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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...

Feel well, stay well

Feel well, stay well

The last 18 months have been a rollercoaster, so it is no surprise that many of us have experienced difficulties, mentally and physically. Surrey County Council have produced a leaflet entitled 'Feel well, stay well' and we encourage you to have a read, in one of the...

Roll up, roll up its Christmas raffle time!

Roll up, roll up its Christmas raffle time!

Christmas time brings many traditions, mince pies, mulled wine but for us it’s the annual Sight for Surrey Christmas raffle!  Yes it’s that time again to be in with a chance of winning lots of amazing prizes whilst raising money for your favourite charity! Tickets are...

Signpost winter 21/22 out now!

Signpost winter 21/22 out now!

The new winter 2021/22 edition of Signpost is out now! This bumper issue is brimming with news and stories about what we have been up to, and excitingly revealing details about our Centenary celebrations in 2022! You should be shortly receiving a copy of Signpost in...

Let’s Talk Tech!

Let's Talk Tech is a webinar, delivered by Gary Eady, Access Technology Trainer at Sight for Surrey, using the Zoom Cloud Meetings platform. It runs on the last Wednesday of each month, with the exception of August and December. The webinar usually runs between...