Sponsored Visual Impairment challenge

On Wednesday, 32 Year 8 students took on the challenging task of a sponsored 'Visual Impairment' to raise funds for our neighbours, Blind Veterans UK.

Having received their training from the Blind Veterans last week about how to be a guide to someone visually impaired, the girls took turns to wear specially designed goggles that replicate varying degrees of sight loss.

Whilst wearing the goggles, the girls went for a walk across the School and grounds, being guided up and down stairs and across uneven ground, before returning to the ODR to try and make toast and write a card without sight.

This was a chance to fundraise for their chosen charity (the girls have already raised almost nearly £3000), but also to really understand and empathise with those who experience sight loss and the challenges they face every day.

If you would like to donate to the Blind Veterans, you can do so here: https://bit.ly/3DTOYX0 Mr Wilson