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Signpost Spring Summer 2022 out now!

Signpost Spring Summer 2022 out now!

  The special Centenary edition of Signpost Spring Summer 2022 is out now and brimming with stories, events and our plans during our exciting Centenary year! To read, listen or watch your preferred format of Signpost, please click on the relevant link below....

Coffee, Cake & Celebrate with us!

Coffee, Cake & Celebrate with us!

As part of our Centenary celebrations we have a number of Coffee, Cake & Celebrate events taking place, so please do come and join us at one of the following locations;   Monday 25th April, 10am to 12pm, Caterham United Reformed Church Tuesday 24th May, 10am...

Join our talking books webinar

Join our talking books webinar

If you would like to find out about talking books and how to listen to them then come and join our next Let's Talk Tech session on Talking Books! Wednesday 27th April 2022 Time:  11:00am to 12:30pm In this webinar, Gary Eady, Technology Trainer at Sight for Surrey...

Come to our Open Day on 4th May!

Come to our Open Day on 4th May!

On Wednesday 4th  May, we are throwing open our doors and welcoming everyone to the Sight for Surrey offices, to meet our teams, find out about our services and have some coffee, cake and celebrate our Centenary! The Sight for Surrey Open Day will be held at Rentwood,...

Sight for Surrey announces partnership with Specsavers!

Sight for Surrey announces partnership with Specsavers!

Sight for Surrey is delighted to announce a Centenary partnership with Specsavers Opticians, High Street and Kiln Lane, Epsom and Leatherhead.  The three stores will be embarking upon a host of fundraising and in-store activities that will help promote the charity in...

Music in the Park @ Hatchlands

Music in the Park @ Hatchlands

How does a balmy summers evening of live music in the beautiful grounds of Hatchlands Park, East Clandon sound to you?  Come and join us for Music in the Park on Sunday 12th June for an evening of magical music featuring songs from the Queen’s 70 year reign. The night...

LET’S TALK TECH – WINDOWS 10

Our next instalment of Let’s Talk Tech, on the topic of Windows 10, is taking place on Wednesday 23 March, between 11:00am and 12:30pm on Zoom. In this webinar, Gary Eady, our Technology Trainer will discuss and demonstrate the range of features built-in to Windows 10...

Sing for Sight for Surrey

Sing for Sight for Surrey

Join us to celebrate our Centenary at Choirs Unite for Sight for Surrey on Thursday 10th March, 7.30pm at the beautiful Menuhin Hall in Cobham for an unforgettable evening of music, from Barbershop and A Capella, to Gospel. Listen to the beautiful voices of The...

Sight for Surrey Celebrates Centenary!

Sight for Surrey Celebrates Centenary!

Last Thursday 24th February 2022, Helyn Clack, Chair of Surrey County Council, along with HM Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, Michael More-Molyneux and Bob Hughes, Chief Executive of Sight for Surrey unveiled a special Braille commemorative plaque to mark 100 years of...

Help with research into audio description for dance

Help with research into audio description for dance

Are you passionate about inclusion and/or performing arts? If so, would you like to help with a research study on audio description for dance? Arianna Carloni is a PhD student at the University of Surrey and she is exploring how the experience of watching dance can be...

Let’s Talk Tech – VoiceOver Screen Reader on Apple

Our next instalment of Let's Talk Tech is on the topic of VoiceOver screen reader on the Apple iPhone and iPad and is taking place on Wednesday 23 February, between 11:00am and 12:30pm on Zoom. In this webinar, Gary Eady, our Technology Trainer, will discuss and...

Dame Judi Dench Patron for charity during Centenary year

Dame Judi Dench Patron for charity during Centenary year

  Sight for Surrey has today announced that acting legend, star of the screen and Surrey resident, Dame Judi Dench, CH, DBE, has agreed to become a Patron of the charity for its Centenary year, 2022. Sight for Surrey supports and enables people in Surrey who are...