Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire SLCs are working with East Midlands Railway to create audio guides at key stations across the region. Members will also test each other’s guides to ensure they work for blind and partially sighted travellers - a great example of lived experience in action 🚆

Start 2025 by making a difference! ✨ Join Sight Loss Councils and help improve accessibility, influence decisions, and use your lived experience to drive change. A great way to build confidence, connect with others, and shape a more inclusive future Find out more: https://bit.ly/3Ige7Ox

Sunday was World Braille Day, a chance to celebrate the stories and independence Braille brings. To celebrate, Thomas Pocklington Trust received a very special gift - a Braille edition of The Diary of a Young Girl from the Anne Frank Trust. Read more: https://bit.ly/3NceY7i

#Merseyside SLC working with drivers at #Arriva North West to improve bus travel for blind and partially sighted passengers. Volunteers shared experiences & staff tried simulation glasses to understand accessibility. 🚌 🔗 Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3L5ilwa

Happy World Braille Day ✨ Braille remains vital for independence, choice, and confidence - at work, at home, and in everyday life. From paper to electronic braille displays, it opens doors for blind and partially sighted people every day. Do you read braille, would you learn? #WorldBrailleDay

What happens when lived experience leads? In 2025, Sight Loss Council members helped make everyday spaces more inclusive. As one volunteer shared: “It’s amazing to see behaviour change and know our work is making a real difference.” 👉 https://bit.ly/3Y3YC30 #2025Wrapped #YearInReview

Happy New Year from everyone at Sight Loss Councils 🎉 Thank you to all our SLC members, partners, and supporters for everything you achieved with us in 2025. We look forward to working together to make 2026 a year of even greater accessibility and inclusion! #VisionForChange #HappyNewYear

In 2025, Sight Loss Council volunteers used lived experience to make transport more accessible. From bus driver awareness sessions to station guides and vision training for conductors - practical changes helping people travel with confidence. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Y3YC30 #2025Wrapped

SLC 2025 Wrapped✨ End of year recaps are everywhere this year. So, as 2025 comes to a close, we’re looking back at a year of lived experience in action. Discover our 2025 Highlights and learn more about the incredible work from our volunteers : https://bit.ly/3Y3YC30 #2025Wrapped #YearInReview

Busy Boxing Day sales can be tricky for blind and partially sighted shoppers. Keep aisles clear, offer help, and be patient. Retailers, check our resources to make your store accessible. Shoppers, see our tips to be mindful too: https://bit.ly/4iZx6ND

Happy Holidays from Sight Loss Councils ✨ Our offices will close at 3pm today for the festive break and will reopen on 2 January 2026. From all of us, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for helping make 2025 a fantastic year 🎉

We asked Ian, #Staffordshire Sight Loss Council member about their first year, projects, and festive plans. 🎄✨ Read the full Q&A on our Facebook page and find out how to get involved: https://bit.ly/3YyUeJk#Staffordshire #BehindTheScenes #MeetTheMembers #InConversationWith

Callum Lancashire speaks to RNIB Connect Radio about the new Dumfries & Galloway Sight Loss Council - the 3rd in Scotland, delivered by Sight Scotland with Sight Scotland Veterans & Visibility Scotland, and funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust. 🎙️ Listen: https://bit.ly/4s4b1l9

London SLCs visited the Science Museum to help shape a new multimedia highlights guide with audio description. 🎧 “It’s going to have a massive impact on what we do in the future,” said Fiona Slater. We're excited to continue this collaboration in 2026! #MakeArtAccessible

#VocalEyes and Sight Loss Councils are partnering to co-create inclusive audio descriptions for heritage collections. Over 2 years, 10 hubs will work with blind and partially sighted people to improve access to museums and heritage sites. #DescribingHeritage #MakeArtAccessible”

Season’s Greetings from Sight Loss Councils 🎄 Thank you for your support in 2025 as we’ve worked to make everyday life more accessible for blind and partially sighted people. From all of us at Sight Loss Councils, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎉

Gloucestershire SLC worked with Nature in Art to co-create Totally Tactile - a landmark exhibition shaped by blind and partially sighted people from the start. This is part of their work to #MakeArtAccessible, and it’s now leading to further collaboration. Read more: https://bit.ly/4j12Phw

🎉 Essex Sight Loss Council has been shortlisted for the 2026 Community Rail Awards! Our exhibition “Do You See What I See?” at Colchester Station raises awareness of sight loss through tactile art, audio description & works by blind & partially sighted artists Read more: https://bit.ly/4hCGQeh

"Growing up I was often the only visually impaired person in the room." 💬 This month, we're In Conversation with Ada from Greater Manchester SLC. Ada shares what inspired her to join, her proudest achievements, and a few fun facts. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/48KTB4h #MeetTheMembers

South East London SLC delivered a Vision Awareness Session at the new Canada Water Leisure Centre. Staff were enthusiastic and keen to improve accessibility, and #SouthwarkLeisure hopes to work with us across all sites. Great news - especially with @goalballuk.bsky.social UK training there! 💛

SLCs are proud to have supported a new short film for bus drivers, now showing in depots across England. Practical tips to make journeys safer and more inclusive for blind and partially sighted passengers. 👉 bit.ly/3HJZW65

Great to see The Lowry acting on our Sight Loss Council volunteer accessibility feedback. From audio description and braille to inclusive plans, progress is clear. We loved testing the new Lowry 360 immersive tour. #CoProduction in Action. #Accessibility #Inclusion #MakeArtAccessible

North London Sight Loss Council led a sim-spec walk with Islington Council engineers to highlight the barriers #Blind & #PartiallySighted people face daily on our streets, leading to discussions on how the design process can remove them: https://bit.ly/3MmuAF0#Blind#PartiallySighted #InclusiveDesign #StreetsForAll

Over the weekend we hit 2,000 followers on Facebook! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who’s joined our community so far. Not following yet? Every like, share, and comment helps us reach more people and make a bigger impact. Follow us today! https://www.facebook.com/SightLossCouncils/

As #IVD25 ends, we thank our volunteers who make change happen. Our Senior Engagement Managers said you raise awareness, fuel change, and show compassion in action every day. Your lived experience drives real change. Thank you, for all you do. Join our team: https://bit.ly/3Ige7Ox#IVD25

What does volunteering mean to our Sight Loss Council members? For Amy, it’s having a voice. For Chloe, it’s impact and community. For Jordan, it’s confidence and connection. Everyone brings something unique and every contribution matters. More stories: https://bit.ly/48h2aoq #IVD25

198 volunteers across 25 Sight Loss Councils are improving accessibility in communities every day. Every contribution matters - and yours could too. Learn how to get involved: 🔗 https://bit.ly/3Ige7Ox #IVD25 #InternationalVolunteerDay

Today we're celebrating our incredible volunteers this #InternationalVolunteersDay! 🌟 Across the UK, our Sight Loss Council volunteers turn national priorities into local action, using their lived experience to remove barriers and create real change. #IVD2025 #VolunteerDay

Gloucestershire SLC is expanding into Swindon 🎉 There are 7,400 residents are living with sight loss in Swindon and we’re here to make services inclusive and accessible. Join us as a volunteer, or partner with us, to improve accessibility across the area. Find out more: 🔗https://bit.ly/4oBAWhd

On #IDPD, we’re celebrating what real inclusion looks like – and the blind and partially sighted volunteers in our Sight Loss Councils who push it forward. When something isn’t accessible, our members push to change it. Inclusion becomes real when lived experience leads the way.

London SLCs supported Thomas Pocklington Trust Campaigns team in meeting Alex Mayer MP last week. We shared lived experience, Reflect & Engage insights and London SLCs' #EBikeCharter. SLC member, Haren, said it was “a great chance to raise safety concerns for blind & partially sighted people.

Our work to improve bus travel for blind and partially sighted people continues 🚍 Essex SLC delivered a Vision Awareness session to #FirstBus drivers - real stories, practical tips, great feedback.  Accessibility starts with understanding: https://bit.ly/48zaWOv

New episode of @pocklington.bsky.social 'Through Our Eyes' podcast 🎧 A brilliant conversation about the real challenges blind and partially sighted students face when choosing a university. Well worth a listen - and a share! Listen here: f.mtr.cool/mjnvdemnmd

This #BlackFriday, remember: not all disabilities are visible. Make shopping accessible for blind & partially sighted customers with some simple changes. Check out our Top Tips for Retailers resource: http://bit.ly/3ipqGfz #MakeRetailAccessible #AccessibilityMatters

#Merseyside SLCs met 2nd-year radiography students at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social for a vision awareness session. Great questions, lots of engagement, and plenty of love for guide dogs Dotty and Kip. An essential step toward more accessible healthcare 👏 #MakeHealthAccessible #InclusiveHealth

🎉 What a day! SE London Sight Loss Council’s first Live Well, Get Active Day brought 30 blind and partially sighted people together to try VI cricket, tennis, Zumba, yoga, spin, and more. Thanks to everyone who made it possible.  Read the full write-up via the link: https://bit.ly/3XjUPxZ

Two awards ceremonies in one day - and SLCs were part of both! 🎉 Our Vision Awareness Training for Bus Drivers, developed with @pocklington.bsky.social, has been Highly Commended at the UK Bus Awards. Huge congrats to everyone involved! #MakeTransportAccessible #InclusiveTravel

Proud to support last nights #CiTTiAwards25 - celebrating innovators shaping the future of urban mobility. SLC volunteer Nikki and Engagement Manager Dave judged and presented awards, ensuring accessibility is part of key transport conversations. 🎉 #MakeTransportAccessible

Huge luck to @pocklington.bsky.social, SLCs, & partners at the UK Bus Awards! Our Vision Impairment Awareness Training is up for the 'Partnership for Excellence' award, today! We're so proud of our team, whose lived experience is helping make bus travel safer and more inclusive 🎉#VisionForChange

Today, London SLCs will meet Alex Maher MP, Chair of the Micromobility APPG, to discuss the impact of e-bikes & e-scooters on blind & partially sighted people. Insights from our Reflect & Engage report and work with operators to improve street safety will be shared, as well as LSLCs #EBikeCharter.

1/2 A big moment for #Staffordshire SLC yesterday 🎉 After attending a recent SLC meeting where she heard directly from SLC members, Dr Allison Gardner MP raised #PavementParking in the House of Commons, giving Staff SLC a shout-out too!

Join SE London SLC & #GoviaThameslinkRailway for a hands-on Try a Train event on Friday 5 Dec 🚆 Build confidence, explore #LondonBridge station, take a guided trip to East Croydon, and join a Q&A with staff. Spaces are limited - book now: bit.ly/4qTIcYd #Railway200 #MakeTransportAccessible

A great day at #SightVillage London, and what a fantastic event it turned out to be. Our London Engagement Manager had a brilliant time - meeting new people, reconnecting with familiar faces, and sharing the work of #London SLCs across the capital. Thanks to all who stopped by!

South Yorkshire SLC invited @sheffielduni.bsky.social Architecture students for a sim-spec walk, giving future designers a chance to see the barriers BPS people face. Their takeaway: include lived experience from the very start of projects. Learn more about our work: 👉https://bit.ly/41VStrR

Merseyside SLC has been working with Arriva to help blind and partially sighted people feel more confident when travelling by bus. This video shows how we’re improving accessibility together, including new driver training materials created with @pocklington.bsky.social  Watch the video here 👇

Today’s the day! #SightVillage London is underway. We don’t have a stall this year, but our London Engagement Manager will be out and about, networking and spreading the word about London SLCs. If you’re attending, do pop by and say hello to @pocklington.bsky.social! 👋

Sight Loss Councils are proud that our Vision Awareness Training for Bus Drivers - created with @pocklington.bsky.social and partners - has been shortlisted for a UK Bus Award! Huge thanks to our volunteers whose lived experience shaped the training. Fingers crossed for the 25th! 🤞

Great to see #Merseyside SLC back at @liverpooluni.bsky.social for the third year, helping nursing students gain the skills to support blind and partially sighted people. This work is key to our #MakeHealthAccessible campaign to embed inclusive care from day one.

Join South East London SLC & #GoviaThameslinkRailway for a hands-on Try a Train event on Fri 5 Dec 🚆 Build confidence, explore accessible features at #LondonBridge, take a guided trip to East Croydon & join a Q&A with staff. Spaces are limited, book now: https://bit.ly/4qTIcYd

Happy 4th Birthday to Northumberland & Cumbria Sight Loss Council! 🎉  A year of real progress in the #NorthEast, from sim spec walks and accessibility improvements to VI Awareness sessions, and more inclusive transport. Huge thanks to our brilliant volunteers and partners. #VisionForChange