News archive

Follow the links from the headlines below.

• Sandwell's Vision Strategy
  August 2010 update on our activities around the strategy consultation
• Make a spectacle of yourself with SVI for World Sight Day
  It's World Sight Day on 14 October and SVI are preparing to make a spectacle of ourselves.
• A new vision strategy for Sandwell
  We need your views to help shape how services will be offered to people with sight loss in the future.
• Sponsored walk in Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich Wednesday 14 July 2010
  Fancy a walk in the Park? Join us at 11am.
• SVI joins the Big Care Debate
  The Care and Support Alliance campaign asks; have you asked the care and support question at the 2010 general election?
• Tackling health inequalities together
  A report from a conference in London
• SVI Health Needs Analysis Report
• SVI review of 2009
  An overview of our achievements in 2009
  
• SVI member is 2012 Olympics Mystery Shopper
  How are service providers planning to meet our needs if we visit London for the Olympics?
• New audio CDs at Sandwell libraries.
• Find out about saving energy and saving money.
  This audio track from Warm Zone will tell give you lots of hints and tips.
• Audio Description and Digital television switchover for blind and partially sighted people.
• SVI membership grows

• QAC Sight Village
  Your chance to find out about the latest technology for VI people
• Complete our health needs questionnaire
  You will help improve our health and wellbeing, and could win £25
• Health and wellbeing event a big success
  Feedback from our March event
• Art Speaking at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
  This event about audio-described art, is on 18 April
• Storytelling event a real success
• World Sight Day in Sandwell
• Listen to some extracts from our June Open Meeting
  These audio tracks include information from the council's Vision Services.
• Find out about saving energy and saving money.
  This audio track from Warm Zone will tell give you lots of hints and tips.
• Listen to a feature about Extant theatre's recent forum at Wolverhampton Arena Theatre..
• Blind Dave sets off for his 7 marathons challenge
  Listen to our interview with Dave.
• News and views from our open meeting
  This news item tells you about our recent open meeting and gives links to further news and more in-depth information including: anti-social behaviour and changes coming up to Sandwell hospitals and great news about our newsletter.
• Find out more about Sandwell Central Library's new mp3 players
• Get involved in theatre with Black Country Touring and Exstant
• The reading revolution - why you should join your local library today
• A tribute to Dr Roy Green
• Audio Description and Digital television switchover for blind and partially sighted people
• SVI membership grows
• Free call-back with BT
• Focus Facelift
• Don't miss that bus
• SVI Frolics
• Newsletter success
• Postcode lottery for macular disease (MD) prevention drugs
• Barriers to the employment of disabled people
• SVI in the Spotlight