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HiVis 2026: 1-14 June 2026

As in previous years, Share the Vision has produced a range of social media digital assets and poster templates to support you with your promotion of HiVis activities in 2026.

To help ensure that posts are accessible; and please remember to add Alt Text to any photos you post during the fortnight.

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NEWSLETTER No. 375

The August edition of the Share The Vision bulletin features inspiring news and critical updates for the blind and partially sighted community. Alexandra Adams made history as the UK’s first deaf-blind doctor, overcoming significant discrimination to pursue her medical career. The newsletter also highlights a celebratory concert by blind and partially sighted musicians marking the 25th anniversary of the Elizabeth Eagle-Bott Memorial Fund. Additionally, it reports on new training for ophthalmologists designed to improve emotional support for patients receiving sight loss diagnoses. Finally, the RNIB is actively engaging with Parliament to ensure that upcoming self-driving taxi services prioritize accessibility and safety from the outset.

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Reading Sight Resource Pack

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Share the Vision, in partnership with the Ulverscroft Foundation, The Reading Agency, and Libraries Connected, have developed a FREE Reading Sight resource pack aimed at supporting people working in libraries to better support people with vision and print impairments. 

Hard copy packs have been sent to each library service in the UK and digital versions of all the embedded resources are yours to freely download from this website.

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The Vision and Print Impaired People’s Promise

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‘I can’t see to read books anymore. The library staff know what authors I like and request items for me, it is a lifeline to me.’
Talking with Readers quote from library user, Libraries Connected

The Vision and Print Impaired People’s Promise sets out the experience that people with blindness, sight loss and other print disabilities should have through public library services. We want everyone who visits a public library to be inspired by an exciting accessible environment which makes reading and seeking information a pleasure.

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