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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 - 14 June 2026' in blue text is included beneath the rectangle. Logo with 'HiVis' in white text on a dark blue rectangle, surrounded by colourful abstract circles on a white background. The date range '1 - 14 June 2026' in blue text is below the rectangle.

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. 377

RNIB research on public interest in audio-described television drama, a new pilot scheme providing 3D-printed tactile baby scan models for blind parents, and public tours opening at the London Guide Dogs training centre. Additionally, it covers the assistive benefits and privacy considerations of AI smart glasses, alongside a partially sighted gardener’s efforts to inspire others through his YouTube channel.

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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

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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