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World Sight Day and Flight for Sight 2008
World Sight Day is a global annual initiative to highlight the plight of visually impaired people all over the world.
This World Sight Day, 9 October 2008, Action will be raising awareness of those recently diagnosed with sight loss, many of whom currently wait up to a year for any advice or practical support.
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World Sight Day and Flight for Sight 2008 - 29 September 2008
World Sight Day is a global annual initiative to highlight the plight of visually impaired people all over the world. This World Sight Day, 9 October 2008, Action will be raising awareness of those...
Northern Actionnaires take part in their own 2008 Paralympics - 18 September 2008
As the Paralympics of 2008 took off in Beijing, Action’s Northern Actionnaires sports clubs had their very own. 146 blind and partially sighted children and young people from 12 Actionnaires sports...
Action’s mobile Sight Loss Information Service sees 80,000th visitor - 17 September 2008
Action for Blind People’s pioneering Mobile Sight Loss Information Service has travelled to many destinations across the UK, so many in fact that on a visit to Fife Society for the Blind’s centre in...
Lobby of Parliament - 5 September 2008
Please come along to the lobby of parliament to show the Government the strength of support for the campaign to secure the high rate mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance. This is even...
Actionnaires Club Coordinators win top award - 26 August 2008
Two Actionnaires Club Coordinators have won a top regional award for setting up Scarborough Actionnaires. Sue and Brian Vasey and their four sons were voted the North East’s Outstanding Family of the...
Disability Living Allowance Campaign - we need your help - 7 August 2008
We may be in the final stages of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) campaign and need your help. As you know, we have been working closely with Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Ministers and...
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Visual Impairment Newsfeed
Gene discovery may help hunt for blindness cure
Date: 07 Oct 2008
Source: Interactive Investor International
Cure for common cause of blindness a step closer
Date: 07 Oct 2008
Source: The Independent
Scientists Identify 'Blindness Gene'
Date: 07 Oct 2008
Source: Life Style Extra
