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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. 376

Newsletter No. 376 from Share the Vision highlights various accessibility initiatives and challenges for blind and partially sighted individuals. The bulletin covers the RNIB’s call for simple improvements in product labeling and restaurant lighting, alongside personal accounts of navigating barriers in healthcare, such as inaccessible maternity records. It also advocates for the inclusion of vision rehabilitation services in social care reforms and celebrates achievements like the installation of a training bus stop at the Royal School for the Blind and the recognition of a guide dog as a vital team member for a para-bowler. This issue continues to emphasize the importance of shared experiences in fostering a more inclusive environment for the blind and partially sighted community.1

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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

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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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