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Logo featuring 'HiVis' in white text on a dark blue rectangle, surrounded by colourful, overlapping abstract circles in vibrant shades of blue, red, yellow, pink, and green of various sizes on a white background. The date range '1 - 15 June 2025' in blue text is included beneath the rectangle.

HiVis 2025: 1-14 June 2025

Taking place across the first two weeks of June, HiVis fortnight gives libraries across the UK the opportunity to highlight services and support for those with a vision impairment. A range of social media digital assets have been produced to support you with your promotion of HiVis 2025 activities. Alt Text descriptions have also been prepared to accompany the images (in English and Welsh language) to help ensure that posts are accessible; and please remember to add Alt Text to any photos you post during the fortnight. Many thanks!

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Newsletter No. 358

Reading Sight Resource Pack

Librarian with a blind reader

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

blind reader

‘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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