Blogs

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Visual Impairment Workplace Risk Assessment

For blind and partially sighted people at work, a visual impairment risk assessment can make a difference in your approach to work and job satisfaction. ...

21/06/2018

The State of the Nation Eye Health 2017: A Year in Review

In September 2016, the RNIB and Specsavers worked in partnership with the aim of transforming eye health in the UK and preventing sight loss where ...

21/06/2018

Opticians to get Clearer View of sight loss

Thomas Pocklington Trust are supporting entrepreneur Daniel Williams, Founder of Visualise Training and Consultancy and dispensing optician Peter Black, to drive forward the message that ...

31/05/2018

We are all dogs with a very important job

Most people tend to think of assistance dogs as Labradors or Retrievers, trained to lead blind people or to help wheelchair-users. But with increasing knowledge ...

29/05/2018

Man on a Mission with Low Vision launches CET Roadshow

Dan Williams may be severely sight impaired, but he’s totally focused on improving the skills of UK optical professionals to help the 2 Million or ...

25/05/2018

How accessible are Health Clubs in the UK?

Apart from joining local sporting clubs, the 2012 Paralympics also motivated hundreds of disabled people, of all abilities, to head off to their local Health ...

23/05/2018

Will I lose my job if I have lost my vision?

With over 200 people being diagnosed every week with an eye condition in work which cannot be corrected by the wearing of glasses or contact ...

21/05/2018

The Business Case for diversity within organisations – Let’s celebrate DIVERISTY

Diversity in the workplace is often considered in terms of age, gender, race, cultural background and so on. Yet is this also a limiting belief? ...

18/05/2018

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Is it time to change the disability symbol?

The stick figure in a wheelchair has become one of the most widely-used and instantly recognised disability access symbols in the world – but is ...

16/05/2018

Seeing Beyond The Eyes – CET Roadshow

Calling all Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians and Contact Lens Opticians it’s time to focus-in on sight loss. Thomas Pocklington Trust are supporting entrepreneur Daniel Williams, Founder ...

14/05/2018