Be inspired. Fundraising success for this VICTA Young Achiever!
We are celebrating Dotty, who has had incredible fundraising success while earning her Young Achievers Community pin badge. So far, Dotty has raised over £600 through her sponsored walk, amazing! Dotty's parents tell us how she organised her fundraising event and what made it a great success: Dotty chose to do a sponsored walk as part of her Young Achievers Award with VICTA, we chose a 5 mile walk near Dotty’s School. We sent a message to Dotty’s friends and parents and WOW we were overwhelmed by the support we got. The walk started at West Hanningfield Village Hall [...]
New opportunity – Assistant Commissioner, Radio 5 Live, EXTEND
New opportunity from BBC careers - Assistant Commissioner, Radio 5 Live, EXTEND Fixed Term - Full Time Salford, GB, M50 2QH BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST Job Closing Date: 26/09/2023 We have been asked to share this exciting job role by the BBC – it is advertised as part of their BBC Extend programme for disabled people. As such, they are currently recruiting for an exciting new 12-month opportunity for an Assistant Commissioner to work on their slate of BBC Sounds podcasts. As an Assistant Commissioner, you will be working closely with the Commissioning Executives for podcasts to [...]
New opportunity – Production Management programme in partnership with Netflix
Grierson DocLab In Focus: Production Management programme in partnership with Netflix The Grierson Trust’s Grierson DocLab In Focus: Production Management programme, run in partnership with Netflix, is back for a third year. The programme offers eight places to UK-based people aged 18+ (with no upper age limit) who have the transferable skills, experience and passion to pursue a career in documentary production management. The Grierson Trust is a registered charity that exists to celebrate the best of documentary and factual filmmaking from Britain and around the world. Each year, Grierson: The British Documentary Awards, more fondly known [...]
New opportunity – Work experience opportunity, Warwick
Blind in Business have a fabulous in person work experience opportunity available in Warwick at Skewb. Skewb offer many services and products from Digital, Environment, Gaming and Utility Industry specifics. Their work experience offer will be tailored to the individual based on the students’ interests, whether that be a generic experience across multiple areas of the business, or something focused on a niche area of interest. This experience can be accessed either W/C 4th September OR W/C 11th September. If interested, please send an email to Jonathan at Blind in Business - jonathan@blindinbusiness.org.uk [...]
New opportunity – NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme Insight Session
Blind in Business are hosting a NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme Insight Session Please see their information below and get in touch with them directly if you would like to attend or find out more. When: Thursday 6 July 2023 from 1pm to 2pm Where: Online via Microsoft Teams Who: Vision impaired university students and graduates aged 18 and over Are you visually impaired and looking to work within the healthcare industry? Are you interested in leadership and management roles? Then join Blind in Business for an insight session with the NHS, as they talk about their [...]
New opportunity – The value of work experience webinar
Blind in Business are inviting you to a webinar 'Work Experience – Understand the value' Please see their information below and get in touch with them directly if you would like to attend or find out more. When: Wednesday 19 July 2023 Time: 16:30 Where: Zoom Who: Students Year 10+ Have you ever wondered “what’s the point” when someone recommends that you participate in some form of work experience? Blind in Business have long understood the amazing value work experience provides students. Their newest webinar is offering you the chance to find out WHY you should bother seeking [...]
New opportunity – VI Wellbeing and Work in Liverpool
Jigsaw Coaching CIC have two Liverpool-based programmes for young people with a vision impairment - 'VI Wellbeing and Work' and 'Creatability'. VI Wellbeing and Work Are you interested in moving towards employment, volunteering or training? If you have a vision impairment and live in Liverpool, you can benefit from Jigsaw Coaching's Wellbeing and Work project. Regular employment clinics 1:1 coaching Peer support workshops with guest speakers Links to primary care for mental health support Training on digital skills Connections with employers Networking opportunities Quotes from past projects: “Made me realise my skills would be useful [...]
Moving house – tips for home buyers with a vision impairment
By Jack Tomlin After living in a small village for six years I finally decided it was time to move on, I was seeking more space, a bigger garden and a more central location. I had been wanting to move for a while, but it never quite felt like the right time. In December 2022 I started looking and viewed a few places to see what was on offer. Eventually I found the perfect cottage in a nearby village. It had a few drawbacks but nothing that couldn’t be fixed. I signed all the paperwork and within a [...]
Things that make me feel joyful
A poem by Mahalia Creft The blue-purple hue of an early early morning as I lay twisted up in yellow with my eyes just barely open. The taste of chocolate melding deep into the corners of my taste-buds as I sneak a stray biscuit before mum brings in a “proper” breakfast. The feel of a warm plate on my lap when the sun is at its highest point and my belly is at its largest. The scent of something sweet, ringing melodically in my nostrils and my throat. The sound of music that I hear, caressing the innards [...]
So, how long do you think it will take to get the book finished?
By Mahalia Creft “So, how long do you think it will take to get the book finished?” I tried my very best not to freeze as the realisation dawned on me… ooooohhhh they actually want me to write a book. This was the reaction I had after attending an information evening targeted at helping individuals start their own business. I had made the mistake of thinking this information evening was like most others I had attended, in which you sit for an hour, maybe an hour and a half while some guy whose internet connection keeps dropping out [...]
