RNIB Connect

At this year’s Rock en Seine festival, VI concert goers could experience audio description of some of the headliners. David Hogg learns more….

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Follow Visually Impaired people on a fateful train journey in a new production from VICS called ‘Four Out Of Five’.

Amelia spoke to VICS Founder Kirin Saaed and Four Out Of Five Contributor Matthew Clarke to learn about the show.

Four Out Of Five takes place from 7.30 to 8.30 pn on the 3rd October, book tickets and learn more here - Four Out of Five | The MAC Belfast

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Jamie MacDonald is a multi award winning blind comedian, writer and actor, from Glasgow.
He’s back on the road with a new show and told RNIB Connect Radio’s Allan Russell about the idea behind it and why everyone has a mask…
If you’d like to learn more about Jamie, go to https://jamiemacdonaldcomedian.com/about/

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The Visionary Annual Conference is taking place in Birmingham, where local, national, and international sight loss organisations come together to share knowledge and ideas.

Amelia spoke to Dr. Beverly Deguid about how sight loss inspired her to create an inclusive mindfulness practise, how to develop self-compassion and how the sight loss sector can better serve the whole community.

Learn more about Dr. Beverly here - The mindful poet | Linktree
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The Visionary Annual Conference is taking place in Birmingham, where local, national, and international sight loss organisations come together to share knowledge and ideas.

Amelia caught up with Kerry Firth from Fight For Sight who sponsored the livestream of this year's conference.

Learn more about Fight For Sight here - Fight for Sight | Funding research breakthroughs and social change to Save Sight. Change Lives
Learn more about Visionary here - Welcome to Visionary - Visionary

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The Visionary Annual Conference is taking place in Birmingham, where local, national, and international sight loss organisations come together to share knowledge and ideas.

Amelia caught up with Visionary CEO, Fiona Sandford, for her highlights from the conference.

Learn more about Visionary here - Welcome to Visionary - Visionary
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The Visionary Annual Conference is taking place in Birmingham, where local, national, and international sight loss organisations come together to share knowledge and ideas.

Amelia spoke to Steven Johnson, endurance challenge lover, Project Manager and Black Lens app Developer about what challenging physical competitions bring his life and how used AI to code for the Black Lens app.

Learn more about Steven's work here - Steve Johnson - Warrington, England, United Kingdom | Professional Profile | LinkedIn

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The Visionary Annual Conference is taking place in Birmingham, where local, national, and international sight loss organisations come together to share knowledge and ideas.

Amelia spoke to some of the 'What it takes to sustain ourselves and eachother panellists' for their highlights from the discussion.

Here she is speaking with Dr. Beverly Deguid - Freelance Mindfulness Teacher, Susanette Mansour - Transformation Consultant and former CEO, and Mark Upton - CEO of MyVision Oxfordshire.

Learn more about Dr. Beverly Deguid here - Seeing Differently: My path into mindfulness and inclusive teaching by Beverly Duguid | The Mindfulness Network
Learn more about Susanette Mansour here - Susanette Mansour - Eastside People
Learn more about Mark Upton here - Mark Upton - MyVision Oxfordshire

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The Visionary Annual Conference is taking place in Birmingham, where local, national, and international sight loss organisations come together to share knowledge and ideas.

Amelia spoke with David Scurr from CAST (Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology) to learn more about how charities and individuals can start to explore AI responsibly and critically.

Learn more about CAST on their website - Home - CAST
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The Visionary Annual Conference is taking place in Birmingham, where local, national, and international sight loss organisations come together to share knowledge and ideas.

Amelia spoke with Kelly Taylor - Volunteer, Andrew William Barnes - Sensory Support Officer (Trainer) and Carolyn Greig - Children and Young People Lead about their workshop on Good Working Practice for People Living with Deafblindness.

Learn more about Deafblind UK on their website - Deafblind UK | Supporting Deafblindness in the UK

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