Letter to Renew Your Membership
Feb 27, 2012
Dear Member,
I am writing to cordially invite you to renew your membership of Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind for 2012.
The annual subscription is £5 per...
Sensory Exhibition 2011
Oct 30, 2011
Sensory Exhibition at Stadium of Light
Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind, in conjunction with the Sensory Support Team at Health, Housing and Adult Services, are...
Charity Burlesque Night
Aug 16, 2011
Charity Burlesque Night Three Little Maids show Sunday 14th August, Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind hosted a charity burlesque show at Destination Bar in Sunderland. The...
Beamish Healthy Walk
Aug 14, 2011
Our healthy walk through Beamish
On Wednesday 3rd of August some of our society’s members and guides enjoyed a healthy walk through Beamish. Beamish stands in 300 acres of beautiful...
Gardening for the Visually Impaired
Jul 15, 2011
Gardening for the Visually Impaired
Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind manage a Sensory Garden in Barley Mow Park specifically for blind and partially sighted people. A...
Sensory Exhibition Announcement
Jul 8, 2011
Society announces date for Sensory Exhibition
Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind has announced the date for their annual Sensory Exhibition at the Stadium of Light. The...
Sports for the Visually Impaired
Jul 7, 2011
Healthy Exercise for the Visually Impaired
Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind is offering further opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to take part in...
2011 Society Summer Holiday
Jun 22, 2011
A summer holiday has been booked from the 9th to the 16th, July 2011 at the Marlborough Hotel, Llandudno. The cost per person is £254. Members of the Society and their Guide are eligible for...
Turkey and Tinsel Holiday
Jun 22, 2011
A Turkey and Tinsel holiday has been booked for five days at the Doric Hotel, Blackpool on 28th November thru 2nd December 2011. The cost is £179 per person and includes dinner, bed and...
Healthy Cooking for the Visually Impaired
May 26, 2011
Healthy Cooking for the Visually Impaired
Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind has organised a 10 week course on healthy cooking for blind and partially sighted people. The...
Healthy Walk at Rainton Meadows
May 26, 2011
Society members, staff, and volunteers visited Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve on Wednesday, 4th May. A guide from the reserve met the group of 17, and escorted them around the reserve and...
Gardening Group Successes
May 26, 2011
Gardening Group Following the great success last year working with artists and young people making a beautiful bench for the sensory garden as well as winning another award from Sunderland...
Royal Coffee Morning
Apr 13, 2011
Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind are holding a special Coffee Morning on Wednesday 13th April with a Royal Wedding theme. The Coffee Morning will commence at 10am and will...
Macular Support Group Celebrates 3rd Birthday
Apr 13, 2011
The Sunderland Macular Support Group will celebrate its 3rd birthday when it meets on Wednesday 27th April 2011 in the Education Room, Sunderland City Library, Fawcett Street at 1:30pm....
Healthy Walk for the Visually Impaired
Mar 30, 2011
Healthy Walk for the Visually Impaired
Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind has organised a healthy walk for blind and partially sighted people on Wednesday 4th May 2011. The...
Guide Dog Fun day
Mar 25, 2011
Guide Dog Fun day
Saturday 14 May 2011
Bill Quay Community Farm, Haingingwood Terrace, Bill Quay, Gateshead NE10 0UE
1 pm till 4.30 pm.
Ample Car Parking
Guide...
Gardening Group Spring into Action
Mar 21, 2011
Gardening Group Spring into Action!
Following the great success last year working with artists and young people making a beautiful bench for the Sensory Garden in Barley Mow Park, as well as...
UK Census 2011
Mar 11, 2011
UK Census 2011 help for Blind and partially sighted people. Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind is offering help to complete the UK 2011 Census, online, to anyone who is blind...
Arts and Crafts
Feb 23, 2011
Arts and Crafts Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind are offering a series of arts and crafts classes for anyone who is blind or visually impaired. The classes will take place...
Sunderland Macular Support Group meetings
Jan 3, 2011
Sunderland Macular Support Group Sunderland Macular Support Group meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 1:30pm in the Education Room of Sunderland City Library, Fawcett Street. It does...
Coffee Morning Dates for 2011
Jan 3, 2011
Monthly Coffee Morning Dates for 2011 Monthly Coffee Mornings are held in our office at 8, Foyle Street, Sunderland, usually on the second Wednesday of each month between 10am and 12 noon. Dates...
Sensory Exhibition 2010
Nov 4, 2010
We'ar Vision - We'ar Hear Sensory Exhibition At the Stadium of Light, Sunderland Wednesday 10th November 2010 The exhibition will be open 10am to 4pm. If you are visually or hearing...
Shelley's Story
Jun 14, 2010
My Story by Shelley Lillico B.A (HONS) Degree Social Work Student
During my six weeks at the Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind, I have been working with the society on...
Keri-lea's Story
Jun 14, 2010
My time at the Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the blind by;
Keri-lea Gray. B.A (Hons) Social Work Student. University of Sunderland.
19th April 2010 – 28th May 2010.
I...
Spring 2010 Newsletter
Apr 20, 2010
Welcome to the Spring 2010 Newsletter We would like to begin this Newsletter by offering a very warm welcome to all new members who have joined the Society during 2010. We hope that you enjoy...
Day trip to Whitby
Mar 5, 2010
Day trip to Whitby
The Society has organised a day trip to Whitby on Wednesday 2nd June 2010.
Lunch has been booked at the Ellerby Country Inn.
There are still a few seats available on...
2010 Holidays
Mar 5, 2010
2010 Holidays
The Society has arranged two holidays for 2010 and bookings are now being taken.
The first holiday takes place between 10th and the 17th July at the Charnwood Hotel, Skegness....
Sensory Exhibition 2009
Mar 5, 2010
We’ar Vision, We’ar Hear Sensory Exhibition (Thursday 12th November 2009). Stadium of Light hosted the first sensory exhibition in Sunderland. The Sensory Support Team of the City...
New face at the Society
Feb 26, 2010
New face at the Society
A new member of staff has been appointed by Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind.
Scott Shepherd commenced work at the beginning of February 2010 as...
Rags to Riches
Feb 26, 2010
Rags to Riches!
The Society is hoping to open a temporary Nearly New Shop in the Spring and is looking for donations of good quality clothing, bric a brac, books, toys and household goods to...
Sit and be Fit
Feb 26, 2010
Sit and be Fit
A ten week series of Sit and be Fit sessions for members of Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind will begin on Friday 12th March commencing at 2pm. They will...
Winter 2010 newsletter
Feb 23, 2010
Welcome to the Winter 2010 Newsletter Happy New Year We would like to begin this Newsletter by wishing all of our readers and listeners a very happy and healthy 2010. The start of the year has...
Autumn 2009 Newsletter
Feb 22, 2010
Welcome to the Autumn 2009 Newsletter Sunderland’s first Sensory Exhibition Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind, in conjunction with the Sensory Support Team, is...
Sensory Garden Award
Nov 27, 2009
Another award for our Sensory Garden The Sensory Garden in Barley Mow Park has won another award! This time it was the winner of the best Community Project in the Sunderland in Bloom...
Sunderland Sensory Exhibition
Nov 17, 2009
The “We’ar Vision, We’ar Hear” Sensory Exhibition held at the Stadium of Light on 12th November 2009 attracted over 800 visitors throughout the day. 43 Companies,...
Sensory Exhibitors
Nov 11, 2009
Sensory Exhibition attracts a large number of Exhibitors
The Sensory Exhibition, which will take place on Thursday 12 th November 2009 at the Stadium of Light, has...
Sensory Exhibition
Oct 22, 2009
We’ar Vision, We’ar Hear
Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind, in conjunction with the Sensory Support Team of Health, Housing and Adult Services, are proud to...
World Sight Day
Jun 19, 2009
World Sight Day 2009 will take place on Thursday 8th October and the Society will be organising special activities to highlight the event. Last year we held a very special Service in Sunderland...
New sign for the Society's office
Jun 18, 2009
ETEC's Community Decorators have given a helping hand to Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind. Apprentices from the Back on the Map funded project have painted a new sign...
Macular Support Group meeting dates
Jan 20, 2009
The Sunderland Macular Support Group meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month in the Education Room of Sunderland City Library, Fawcett Street, Sunderland, commencing at 1:30pm Dates arranged so...
Monthly Coffee Mornings
Jan 20, 2009
Monthly Coffee Mornings are held in our office at 8, Foyle Street, Sunderland between 10am and 12 noon. Anyone is welcome to attend. Dates for 2009 are as follows; Wednesday 14th January....
Holidays and Outings
May 7, 2008
The Society has organised holidays and outings for Members and their Guides for several years. It provides a grant towards the cost for each person attending a holiday and for their Guide....
2008 Holidays
May 7, 2008
Bookings are now taking place for a holiday at the Charnwood Hotel, Skegness between 5th and 12th July and also a holiday at the Henderson Hotel, Blackpool between 27th and 31st October.
130th Birthday Celebrations
May 6, 2008
On the 25th September 2007 Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind celebrated its 130th Anniversary with a Service of Thanksgiving in Sunderland Minster. Over 300 guests attended...
World Sight Day
Mar 5, 2008
World Sight Day will take place this year on Thursday 9th October 2008. Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society will commemorate this event with a special Service in Sunderland Minster...
2008 Outings
Jan 16, 2008
A Day Trip has been arranged for 20th June to Helmsley in North Yorkshire. This will include lunch at the Feathers Hotel followed by a visit to Brymor Farm Ice-cream Parlour. A Christmas lunch...
