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Changes to TV license concessions
Free TV licences were first introduced in 2000 for license holders over 75, at the same time as half-price licences for the…
Understanding the Accessible Information Standard
Understanding your healthcare and rights can be difficult. Keeping on top of appointments, prescriptions, medical letters and much more may…
Five minutes with home befriender, Hajra
What does your role as a befriender involve? I visit a lady who is deafblind and I read her books,…
Five minutes with admin volunteer, Shannon
What does your role as an admin volunteer involve? I work on the database and contact Deafblind UK members through…
Five minutes with home befriender, Karen
What does your role as a befriender involve? As a home befriender I go to the persons home to provide…
Macular Degeneration doesn’t stop Margaret volunteering
Margaret from South Wales has volunteered for Deafblind UK for the past 10 years. She has since developed Macular Degeneration…
Deafblind UK member tackles Great Manchester Run to raise awareness of sight and hearing loss
Helen who is deafblind, will be running the 10km Great Manchester Run on 19th May, raising money for Deafblind UK…
Stunning “multi-sensory” mural revealed in Shoreditch in support of Deafblind UK
Deafblind UK has worked with Global Street Art, Perspicere and The Stage to develop a multi-sensory mural on Great Eastern…
Get out in the garden this summer!
The health benefits of the great outdoors have been proven time and again by scientists, so much so that the…
Taking the stress out of shopping
For many visually and hearing-impaired people a simple trip to the supermarket can be a stressful experience. A lack of…
Myth busters: Understanding what it’s like to be deafblind
Deafblindness is perhaps one of the least understood disabilities. Many misconceptions around deafblindness simply come from not understanding the wide…
Enjoying books with sight loss
We are a nation of book worms. Last year nearly 191 million books were sold in the UK. Some of…
Open Hand Magazine
Open Hand is our free, quarterly magazine containing articles and information that are tailored specifically to people with dual sensory loss.
There are very few publications designed for this specific market and so Open Hand gives its readers valuable information that they may not otherwise have known and reminds readers about Deafblind UK’s support services.