Our Autumn 2024 newsletter is out now!

Highlights include:

• Our forthcoming Demo Day on Monday 4^th November at The Ridings, at which we will be welcoming lots of guests.
• Our annual Christmas lunch, on Monday 2^nd December. We really hope you can join us!
• A fabulous Christmas wreath making workshop on Monday 9^th December – places are very limited so book now to avoid disappointment!
• The opportunity for you to be involved in exciting history project with our friends at Dream Time Creative, starting on Thursday 17^th October, which is researching the heritage of Wakefield District Sight Aid and the history of philanthropic support for blind and partially sighted people in Wakefield! Please get in touch with Sarah Cobham from Dream Time Creative to register your interest (sarahcobham@hotmail.com or 07733 180416).
• A new evening social group in Pontefract, on the first Thursday of the month at The Iron Dram.
• Details about the next phase of our Art Beyond Vision project, which will be starting on Thursday 7^th November and running for six weeks. This course will be focusing on creating artworks using embossing techniques.

You can download the newsletter in PDF format here.

As always, I would like to extend my thanks to all our volunteers who make it possible for us to send out the newsletter every quarter – as you can imagine, it is no small undertaking to send out over 1,200 newsletters in a variety of formats across the whole district, so huge thanks to the wonderful team who helps make this happen.

The other big news this quarter is that we have just relocated from our previous office at 35 Peterson Road to our new home at the St. Swithun’s Community Centre! Our phone number and office hours remain the same, so you can still reach us on 01924 215555. Please note that there are only three of us in the staff team and we do work flexibly from the office, from home, and out in the community, so if you need to come to the office, please ring in advance to make an appointment.

If you would like the newsletter in an additional or alternative format, or have any questions, please do contact us in the office on 01924 215555.