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New cricket fixtures announced
As the evenings draw out and the days warm up, what could be more appealing than a game of cricket? If you're visually impaired, there's nothing to stop you enjoying this iconic summer sport by signing up to local visually impaired cricket team, the Nottinghamshire...
Great free equipment event this Thursday
Check out a wealth of exciting new equipment and the latest gadgets at our FREE equipment show, this Thursday (7 April) from 10am until 2pm. Joining us on the day During the event you'll be able to take a look at a range of equipment from: Dolphin Computer Access will...
Radcliffe on Trent quiz raises £1,580!
Friday 11th March saw Radcliffe on Trent's Grange Hall play host to a quiz night, with proceeds donated to support My Sight Nottinghamshire and the work they undertake with people living with sight loss across the county. Organised and run by My Sight President Len...
Recruiting for volunteer My Guides
We're urgently recruiting volunteer My Guide sighted guides and home visitors in areas across Notts to help put an and to the loneliness & isolation experienced by for too many blind and partially sighted people across our county. Can you spare a little time each...
Visit to the Holocaust Centre
Three sighted guides, four visually impaired people and their three guide dogs, Kizzy, Kiki and Kennedy had a great day out at the National Holocaust Memorial and Museum recently. Heartfelt tribute to disabled victims of the holocaust Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the...
Discrimination in the workplace
Are we turning a blind eye to discrimination in the workplace? Georgie Bullen FRSA, Director and founder of Team Insight Limited and GB Paralympian thinks that we are; and with just 27% of visually impaired and blind people of working age in employment compared with...
Meerkat Manor comes to My Sight Notts
A family of five mischievous, inquisitive and totally cute Meerkats will get up close and personal to a group of local blind and partially sighted people at a social group hosted by local charity, My Sight Notts this Thursday 4 January. The Meerkats were invited to...
Bluecoat singers raise £1646!
A huge thank you to the Bluecoat Singers who raised an incredible £1646.02 for us from their series of Christmas events. We had great fun working with them and it was a pleasure to hear them sing. For those of our staff and volunteers who were at their events, it...
Come and play goalball
Nottinghamshire Sheriffs Goalball Club are running weekly sessions for juniors between the ages of 12 – 18 years of age at Harvey Hadden Sports Village. The sessions which run between 5.30 – 7pm on a Thursday during term time, will provide juniors with the opportunity...
Improving access to iconic Notts landmark
As part of the development of local landmark, Wollaton Hall, Melissa Lewis from Nottingham City Council’s Museums and Galleries department is working on a project to develop the natural history collection. Visually impaired artists invited to have their say As part of...