With funding we will be able to offer facilities through a series of both online and in house provisions to make all visits (whether virtual or physical) a more rewarding and enlightening experience for the blind and partially sighted and contribute to wellbeing through culture.  In doing so we will open the doors of interaction to all visitors, fostering an environment of social inclusion.  There is a substantial proportion of the UK living with some form of sight loss with, as of 2017, 350,000 people on the register of blind and partially sighted, 174,000 registered with severe sight impairment and 177,000 registered as sight impaired.

So how will we do it?

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Every journey begins with the first step.....

This would be our first step towards providing an online visitor experience for the many suffering from sight issues and isolation and we have plans to improve the facilities within the museum once we are able to reopen again, including looking at Braille texts, large print labels, lighting and audio descriptions.

Our Curator has already had some experience of working with "Vocal Eyes" and also the RNIB on previous projects as well as researching the Facebook posts and recording podcasts so the experience is there.  We will seek advice from RNIB Cymru and PLANED (a charitable social enterprise and community lead partnership) with regards to hosting the podcasts to make them easily accessible for all.

This is our starting point in providing further facilities for the visually impaired and the money raised will help in getting the stories out there for all to enjoy.

Thank you.