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As a new parent, you’ll meet many professionals in the first weeks and months after your baby’s born, and one of the most important people who’ll be supporting your family is your Health Visitor. 

We recently organised a fun ‘Horrible Histories’ boat trip on the Thames for vision impaired children, young people, and their families. It was a whistlestop tour of the River Thames, filled with lots of unusual facts and stories brought to life by the cast and crew.

Jeanette’s worked for RSBC for more than 3 years, covering the North East of England. As a Family Practitioner, she supports families with blind and partially sighted children and young people, helping them to overcome challenges by developing improved resilience, wellbeing and coping strategies. Read more about Jeanette and life our family practitioners here.

We recently held two music sessions at Southwark libraries that brought joy and creativity to young people. We read from the book ‘The Rhythm of the Rain’ and got them to play different instruments, creating weather sounds. Check out our video from the event.

Recently, we put on an independent living skills cookery session for a group of blind and partially sighted children and young people at our Life Without Limits Centre. The session was led by a Habilitation Specialist, Anna, who ensured it was suitable for complete beginners and those with some cooking experience.

We have a range of free and fun sports & fitness sessions for young people who are blind or have a vision impairment. The sessions are hosted by some incredible coaches: Palace for Life Foundation and Bloomsbury Football.

We collaborated with The Amber Trust to host a music workshop at our Life Without Limits Centre (LWLC) for children aged 0-7 who have a vision impairment. Our centre was filled with the rich sounds of excited children and parents singing and moving along to call-and-response songs and inclusive and creative music games.

A massive thank you to McLaren Formula 1 Driver Lando Norris, who auctioned the incredible hand-painted Herend Porcelain Manufactory helmet he wore in qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix in July. All proceeds support RSBC and the Hungarian National Association of the Blind.

RSBC is calling on the new UK government to carefully consider those most vulnerable in our education system – SEND students – to ensure that enough funding and specialist provision, teachers and classroom support is provided. The charity is encouraged by the response that the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson’s recent pledge to fix the “broken […]