Bus Travel
Buses!! – probably one of the most common curse words for those with sight loss. Personally, I would much rather use a train, even if it takes longer, even though I have to pay for a train ticket, for me I actively refuse to use a bus if I can in any way avoid it. […]
A Passion for Sport: Physicallity and Mentallity.
Growing up I never thought I was a ‘sporty’ person. You give a Visually Impaired person a tennis racket and tell them to hit the tennis ball (you know that small green blur that you have no chance of seeing?) and it probably isn’t going to work very well. But in 2012, I found the […]
The Volunteering Pathway
Sometimes it can be difficult to find fulfilling things to do with your time. Maybe you’ve just finished Uni and are finding it difficult to find employment, or maybe you need to start filling your CV with that all important experience that employers looks for, well there’s a lot out there, but like everything else, you just […]
An Evening in with Sir Ian
On a Friday in September, UCAN members gathered at the School of Optometry for what appeared to be a normal UCAN session. We were all very much mistaken. Jane Latham, UCAN’s founder, had brought us all together to tell us some news. Sir Ian McKellen, a.k.a Gandalf, would be donating the proceeds of […]
There’s nothing more we can do
This September once again members of the Storm project descended on the Welsh Gove Eye Care Conference with 2 star studded performances. As usual we were asked to create two short sketches, one for the beginning of the day and one for the end. This year our themes were “There’s nothing more we can […]
Daniel’s Story
Hi I’m Daniel, I’m 26 and I have retinitis pigmentosa; resulting in night blindness, light sensitivity, loss of peripheral vision and limited blurred central vision. I live in North Wales and despite being a fairly nice place to live there is very little to do in the area, which becomes even more restrictive when you’re […]
Here is Al’s Story.
Hi, I’m Al, I’m 28 and I’m from South Wales. I have been registered as legally blind since birth due to Aniridia and Nystagmus, caused by a rare missing gene that resulted in a condition called WAG-R Syndrome. At the age of 15 months, I was diagnosed with a Wilms tumor, which is a form […]
Cardiff Storm Event – Transition and Transport
Storm Event Transition and Transport Our most recent Storm event was held the last week of May in cardiff. Our event was focused around Transport and Transitions. We held the event in the WCB Office Meeting room and had guests from Cardiff Bus, Transport for Wales and Guide Dogs. They all came to talk […]
Cardiff Storm – Sex and Sexual Health
Sex and Sexual Health Our latest Storm Event was at the end of February with our Cardiff group and was held in the Public Health Wales building. The events theme was Sex and Sexual Health and we had a couple of things happening during the event. To start Mared and I ran […]
