Awareness training for volunteers

Four volunteers received awareness training from Cymdeithas Deillion Gogledd Cymru - North Wales Society of The Blind yesterday. (9.926)

The purpose of the course was to learn how to be more aware of the different sight loss conditions and the effect they have on each individual in different ways.

The course leaders were Annest Jeffery and Sara Milner-Jones, both rehabilitation officers with the Society.

The four were able to wear special glasses to simulate the different sight loss conditions before wearing a mask.

They then received advice on how to guide a blind person correctly and giving clear descriptions of their surroundings and possible obstacles.

All four agreed that they had learned a lot from attending the course.

If you would like to book awareness training for your company, agency, authority or association, call us on 01248 353604 or admin@nwsb.org.uk or pop into our resources centre at 325, Stryd Fawr, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 1YB.

Photographs show the volunteers wearing masks as part of their training on the streets of Bangor