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Vision Awareness Training for bus drivers rolled out across UK
Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and its network of volunteer-led UK Sight Loss Councils have launched approved training materials for bus and coach drivers, which are now being shared nationwide. The move addresses gaps identified in RNIB’s recent ‘All Aboard?’ report (2025) and TPT research.
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Dealing with the cost-of-living crisis in Tyne and Wear
08 September 2022
Tyne and Wear Sight Loss Council (SLC) ran an event for local blind and partially sighted residents on 25 August to offer advice on the cost-of-living crisis and allow them to share their concerns.
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Let’s get active event helps make sport accessible in York
07 September 2022
Blind and partially sighted people tried out new sports at our 'Let’s get active' taster day in York on 20 August. As a result, many plan to continue their sport and even help set up new teams.
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Breakthrough sound testing for e-scooters by UCL PEARL
02 September 2022
York, Essex and London Sight Loss Councils joined Senior Managers from Thomas Pocklington Trust at UCL Pearl's sound testing of an Acoustic Vehicle Alert (AVA) for e-scooters.
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Walking blind through Hove redevelopment
01 September 2022
Members of Brighton & Hove City Council’s Transport Projects and Engineering Team will experience how it feels to navigate Hove’s busiest streets with a visual impairment.
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Gloucestershire councils experience walking blind
31 August 2022
Community leaders from Gloucestershire experienced walking blind when they went on a town centre tour with a difference.
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Let’s make retail accessible for Greater Manchester shoppers
22 August 2022
Greater Manchester Sight Loss Council (SLC) attended a ‘talking shop’ event organised by the Arndale Shopping Centre to talk to retailers about what could be done to make retail more accessible for blind and partially sighted shoppers.
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Audio-visual announcements on buses a step closer
22 August 2022
Audio-visual announcements on buses took a step closer this week as Thomas Pocklington Trust met with the Real Time Information Group
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Accessible Travel in Brighton and Hove forum success with transport providers
11 August 2022
Blind and partially sighted people met with transport providers at East Sussex Sight Loss Council’s first ever forum to discuss key issues most important to them.
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Make AIS work films premiere at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
09 August 2022
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust and Sight Loss Councils launched two new films to improve health information for blind and partially sighted people.
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Liverpool City Region’s Mayor at Merseyside Sight Loss Council event
05 August 2022
Despite the rail and bus strikes, over 85 people attended the fully booked Merseyside Sight Loss Council event with the Liverpool City Region's Mayor Steve Rotheram last week (27 July).
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‘Have your say on transport’ Gloucestershire forum
04 August 2022
Gloucestershire Sight Loss Council’s visual impairment (VI) forum took place on Tuesday 26 July at Gloucester Rugby club. The theme was transport.
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Rodney Powell Awards 2022
01 August 2022
The Rodney Powell Awards recognise and celebrate the huge contribution volunteers make to both the lives of blind and partially sighted people and the work of Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT).
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Audio-visual announcement breakthrough
29 July 2022
Following a Sight Loss Council campaign, the Government has brought forward the timetable for the provision of audio-visual announcements on buses.
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Brighton and Hove city officials experience how it feels to walk blind through city
22 July 2022
Brighton and Hove city officials experience how it feels to walk blind through city
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Merseyside SLC met VOI e-scooters
14 July 2022
Merseyside Sight Loss Council met VOI to exchange perspectives on e-scooters
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New indoor navigation app has potential
11 July 2022
Greater Manchester Sight Loss Council (SLC) members put a new indoor navigation app through its paces last week to assess whether it makes things easier for blind and partially sighted people.
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Council top team experience walking through city with a visual impairment
07 July 2022
Gloucester City Council's top team joined Sight Loss Council volunteers to experience the challenges faced by people with visual impairments navigating around Gloucester.
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Visual Impairment Procedure launched by Essex Police
05 July 2022
Essex Sight Loss Council worked with Essex Police to develop a Visual Impairment Procedure to help blind and partially sighted people verify police officers at their door.
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Visual Impairment (VI) Awareness session at Wolverhampton
01 July 2022
Black Country Sight Loss Council volunteers held a Visual Impairment (VI) Awareness session at Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis and Squash Club.
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Making Retail Accessible in Greater Manchester
27 June 2022
More than 40 blind and partially sighted people met with retailers at Greater Manchester Sight Loss Council's ‘Making Retail Accessible’ event.
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Merseyside residents invited to e-scooter safety event
17 June 2022
Blind and partially sighted Liverpool residents are invited to a public event on 20 June to discuss e-scooter safety and learn more about the safety mechanisms adopted by Voi.
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Celebrating Volunteers’ Week 2022
31 May 2022
For Volunteers Week, we want to say thank you to our incredible blind and partially sighted volunteers, who are working so hard to advocate for visually impaired people in their communities.
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Tackling barriers to health and social care in Bristol
31 May 2022
Bristol held a Health and Social Care VI forum recently that invited a panel of leaders and senior managers from the health services and local authorities to talk about the special provisions they are taking to best cater for the needs of blind and partially sighted Bristolians.
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Making transport accessible in the West of England
27 May 2022
Read more on our "Meet The Bus" events in Bristol and Gloucestershire in partnership with First Bus and Stagecoach respectively.
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