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Meet our half-term heroes

Meet our half-term heroes

Posted 30/04/25 | Advice

Whether half-term is a staycation or chance to get away, we have plenty of suggestions for keeping children occupied at home or on the move. The Br...

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Colourful baby clothes pegged on a washing line in a garden on a sunny day

Make laundry day a breeze

Posted 30/04/25 | Advice

Banish the wash day blues with our tips for doing the laundry with visual impairment... 1. Washing machines If you’re in the market for a new wash...

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Seedball tubes and a seedball tin with potted herbs, a trowel and some corms on a potting table in spring sunlight

How do I garden with sight loss?

Posted 23/04/25 | Advice

The long, cold, dark of winter is finally behind us and for those with green fingers the new growing season is here. If you’re new to gardening or ...

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A person wearing long five-fingered hear-resistant oven gloves while turning meat on a barbecue with tongs

Time to fire up the barbie!

Posted 28/04/25 | Advice

Fickle British weather allowing, barbecue season is nearly here. Here are our top five product recommendations for barbecuing with a visual impairm...

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Over-the-shoulder view of a white man reading a giant print book

How can I keep reading?

Posted 07/04/25 | Advice

If you have some vision but you struggle to read regular print, large or giant print may be for you. For information on where you can borrow these ...

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Six ways to adapt your kitchen

Six ways to adapt your kitchen

Posted 19/03/25 | Advice

Whether you’re adapting to sight loss, or starting to find your way around cooking for yourself, there’s plenty of ways you can adapt your kitchen ...

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A person's hand holding two similarly shaped door keys in front of a pale blue exterior door. One key has a horizontal line of black tacti-mark on it, the other has a smiley face marked in orange tacti mark

How can I identify keys?

Posted 31/03/25 | Advice

Making your keys easier to identify couldn’t be more straightforward, whether you want to tell them apart by touch or sight. Use Tacti-Mark, a liqu...

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Three painted Easter eggs nestling in an alpine strawberry. One in the style of Van Gogh's Starry night, one is a cartoon smiling face wearing a knitted hat, the last has a thylacine (or Tasmanian tiger) painted on it

Banish Easter boredom!

Posted 11/03/25 | Advice

It’s time, once again, for parents and carers to make plans to occupy young hands and minds. We have some suggestions for rain or shine (which we’r...

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A person holding out their arm to show a tactile watch on their wrist. The case is open and the person's other finger is outstretched to read the time using the tactile markings on the watch face.

How do I tell the time?

Posted 10/03/25 | Advice

If sight loss means you can no longer read the time on your old watch, you should check out the accessible alternatives: easy-to-see, tactile, or t...

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