Millbrooke House New Drive
ARTICLE FROM ISLE OF WIGHT RADIO Leading companies in the Island’s construction industry have come together to provide a new car park for Sight for Wight, the independent charity providing information and support to visually impaired Islanders. The charity sought help...
Hat & Sunglasses Day 2024
We are asking each child to take part in our Hat and Sunglasses Day on Midsummer Solstice, Thursday 20th June. With the longest daylight hours and the highest intensity of rays, we have chosen midsummer’s day as the date quite deliberately. To take part we are asking...
Volunteer Catch Up
Our Volunteer Catch Up is next week (Tuesday March 19th) at 10.00am, here at Millbrooke House. Please come along and meet fellow volunteers; staff will be on hand to serve homemade cake and coffee. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Along with this post is a picture of four...
Art Lessons With Maddy
On Wednesday 13th March, we had our first Art lesson with Maddy, also known as the “Blind Artist". Our Members really enjoyed the session so thank you Maddy for providing the lesson. The next Art lesson will be Wednesday 10th April within the new Parklands Centre,...
Easter Knitted Novelties for Sale
If you'd like to make a donation for some of our Easter Knitted Novelty animals then do call into Millbrooke House and ask for Susan. Each novelty animal includes a delicious Cadbury's Cream Egg!
Spotlight On Viv
Viv is one of our members and kindly wrote an article for our Winter Newsletter. There was so much information in her article that we were unable to print it in its entirety so we thought we would print the entire story here. My name is Vivien Margaret Booth but...
Armed Forces Covenant
Join Us At Sight for Wight – Accessibility Intern
GET SET PROGRESS INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and RNIB are collaborating with organisations from both the sight loss and wider charity sector as well as corporate organisations to create new opportunities for blind and partially sighted people...
A Huge Thank You
Our Christmas Raffle raised over £1700 last year. Sight for Wight would like to thank the following sponsors for donating a prize: Brighstone Village Shop Waitrose Newport Golf Club Havenstreet Railway Forest View Nursery Valentino’s Wine Therapy of Cowes We always...
Millbrooke House Christmas Closure
Millbrooke House will be closed for the holiday period from Monday 18th December and will reopen on Tuesday 2nd January 2024. We would like to wish you a Very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.
Sight for Wight Teams Up With Hovertravel In Glasses Recycling Initiative
Sight for Wight, the Isle of Wight independent charity dedicated to providing information & support to visually impaired Islanders, has used Hovertravel to fly used glasses to the mainland to be sorted. Lisa Hollyhead, CEO at Sight for Wight, explains,“This...
Short Story Writing Competition Award Ceremony 2023
What a fabulous evening we had for this year's Short Story Writing Competition Award Ceremony! The doors opened at 6:30pm and, as people arrived, they were greeted by the melodic tones of the Solent Singers who sang Christmas Carols until the ceremony started at...
