Do you as a blind or partially sighted person have a project idea or an ambition to do something that will shatter other people’s misconceptions about blindness?

Well, don’t miss your opportunity to get your ideas in for the 2022 Holman Prize for Blind Ambition which has just opened with the deadline for applications on Sunday 20 March 2022. 

Now in it’s sixth year in 2022, the Holman Prize for Blind Ambition annually awards three blind people from anywhere in the world, up to $25,000 (USD) each to carry out an incredible idea that will shatter misconceptions about blindness. 

The Holman Prize is named after James Holman, a 19th century blind explorer who was the most prolific private traveler before the age of modern transportation, blind or sighted.

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined all the way from San   Francisco by Lee Kumutat, Vice President of Communications, LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Francisco to find out more about the 2022 Holman Prize for Blind Ambition. 

Lee began by giving Toby a bit of background about James Holman and how the Holman Prize for Blind Ambition came about.  

Lee also told Toby about some of the past Holman Prize for Blind Ambition winners to share some of the projects that the prize has awarded in the past to blind and partially sighted people along with how the Prize has helped to smash misconceptions around blindness.

The deadline to get your applications in for the 2022 Holman Prize for Blind Ambition is Sunday 20 March 2022 and more information about the prize can be found by visiting the Holman Prize website -

https://holman.lighthouse-sf.org

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