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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. 371

A new funding programme led by the Powell Family Foundation and partners has been launched to map and transform services for children and young people with vision impairment across the UK. National charities like RNIB are currently evaluating the government’s proposed SEND reforms, emphasizing the need for tailored, properly resourced support for the estimated 35,000 children with sight loss in England. The bulletin also highlights health concerns, including the under-diagnosis of Charles Bonnet Syndrome and a potential link between certain weight-loss medications and a rare eye condition called NAION. Additionally, Guide Dogs is seeking volunteers to serve as puppy raisers and fosterers to support their life-changing work. Finally, RNIB has called for better accessible health information in future emergencies following reports that blind and partially sighted people were disproportionately affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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