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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
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!
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
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
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
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!
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!
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...
SIX RUN FOR SIGHT FOR SURREY
Sight for Surrey has six runners taking part in this year’s Virtual Virgin London Marathon, on Sunday 3rd October, all with their own unique reasons for taking on this gruelling 26.2 mile/42.2km challenge! Each one is aiming to smash their £200 fundraising target and...
Let’s Talk Tech; Talking Books
Are you an avid book reader? Do you struggle to read printed books? Would you like to find out about talking books and how to access them? If the answer to any of the above questions is "Yes", then please join our forthcoming Let's Talk Tech webinar on the subject...