Helen and Steve Holyer joined Tracy and Jo to chat about the Room Mate and to explain where the idea came from. You can hear a demo of the Room Mate too. To get in touch with the Room Mate team you can visit adiaccess.co.uk or email [email protected]

ADI Access had one 10,000 loan from a start-up finance company and Helen received a £4,000 grant during the School for Social Entrepreneurs programme that I completed in 2015. We operate on the Social Enterprise model and do not take a salary for ourselves, we will ultimately, in the not foreseeable future, pay ourselves back the substantial savings that although we have personally invested in the development, manufacture and marketing of RoomMate. All of our income from the sales of RoomMate goes right back into the business so that we can continue to make improvements and manufacture more units. Most SME's fail within the first 2 years of trading, but here we are almost 3 years in and getting more well-known all the time.

Here is round table discussion Jo and Michael held a while back with a few visually impaired parents.

Gavin Neate joined Jo and Tracy to give an update on 2 of the Neatebox projects. It was a flying visit this time as Gavin was out and about but his obvious enthusiasm shines through and compensates for any lack of quality due to connectivity. If you'd like to find out more, visit neatebox.com or you can find Gavin on the VI Talk group.

Angela Smith is the Chief Exec of Friends of Moorfields and gave an informative presentation regarding the services that they can offer and the support that they give to the hospital and it's patients. To contact Angela you can email [email protected]

Laura Hughes from Moorvision kicked off our Open Day with a informative and interactive presentation on services for young people. She also gave us some fascinating statistics relating to visual impairment. If you live in the Devon area and would like to find out more about the services Moorvision can offer to families, check out their web site www.moorvision.org

Jo is a visually impaired chef and is going to be cooking for us every 4 to 6 weeks. Jo is also opening a cookery school in her own home to teach blind and partially sighted people to cook. Building their confidence but also making it an enjoyable experience. You can email Jo at

The Photo on this recording is of the food the Jo cooked.