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Find out more about RSBC, catch up on the latest news, and discover the different ways we support blind and partially sighted children and young people and their families.
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Latest News October 13, 2024
Marking Blind Awareness Month: Making play areas more accessible
To mark Blind Awareness Month and World Sight Day this October, RSBC worked with Percussion Play and The Amber Trust to make some noise! Find out more here.
Children and Young People's Stories October 11, 2024
Lauren’s braille journey
I’m Lauren, and I’m 17 and severely sight impaired/blind. I’ve been visually impaired for a couple of years, and previously needed large print from the age of 10.
Family Stories September 26, 2024
Meet Joe: An RSBC family story
Meet Joe. Joe has vision impairment, caused by congenital cataracts (cloudiness in the lens of the eye) and nystagmus (where the eyes make uncontrolled movement). And he’s Dad to two young sons, Noah, aged 9, and Lyle, 3, who have the same eye conditions.
Health and Wellbeing September 23, 2024
Eyes on the Future
As a new parent, you’ll meet many professionals in the first weeks and months after your baby’s born, and one of the most important people who’ll be supporting your family is your Health Visitor.
For Young People September 17, 2024
RSBC’s Terrible Thames adventure
We recently organised a fun ‘Horrible Histories’ boat trip on the Thames for vision impaired children, young people, and their families. It was a whistlestop tour of the River Thames, filled with lots of unusual facts and stories brought to life by the cast and crew.
RSBC Stories August 23, 2024
The life of a Family Practitioner: Jeanette’s story
Jeanette’s worked for RSBC for more than 3 years, covering the North East of England. As a Family Practitioner, she supports families with blind and partially sighted children and young people, helping them to overcome challenges by developing improved resilience, wellbeing and coping strategies. Read more about Jeanette and life our family practitioners here.
For Families August 22, 2024
Exploring music and storytelling for vision impaired children
We recently held two music sessions at Southwark libraries that brought joy and creativity to young people. We read from the book ‘The Rhythm of the Rain’ and got them to play different instruments, creating weather sounds. Check out our video from the event.
Independent living skills – cooking
Recently, we put on an independent living skills cookery session for a group of blind and partially sighted children and young people at our Life Without Limits Centre. The session was led by a Habilitation Specialist, Anna, who ensured it was suitable for complete beginners and those with some cooking experience.
Latest News August 9, 2024
Sports sessions with VI young people
We have a range of free and fun sports & fitness sessions for young people who are blind or have a vision impairment. The sessions are hosted by some incredible coaches: Palace for Life Foundation and Bloomsbury Football.
Education August 8, 2024
The many benefits of music and play for vision impaired children
We collaborated with The Amber Trust to host a music workshop at our Life Without Limits Centre (LWLC) for children aged 0-7 who have a vision impairment. Our centre was filled with the rich sounds of excited children and parents singing and moving along to call-and-response songs and inclusive and creative music games.
The LWLC
The Life Without Limits Centre
In 2022 RSBC moved its new Life Without Limits Centre (LWLC) near London Bridge. The innovative and unique new Centre realises a dream to deliver a space dedicated to supporting blind and partially sighted children and their families.
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