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Join our Christmas Day Zoom

Join our Christmas Day Zoom

Christmas can be a lonely time for many. If you would like a bit of company, please join us for a Christmas Day chitchat on Zoom from 10am to 11am on Monday 25th December 2023. If you would like to join Clare Burgess, CEO of Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey ,and...

Meet Up & Catch Up Dates for 2024

Meet Up & Catch Up Dates for 2024

Our Meet Up & Catch Up events have been a huge success and provide a wonderful opportunity for the local community to get together over a cuppa and have a chat, helping combat loneliness and isolation. During 2024 we are hosting a number of Meet Up and Catch Up...

Matilda joins Christian & Amy on our online Winter Appeal!

Matilda joins Christian & Amy on our online Winter Appeal!

Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey online Winter Appeal launched at the beginning of December with the gorgeous smiling faces of Amy and Christian, two of the many young children supported by the charity, and now the lovely Matilda joins them. Our Winter Appeal is...

United we stand!

United we stand!

Life costs more if you're disabled.   Today, Wednesday 15th November, we stand united with over 80 charities calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP to take urgent action in his Autumn Statement to support people who are Deaf, blind, hard of hearing or partially...

New Signpost out now!

New Signpost out now!

The new winter edition of Signpost 2023/24 is out now and full of news and stories from all corners of the charity. From supporting a Para Olympic Dressage horse rider, attending BSL Fest in Guilford to skiing at the Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead, we have had a busy...

Tickets on sale to our Christmas Carol Concert!

Tickets on sale to our Christmas Carol Concert!

Jingle your bells and sing or sign your hearts out at our festive celebration, raising money for Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey. Join us for a festive evening of joy at our Christmas Carol Concert 2023 on Tuesday 5th December from 7pm. This in-person event will...

Join our fundraising Firewalk!

Join our fundraising Firewalk!

Dare-devils, your time is now! Brave the flaming hot Firewalk Challenge and raise vital funds for Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey. Our target is to fund two new Community Hubs to combat loneliness and social isolation in our community. With over 30 years’...

Breaking Down Barriers Workshop – January 2024 date released!

Breaking Down Barriers Workshop – January 2024 date released!

Breaking Down Barriers Workshop is back on Wednesday 31st January 2024.  This is a workshop for professionals in Surrey to gain an overview, understanding and appreciation of inclusion, accessibility and independence for and with people who are Deaf, hard of hearing,...

Dorking & Bookham TN join forces to bring weekly news!

Dorking & Bookham TN join forces to bring weekly news!

Now Dorking & Bookham (TNs) have joined forces to give people with a vision impairment a better service. The pandemic had reduced the recordings from weekly to once a fortnight, but with the two TNs working together, a free weekly service has been resumed. Each TN...

Nigel Limb Blind Bloke Racing

Nigel Limb Blind Bloke Racing

Record-breaking, thrill-seeking and vision impaired, Nigel Limb (aka Blind Bloke Racing) is the current holder of the British record for a strip run on a motorbike hitting speeds of 83 mph in 8.74 seconds on an Electric TT Zero bike with a vision impairment. He is...

Additional Needs Service Showcase!

Additional Needs Service Showcase!

Come and meet Katie (pictured), our lovely Volunteer & Community Engagement Manager, at Additional Needs Service Showcase. When: Wednesday 19th July 2023, 11am to 3pm Where: High Cross Church, 1 Knoll Road, Camberley, GU15 3SY Why: Find out about the support and...

Bid in our on-line auction!

Bid in our on-line auction!

Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey are holding an on-line auction to raise £5,000 to fund an Eye Clinic Liaison Officer in Surrey Hospitals to ensure no one goes through the experience of sight loss alone. All eleven prizes were generously donated to us, some of...