Children from Christ Church Middle School joined Guide Dogs for the Blind, town mayor Rob Kenney and Stone Lions for a special walk in the town centre on Thursday 14th October for World Sight Day.
The walk, which saw all sighted people taking part being blindfolded, aimed to recreate the difficulties that visually-impaired people face in their day-to-day lives. Many of the pupils brought along old, unused spectacles for delivery around the world, while Guide Dogs for the Blind raised over £70. People can still donate their old glasses by taking them into Peter Bowers on the High Street or Nusyte in Adie’s Alley.
World Sight Day, organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is observed every year all around the world. It is the main advocacy event for the prevention of blindness and for “Vision 2020: The Right to Sight”, a global effort to prevent blindness created by WHO and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. Find out more here
