Loss Council and Young Voices volunteers, and Thomas Pocklington staff, are sat on a bus creating some of the videos used in the training materials. Two passengers have white canes with them and there is a guide dog sat at the front.
Sight Loss Council volunteers sat around a table having a discussion at a recent conference. A Sight Loss Council banner is in the background.

Sight Loss Councils

Advocating for blind and partially sighted people

Sight Loss Councils are led by blind and partially sighted members. We tackle local issues and work with businesses and service providers to improve the accessibility of their services.

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We asked some of our members, why they joined, what they have got involved in and why other blind and partially sighted people should consider joining Sight Loss Councils in their areas.  Come join us.

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Merseyside Sight Loss Council members collecting their Team of the Year award at this year's Sight Loss Council conferenceJoin usPassionate about making a difference? What to influence positive change? Our Sight Loss Councils, led by blind and partially sighted volunteers, are recruiting new members. Join us today! Read more
Campaigns icon shows loud hailer and links to Sight Loss Councils campaigning work including #DistancingBlind and #StreetsForAllCampaignsSight Loss Councils campaigns push for a society where blind and partially sighted people have the same access to goods and services as everybody else. Read more
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~2M

There are more than 2 million blind and partially sighted people in the UK

1 in 2

working age people have been treated unfairly by others because of their visual impairment

1 in 5

people will be blind or partially sighted in their lifetime

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Group shot of Wandsworth Council’s Road Safety and Engineering Team with Sight Loss Council (SLC) members and Thomas Pocklington Trust staff. A selection of the team who have just been guided are wearing simulation glasses (sim specs). SLC member Harry is holding a navigation cane, and SLC member Haren is pictured with a guide dog. They are stood in front of Wandsworth Town train station.Road Safety and Engineering Team walk blind through Wandsworth
Sight Loss Council members stood in a line with a retailer facing the camera and smiling in a supermarket where they have been assessing the accessibility of product packaging. Three members are holding navigation canes.Sight Loss Councils celebrate Purple Tuesday 
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