World Sight Awareness Day - 15th October 2011
This year the Lions Club of Reading participated in World Sight Day on Saturday 15th October with a display stand in Broad Street Mall, Reading (www.BroadStreetMall.com).
The main thrust of the display was to promote the need for regular eye health checks to combat the risk of sight loss from glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. In addition, ‘Medicalert' and ‘Message-in-a-Bottle' were also promoted.
We were also raising money for the Berkshire County Blind Society. Our friends from the Berkshire County Blind Society (Linda and Tim) joined us and were busy promoting all the good work that the Society does for young local blind people. Tim bought his guide dog Chloe along and Chloe generated lots of interest.
Tim provided a large game of Jenga and members of the public were encouraged to ' have a go'. However there was a slight twist to the game. We asked sighted passers-by to try the jenga whilst wearing spectacles that simulated different sight loss conditions. Not as easy at it looked!!
We would like to say a very big thank you to all those who stopped and gave donations or showed some interest in our campaign. Hopefully more people are aware of the need to get that regular eye check.
We raised £102.00 for the Berkshire County Blind Society, to help their work to provide sports activities for blind and partially sighted young people.
The Lions Club of Reading would also like to thank Broad Street Mall for kindly donating our pitch free of charge. It is very much appreciated.
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Did you know?
2 million people in the UK are visually impaired.
Over 360,000 people are registered blind or visually impaired.
25,000 children under the age of 16 are visually impaired.
Every day around 100 people in the UK start to lose their sight!!
Our 2010 Pub Walk
As part of Lions World Sight Day the Lions Club of Reading organised a Pub Walk with a difference.
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Tim with Landlord and Landlady of the Hop Leaf Pub |
To raise awareness of the needs of the Blind we walked in blind folds from the Hop Leaf Pub (Southampton Street) to the Hook & Tackle (Katesgrove Lane).Once at the Hook & Tackle we played 'blind games' such as indoor bowls / pool / darts etc!!!. We also had a Pub Quiz and a Raffle. |
Lions thanking Landlady of Hook & Tackle for her marvelous support. |
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The Guide Dogs for the Blind provided the Lions glasses to wear that emulated various sight disabilities from Macular Degeneration, strokes, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Diabetic Retinopathy and Glaucoma.
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We were collecting for Guide Dogs for the Blind on the way and were successful in raising more than £150.00 on the day. |
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Many thanks to all those that contributed in making this a fun and worthwhile event. |
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Did you know?
2 million people in the UK are visually impaired.
Over 360,000 people are registered blind or visually impaired.
25,000 children under the age of 16 are visually impaired.
Every day around 100 people in the UK start to lose their sight!!
Reading Lions Club: Registered Charity no: 1126848
