NRSB MAKES FIRST IMPACT
The Nottinghamshire Royal Society For the Blind (NRSB) held its first IMPACT event at Rushcliffe Country Park. The gardening day was held jointly with ‘THRIVE’ and came from the ideas of the newly formed NRSB user group.
The day was well attended and was extremely well received “The worst thing that you can do is to shut yourself away, I’ve kept doing the same things as when I was younger” said 92 year old Silvia and Rob 41 echoed this by stating” Its good to know that I am not alone, I was one of the younger ones but I really enjoyed it.
Natalie Swiderska Impact Project Coordinator said,” We wanted to provide a day that was fun and exciting and let people have a go at learning new techniques, meet new people and build their confidence. It is the perfect way to encourage people to share their thoughts and feelings about what matters to them which will help us to meet their needs through new services”.
IMPACT is unique in that the User Group is developing the way forward through their ideas and by pulling on their own experiences. Over 6000 Blind and Vision Impaired people were invited to develop NRSB the way that THEY WANTED and they will be developing services for both young and old across Nottinghamshire. IMPACT is in the first stages of development to provide a voice for people and to develop new services that are the most appropriate.
The next Impact event, in October, will be a day trip for vision-impaired children to the Roald Dahl museum in Buckinghamshire. Also planned for the near future is a Computer Open day, a Sports event, an evening event for those working full time and a number of exciting arts & crafts activity days.
The Nottinghamshire Royal Society For the Blind (NRSB) held its first IMPACT event at Rushcliffe Country Park. The gardening day was held jointly with ‘THRIVE’ and came from the ideas of the newly formed NRSB user group.
The day was well attended and was extremely well received “The worst thing that you can do is to shut yourself away, I’ve kept doing the same things as when I was younger” said 92 year old Silvia and Rob 41 echoed this by stating” Its good to know that I am not alone, I was one of the younger ones but I really enjoyed it.
Natalie Swiderska Impact Project Coordinator said,” We wanted to provide a day that was fun and exciting and let people have a go at learning new techniques, meet new people and build their confidence. It is the perfect way to encourage people to share their thoughts and feelings about what matters to them which will help us to meet their needs through new services”.
IMPACT is unique in that the User Group is developing the way forward through their ideas and by pulling on their own experiences. Over 6000 Blind and Vision Impaired people were invited to develop NRSB the way that THEY WANTED and they will be developing services for both young and old across Nottinghamshire. IMPACT is in the first stages of development to provide a voice for people and to develop new services that are the most appropriate.
The next Impact event, in October, will be a day trip for vision-impaired children to the Roald Dahl museum in Buckinghamshire. Also planned for the near future is a Computer Open day, a Sports event, an evening event for those working full time and a number of exciting arts & crafts activity days.
