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Join the Revolution!
HUNDREDS OF blind and partially-sighted computer users around England will get a taste of what the Internet can offer, thanks to a new series of learning days funded through the Government’s Transformation Fund.
Screenreader.net has been awarded a generous grant by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills’ Transformation Fund. With this award we are able to offer 50 Learning Days – available free to local blind and partially-sighted people as well as the sighted working with them. We have had a tremendous response from local blind societies, UK online centres and Local Authorities who all have a strong desire to include those with little or no sight within informal learning.
Free web learning days are taking place at the following venues during the next few months (please ring 01322 385166 to learn dates):
South Lakes Society for the Blind
Stricklandgate House
Stricklandgate
Kendal
Cumbria LA9 4PU
T: 01539 742633
Contact: Charles Ely
Walsall Social Services
Sensory Support Team
Social services
Walsall
0845 111 2922
Venue:
Walsall Disability Information & Advice Line
114 Lichfield Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 1SZ
Contact Atul Aggarwal
T: 01922 622227
Shamsul Alam
NHS Islington & Islington Adult Social Services
338-346 Goswell Road
London EC1V 7LQ
Venue: Islington Outlook
133 St John’s Way
London N19 3RQ
T: 020 7527 6530)
Contact: Shamsul Alam
Royal National College for the Blind
College Road
Hereford HR1 1EB
T: 01432 265725
Contact: Teresa Allen,
Bucksvision
143 Meadowcroft
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP19 9HH
T: 01296 487556
Contact: Tamzin Evers
Beacon Centre for the Blind
Wolverhampton Road East
Wolverhampton WV4 6AZ
T: 01902 880111
Katy Jobling
Andover VIPs
Borden Gates
41 Bridge St
Andover
SP10 1BG
T: 01264 323335
Contact: Janet Mason
Scarborough Blind and Partially Sighted Society
181 - 183 Dean Road, Scarborough
N Yorkshire YO12 7JH
T: 01723 354417
Contact: David Dartnall-Smith
Royal London Blind Society
The InFocus Room
Disability Resource Centre
40-50 Southern Grove
Mile End
London E3 4PS
T: 0207 471 6761 or 07515 325821
Contact Geraldine Quinlan
Isle of Wight Society for the Blind
Millbrooke House
137 Carisbrooke Road
Newport
Isle of Wight PO30 1DD,
T: 01983 522 205
Contact: Ziggy or Ian Bast
Portsmouth Central Library
Guildhall Square
Portsmouth PO1 2DX.
T: 023 9275 1737
Contact: Annie Aust
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Lichfield Street
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 1DU
T: 01902 552 033
Contact: Francis Nielsen
Alex Hicks
Birmingham Focus on Blindness
48-62 Woodville Road
Harborne
Birmingham B17 9AT
T: 0121 478 5215
Contact: Alex Hicks
Charlie Ratchford Resource Centre UK Online Learning Centre
Belmont Street
London NW1 8HF
T: 020-7485 2968
Contact: Myra Schehtman
Bolton Society for Blind People
The Sensory Centre
Brinks Place
Chorley Street
Bolton
BL1 4AL
T: 01204 337896
Contact: Justine Watson
Yew Tree Resource Centre
20 Yew Tree Gardens
Romford
RM7 9AA
Tel: 01708 432414
Contact: Marie Clarke
Bradbury Fields
The Bradbury Centre
Youens Way
East Prescot Road
Liverpool
L14 2EP
T: 0151 221 0888
Contact: Niki Barnet
Forge Centre
Foxes Bridge
Valley Road
Cinderford
Gloucestershire GL14 2LJ
T: 01594 827 711
Contact: Jenny Green
Darlington Social Club for the Blind
73 Corporation Road
Darlington
DL3 6AD
01325 346704
Contact: Julie Lumb
Southend Blind Welfare Organisation
118b Hamlet Court Road
Westcliff-on-Sea
SS0 7LP
T: 01702-342 131
Contact: Maureen Stevens
Hull & East Riding Institute for the Blind
Beech Holme
Beverley Road
Hull HU5 1NF
T: 01482 342 297
Contact: Brian Buckley
Action for Blind People
Swail House
Ashley Road
Epsom
Surrey KT18 5AZ
T: 01372 720742
Contact: Paul Dingwell
Lawrence Hill Church
Lincoln Street
Bristol BS5 0BJ
Contact is: Don Jenkins
T: 0117 9559118 or 0117 9412540
M: 07964600452
Surrey Association for Visual Impairment
Rentwood
School Lane
Fetcham
Surrey
KT22 9JX
T: 01372 377 701
Contact: Katie Kirton
Blind Voice
27 Parm Road
Stockton
TS18 3NJ
T: 01642 803590
Contact: Christine Durnion
Essex Blind Charity
Unit 11
Colchester Business Centre
1 George Williams Way
Colchester CO1 2JS
T: 01206 563072
Contact: Sue
Learning Day for Students
Leeds City College
5 Roundhay Road
Leeds LS7 3BG
T: 0113 249 4912
Contact: Ann Brook
Support 4 Sight
2 & 4 George Street
Saffron Walden
Essex CB10 1EQ
T: 01799 523 700
Contact:Paul Atkins
Oldham Council
The Link Centre
140 Union St
Oldham OL1 1DZ
T: 0161 770 4799
Contact: Dennis Whitfield
Vision North Somerset
3 Neva Road
Weston Supermare
BS23 1YD
T: 01934 419393
Contact: Celia Henshall
Learning Day for Adults
Leeds City College
5 Roundhay Road
Leeds LS7 3BG
T: 0113 249 4912
Contact: Ann Brook
Bedale Hall ICT Suite
Bedale Hall
Bedale
North Yorkshire
DL8 1AA
T: 01609 536980
Contact: Lawrence Player
Southampton Sight
3 Basset Avenue
Southampton
SO16 7DP
T: 02380 769 882
Contact: Mandy
Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind
5 Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 4DT
T: 0114 2722757
Contact: Steve Ambleton
National Blind Children's Society
Shorton House
792 Hagley Road West
Birmingham B68 0PJ
Contact: Lucy Winton
T: 07837237611
Screenreader.net has been awarded a generous grant by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills’ Transformation Fund. With this award we are able to offer 50 Learning Days – available free to local blind and partially-sighted people as well as the sighted working with them. We have had a tremendous response from local blind societies, UK online centres and Local Authorities who all have a strong desire to include those with little or no sight within informal learning.
Free web learning days are taking place at the following venues during the next few months (please ring 01322 385166 to learn dates):
South Lakes Society for the Blind
Stricklandgate House
Stricklandgate
Kendal
Cumbria LA9 4PU
T: 01539 742633
Contact: Charles Ely
Walsall Social Services
Sensory Support Team
Social services
Walsall
0845 111 2922
Venue:
Walsall Disability Information & Advice Line
114 Lichfield Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 1SZ
Contact Atul Aggarwal
T: 01922 622227
Shamsul Alam
NHS Islington & Islington Adult Social Services
338-346 Goswell Road
London EC1V 7LQ
Venue: Islington Outlook
133 St John’s Way
London N19 3RQ
T: 020 7527 6530)
Contact: Shamsul Alam
Royal National College for the Blind
College Road
Hereford HR1 1EB
T: 01432 265725
Contact: Teresa Allen,
Bucksvision
143 Meadowcroft
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP19 9HH
T: 01296 487556
Contact: Tamzin Evers
Beacon Centre for the Blind
Wolverhampton Road East
Wolverhampton WV4 6AZ
T: 01902 880111
Katy Jobling
Andover VIPs
Borden Gates
41 Bridge St
Andover
SP10 1BG
T: 01264 323335
Contact: Janet Mason
Scarborough Blind and Partially Sighted Society
181 - 183 Dean Road, Scarborough
N Yorkshire YO12 7JH
T: 01723 354417
Contact: David Dartnall-Smith
Royal London Blind Society
The InFocus Room
Disability Resource Centre
40-50 Southern Grove
Mile End
London E3 4PS
T: 0207 471 6761 or 07515 325821
Contact Geraldine Quinlan
Isle of Wight Society for the Blind
Millbrooke House
137 Carisbrooke Road
Newport
Isle of Wight PO30 1DD,
T: 01983 522 205
Contact: Ziggy or Ian Bast
Portsmouth Central Library
Guildhall Square
Portsmouth PO1 2DX.
T: 023 9275 1737
Contact: Annie Aust
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Lichfield Street
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 1DU
T: 01902 552 033
Contact: Francis Nielsen
Alex Hicks
Birmingham Focus on Blindness
48-62 Woodville Road
Harborne
Birmingham B17 9AT
T: 0121 478 5215
Contact: Alex Hicks
Charlie Ratchford Resource Centre UK Online Learning Centre
Belmont Street
London NW1 8HF
T: 020-7485 2968
Contact: Myra Schehtman
Bolton Society for Blind People
The Sensory Centre
Brinks Place
Chorley Street
Bolton
BL1 4AL
T: 01204 337896
Contact: Justine Watson
Yew Tree Resource Centre
20 Yew Tree Gardens
Romford
RM7 9AA
Tel: 01708 432414
Contact: Marie Clarke
Bradbury Fields
The Bradbury Centre
Youens Way
East Prescot Road
Liverpool
L14 2EP
T: 0151 221 0888
Contact: Niki Barnet
Forge Centre
Foxes Bridge
Valley Road
Cinderford
Gloucestershire GL14 2LJ
T: 01594 827 711
Contact: Jenny Green
Darlington Social Club for the Blind
73 Corporation Road
Darlington
DL3 6AD
01325 346704
Contact: Julie Lumb
Southend Blind Welfare Organisation
118b Hamlet Court Road
Westcliff-on-Sea
SS0 7LP
T: 01702-342 131
Contact: Maureen Stevens
Hull & East Riding Institute for the Blind
Beech Holme
Beverley Road
Hull HU5 1NF
T: 01482 342 297
Contact: Brian Buckley
Action for Blind People
Swail House
Ashley Road
Epsom
Surrey KT18 5AZ
T: 01372 720742
Contact: Paul Dingwell
Lawrence Hill Church
Lincoln Street
Bristol BS5 0BJ
Contact is: Don Jenkins
T: 0117 9559118 or 0117 9412540
M: 07964600452
Surrey Association for Visual Impairment
Rentwood
School Lane
Fetcham
Surrey
KT22 9JX
T: 01372 377 701
Contact: Katie Kirton
Blind Voice
27 Parm Road
Stockton
TS18 3NJ
T: 01642 803590
Contact: Christine Durnion
Essex Blind Charity
Unit 11
Colchester Business Centre
1 George Williams Way
Colchester CO1 2JS
T: 01206 563072
Contact: Sue
Learning Day for Students
Leeds City College
5 Roundhay Road
Leeds LS7 3BG
T: 0113 249 4912
Contact: Ann Brook
Support 4 Sight
2 & 4 George Street
Saffron Walden
Essex CB10 1EQ
T: 01799 523 700
Contact:Paul Atkins
Oldham Council
The Link Centre
140 Union St
Oldham OL1 1DZ
T: 0161 770 4799
Contact: Dennis Whitfield
Vision North Somerset
3 Neva Road
Weston Supermare
BS23 1YD
T: 01934 419393
Contact: Celia Henshall
Learning Day for Adults
Leeds City College
5 Roundhay Road
Leeds LS7 3BG
T: 0113 249 4912
Contact: Ann Brook
Bedale Hall ICT Suite
Bedale Hall
Bedale
North Yorkshire
DL8 1AA
T: 01609 536980
Contact: Lawrence Player
Southampton Sight
3 Basset Avenue
Southampton
SO16 7DP
T: 02380 769 882
Contact: Mandy
Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind
5 Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 4DT
T: 0114 2722757
Contact: Steve Ambleton
National Blind Children's Society
Shorton House
792 Hagley Road West
Birmingham B68 0PJ
Contact: Lucy Winton
T: 07837237611