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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Looking for a way to kick-start your 'new year, new you'? Then why not become an iSightCornwall Walking Buddy? You'll be paired with a blind or visually impaired person in your area and join them for short walks.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

We had a wonderfully festive lunch with the members and volunteers of Bugle Blues Club! The club took a day off from bowling to enjoy a lovely outing filled with good cheer, good food, and lots of laughter! Wishing all of the members and volunteers a wonderful Christmas!

A long table filled with about ten people of different genders and ages. They are facing the camera and smiling. On the table in front of them are glasses, plates, and festive treats. Behind them are other people sat at tables enjoying a meal.

A long table filled with about 11 people of different genders and ages. They are facing the camera and smiling. On the table in front of them are coffee cups and glasses. Behind them is a window where you can make out a large tree and some greenery.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

A festive time was had by all at the Par Dance Club Christmas party! The members and volunteers enjoyed a lovely lunch and a jolly dance session with festive songs. Thank you so much to all of our brilliant volunteers who helped make the party happen and for inviting us to join in the fun!

Two women pose for a photo. They are holding hands and laughing. One is wearing a festive headband. In the background are Christmas decorations and people sitting and chatting.

A woman pushes a serving trolly carrying plates all filled with food. The woman smiles brightly for the camera.

A group of men and women dance in twos, some of the people are wearing santa hats and festive outfits.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Wishing a happy festive season to the members and volunteers of BUGS (Blind Using Guided Sights) shooting club who recently enjoyed a lovely Christmas meal!

A group of men and women of different ages sit behind a table, with some people standing in a row for the photo. The table is filled with drinks, crackers and decorations. Some of the people are wearing party hats and Christmas jumpers.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

It's World Kindness Day 2025! A simple way to spread kindness is to join iSightCornwall's wonderful team of volunteers, who are helping to make a real difference to the lives of blind and partially sighted people in Cornwall!

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It was great to welcome Richard and Matt from Associated Optical to The Sight Centre yesterday! They came in to chat with our Low Vision, Assistive Technology, and Customer Services teams about the latest advancements, new products, and resources for people with sight loss. Thank you so much!

five people stand and pose for a photo in what looks like a clinical room. On the wall behind them is a diagram of the inside of the eye and on the floor is a case filled with magnifiers. One of the people is a man standing, holding a white cane.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to see us at the Community Support Day in St Blazey! It was brilliant to be able to offer help and support with sight loss and also offer advice and referral information to the Three Harbours and Bosvena PCN team members who hosted and attended the event.

A woman sits at a table covered in iSightCornwall branding. On the table are a range of magnifiers, aids and leaflets as well as a collection tin.

A woman wearing an NHS laptop leans over an iSightCornwall branded table. In her hand is an iSightCornwall sight loss support guide and in the other hand is a magnifier she is testing out.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The inaugural meeting of our Newquay Audio Book Club was a big success! We welcomed a group of blind and partially sighted book-lovers to Newquay library where they were able to discuss their favourite authors, get to know each other, and of course decide the first book they will read together!

A woman has a wide smile as she laughs, facing a man sat next to her. Behind them are shelves of books.

A woman wearing an iSightCornwall name badge smiles as she points her hand at a speaker on the table. Next to her a woman wearing glasses is listening to her. Behind them are shelves of books.

A group of men and women of a range of ages, sit at a table surrounded by shelves of books.

A group of men and women of a range of ages, pose for a photo stood in front of shelves filled with books in what looks like a library. Some of the people are holding white canes, speakers and CD players. One of the women on the end is wearing an iSightCornwall name badge.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We had a brilliant community drop-in event in Helston! There were lots of fantastic conversations and we hopefully helped and offered support to those who popped in. Thank you to everyone who came!

A woman holds a walking stick and looks at a table filled with leaflets and posters. The posters and leaflets have information about identifying cancer signs when you have sight loss.

Two women sit at a table chatting. One is smiling and is wearing an iSightCornwall t-shirt

Two men holding white canes have a conversation in front of a table filled with electronic devices. In the background is an iSightCornwall banner. One of the men is wearing an iSightCornwall t-shirt.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Today is National Avocado Day! Avocados are great at helping to keep your eyes healthy, being rich in vitamins A, C and E as well as lutein.

a cartoon avocado with eyes and a smile wearing a pair of glasses

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Today is National Avocado Day! Avocados are great at helping to keep your eyes healthy, being rich in vitamins A, C and E as well as lutein. Vitamins A, C and E and lutein are antioxidants which help protect our eyes from harmful oxidants which can speed up cell degeneration.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Par Dance Club had a lovely summer party this week with members and volunteers donning their summer outfits and enjoying party food alongside their dancing. A big thank you to the club organisers and volunteers for arranging such a fun day! 💃🕺

two women wearing florals and bright colours smile at the camera

Two women, both wearing summery florals, and a man wearing a shirt, smile for the camera

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

We had a busy and brilliant event at Truro Community Library for VisionZone Truro 2025! A huge thank you to everyone who came along, and thank you to Optelec UK - solutions for Low Vision for inviting us, and to all of the library staff for being so helpful!

A library with books around the outside of the room has tables and chairs set up in a square in the middle of the room. The tables are filled with iSightCornwall branding, products and leaflets. There are a quite a few people in the image, some of them are wearing iSightCornwall t-shirts and badges whilst others are stood talking with them or looking at the products on the tables.

A woman wearing an iSightCornwall badge and t-shirt laughs as she talks to a man wearing a baseball cap.

A woman smiles at the camera as the photographer interrupts her talking with two men. One of the men is holding a white cane and has a long beard. The other man is wearing an iSightCornwall volunteer lanyard.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Our Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service turns 18 today! Presented to the charity in 2007 by HRH Duchess of Gloucester, The Queen's Award rewards excellence in the voluntary sector through groups working within their communities and is the equivalent to an MBE.

A large glass award in a dome shape with a crown etched into the centre. Below the crown are the words: "The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The Rotary Club of Redruth have donated a brilliant £1,250 to iSightCornwall following a 'quacking' good fundraiser at Cornwall Gold! The Rotarians hosted The Great Golden Duck Race which saw 1,373 rubber ducks entering the Tolgus Stream, competing for prizes and raising money for charity.

A man wearing a wide brim hat is wearing a blow up costume which creates the optical illusion that he is riding a giant rubber duck. On his top half he is hearing a Rotary Club uniform and is holding a megaphone. In the background ia a crowd of people

A crowd of people stand on a bridge over a stream watching rubber ducks float past underneath

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

A huge thank you to the team and customers at Specsavers St Austell for raising a brilliant £84.33 with an iSightCornwall collection tin! Every penny popped in the tin will be spent helping to support blind or partially sighted people in Cornwall.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

No other charity does what we do in Cornwall. But a recent surge in demand for our services means that we need the help of our Cornish community more than ever. We're calling on local businesses and community groups to support us and help us to meet this demand.

A man an woman stand in what looks like an opticians. They are holding up boxes of cakes and behind them is an iSightCornwall banner.

Two women and a man hold a box filled with raffle tickets. The man has purchased two and is holding them up. They are all smiling for the camera.

A group of women sit around a table, they are wearing blindfolds and in front of them are empty glasses of wine. Another non-blindfolded woman is pouring wine into their glasses. Behind them is an iSightCornwall banner.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

We had a brilliant sight loss awareness drop-in event in sunny Falmouth yesterday! Thank you so much to everyone who came along, we hope you found it useful! A big thank you also to the exhibitors who joined us.

A man wearing an iSightCornwall branded t-shirt stands behind a table filled with different gadgets, phones and screens. In front of him a woman browses the items on the table.

A group of people of all genders and ages stand in front of an iSightCornwall branded table and banner. They are deep in conversation with each other. In the background stands an iSightCornwall team member who is laughing.

A woman wearing dark glasses and a floral top sits in a chair in front of an iSightCornwall branded banner, in front of her kneels an iSightCornwall team member wearing an iSightCornwall branded t-shirt. Behind her the banner features an image which shows the same woman wearing a different floral outfit being guided down a path surrounded by greenery.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

A huge thank you to Porthleven Christadelphians who have raised £225 for iSightCornwall with their wonderful coffee morning! As a local charity we rely on community donations to deliver our vital services so we are hugely grateful for your support! Thank you!

A smiling young woman wearing an iSightCornwall t-shirt stands in front of an iSightCornwall banner

A table filled with food for sale including sausage rolls, oat cakes and vegetables.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Scam Alert! We've had a number of our clients tell us they have been targeted by a scam in which fraudsters use their Tesco Mobile account to order an expensive phone. If you have been affected by this scam, contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 and contact Tesco Mobile on 0345 301 4455:

Scam Alert! We've had a number of our clients tell us they have been targeted by a scam in which fraudsters obtain your Tesco online logins over the phone by pretending to be a Tesco Mobile employee.
They then use your account to order an expensive phone before calling you again and pretending the order was made in error, giving false information on where to send the phone back where they can then intercept it.
If you or a loved one is contacted by someone claiming to be a Tesco employee, never give them your account details like passwords, passcodes or PINs.
If you think you have been affected by this scam, contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 and contact Tesco Mobile on 4455 from a Tesco Mobile phone, or 0345 301 4455 on other devices.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

We're continuing to celebrate our volunteers as part of #VolunteersWeek! In today's spotlight is the wonderful Barbara who helps out at Bugle Blues Bowling Club. She keeps the club ticking with arranging transport, sorting out the raffle and of course, her amazing cups of tea! Thank you Barbara!

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Happy #VolunteersWeek! A time to shine a spotlight on our incredible team of 150 volunteers - without whom we could not do what we do. All this week we'll be sharing the stories of just some of the brilliant people who donate their time to help blind and partially sighted people in Cornwall.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Hear ye, hear ye! We had a fantastic time at Truro Volunteers' Fair yesterday! We even had a visit from Truro's Town Crier! What a great way to start #VolunteersWeek! If you missed us, or you'd like more info www.isightcornwall.org.uk/volunteering/

Four people stand behind a table covered in iSightCornwall branding and leaflets. Two are wearing regalia and white gloves, the man holding a bell. Either side of them are two men who are wearing iSightCornwall lanyards and badges.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We had a fantastic time in Newquay for our Sight Loss Awareness drop-in event yesterday and some great feedback. One person who popped in told us: "This has been incredibly useful, I had no idea about half of what was out there to help people with sight loss. Thank you so much!"

A woman wearing an iSightCornwall tshirt smiles as she watches over another woman who is holding a document covered in text and is reading it using a magnifier.

A man wearing dark sunglasses and a high-vis jacket with a partially sighted symbol on it stands, holding a white cane. He is stood in front of a table which is covered in different gadgets and technology. A man wearing an iSightCornwall tshirt who is also holding a white cane stands behind the table.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

If you go down into the woods today... you might come across iSightCornwall! We were delighted to be invited to Pigshill and Clarrick woods to help advise their team on the placement of accessible NaviLens codes, which can be used by blind and partially sighted people to help navigate.

A man wearing an iSightCornwall branded tshirt holds a white cane and poses in front of a wooden sign containing information about Pigshill and Clarrick Woods and local fauna. Behind him are lush green trees and forestry.

A man holding a white cane touches a carved wooden sign which has information about local villages and directions.

A group of 5 people sit at a bench and table made from a tree. Three are wearing iSightCornwall branded t-shirts and one is holding a white cane. Behind them is a lush area of trees and forest.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

It's #BowelCancerAwareness month and so we're helping to raise awareness of non-visual signs which mean you should make an appointment with your GP. You don't need sight to look for signs and early diagnosis can save lives.

You don’t need sight to look for signs. You don’t need sight to look for signs. Many of us may have heard of visual symptoms to look out for such as stool changes or the presence of blood but there are many symptoms of bowel cancer which can be monitored without sight:
Diarrhoea or constipation that is not usual for you
Needing to poo more or less often than usual for you
Often feeling like you need to poo, even if you've just been to the toilet
Stomach pain
A lump in your stomach
Boating
Losing weight without trying
Feeling very tired for no reason
Bowel cancer can cause anaemia (when you have fewer red blood cells than usual), which can make you feel very tired, short of breath and have headaches.
Many of us may have heard of visual symptoms to look out for such as stool changes or the presence of blood but there are many symptoms of bowel cancer which can be monitored without sight:
If you have any of these symptoms for 3 weeks or more - make an appointment with your GP. The NHS and iSightCornwall logos.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Happy April Fool's Day! We're encouraging content creators, businesses and advertisers to make sure everyone can be in on the joke today by ensuring all of their image-based posts have alt text. For some great tips on how to write alt text, click here: www.rnib.org.uk/campaign-wit...

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

A huge thank you to everyone who supported us through the Cornish Christmas Giving Catalogue, you raised an incredible £385 - which increased to £440 with Gift Aid! Thank you to Truro Diocese for inviting us to take part, what a wonderful idea to give the gift of hope at Christmas. Thank you!

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We're incredibly pleased to have the support of iBuntu Opticians who, after being victims of a burglary, are turning a negative into a positive by fundraising for people with sight loss in Cornwall. During the break-in, thieves stole the iSightCornwall collection tin they so kindly hosted.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Gool Peran Lowen! Happy St Piran's Day! We're so proud of our Cornish history; from our creation in 1856 to help the miners who lost their sight in blasting accidents, to our modern day services helping people across the county - we are Cornwall's oldest charity and only sight loss charity.

The words Happy St Piran's Day Gool Peran Lowen from iSightCornwall are surrounded by Cornish tartan pattern.

A black and white photo of a group of men working down a mine. They are holding pickaxes and sledgehammers. At the bottom of the photo is a label which says (copyright) from the collection of the RIC

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Nergal has landed! The citizen science game is designed to help researchers understand how people's social networks and decision making change how diseases spread. We teamed up with Now Try This to create a low and no vision version which can be played with sound alone! nergal.thentrythis.org

A young man with glasses uses a laptop whilst wearing headphones. Next to home sits another man who is kneeling next to him and seems to be watching his progress on the screen.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

We're always happy to point people in the right direction when it comes to accessibility so we were delighted to be able to advise on how to make the signage at Meneage Street Surgery's new premises accessible for people with sight loss!

Two men and a woman wearing high visibility vests pose for a photo. Behind them is a room filled with dust sheets, wood and other DIY tools.

Two men and a woman wearing high visibility vests stand with their backs to the camera, inspecting a large empty room which has wires hanging from the walls and dust sheets on the floor. One of the men is pointing at something off camera.

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iSightCornwall @isightcornwall.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

We worked with the incredible team at DCA to capture their stories and thanks to the brilliant Plaza Cinema Truro, the film debuted on the big screen last week! Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences with us!

A shot of a filled cinema, taken behind the audience so you can see backs of heads as they watch a film. On the big screen is a man talking to the camera whilst holding a white cane.

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