Thomas Pocklington Trust

Join our next #EyeCareAndYou webinar taking place 11 November at 7pm about the #EyeCareSupportPathway, open to Blind and Partially Sighted people, family, carers, and professionals. Register at eyecare@pocklington.org.uk #ECAY

Hi, I'm Sydney and I've hijacked your feed to tell you that my colleagues and I from TPT will be at London's Sight Village tomorrow, 5 November. We will be chatting with you about technology for blind and partially sighted students and I'll also be hosting a seminar in the afternoon, demonstrating some AI and how it can support your education journey. It's not too late to get your free tickets and join us tomorrow, where I look forward to meeting you! For more information and to grab your free tickets, click here: tinyurl.com/3f6ww65f Video Description: Sydney has short, dark hair, is wearing a dark t-shirt and a chain necklace and talks to the camera from her desk. #SightVillage #AccessibleTechnology #SightLoss

We are excited to introduce you to our newest team member! Thomas Cooper-Colwell joins us to support our customer experience, in the newly created role of Customer Engagement Intern, via the #GetSetProgress program from the Thomas Pocklington Trust. He brings his extensive lived experience of neurodiversity and disability with a view of championing accessibility. As a Customer Engagement Intern Tom’s communication expertise and keen eye for detail are vital to his role. Client onboarding and happiness form a key part of his work, plus system management – turning his hand to many things from eLearning to HR Information Systems. Tom has a background in retail management and in administration, and he continues to volunteer with Mind to challenge stigma and discrimination around mental health. We are excited to have you on the team Tom! #welcome #intern #businessgrowth Image shows Tom smiling with his arms crossed. An explosion of stars cascades across the short video.

We're thrilled to announce that TPT's Sydney and Catriona will be joining the popular Twilight Talks webinar  hosted by the National Association for Special Educational Needs (nasen), on 6th November at 4 PM to discuss 'Accessibility by Design for FE Colleges' This is a must attend event for teachers, parents, and professionals eager to delve into the world of accessibility in further education. Discover the transformative benefits of accessible technology, understand the legal frameworks to ensure your college is inclusive, and learn practical tips on making educational materials accessible. Plus, find out how signing up to the Access and Assistance for All pledge can support your journey and showcase your commitment to accessible education. Follow this link for more information and to join the event: https://lnkd.in/dHRBrURa Image Description. A navy blue background with cream coloured text reads: Education Webinar with nasen. Accessibility by design for FE colleges. 6 November 4 pm. Underneath the text is a graphic of a laptop, with a green background on the screen with the text: Twight Talks nasen' #Nasen #AccessibleEducation #SEND

Oh no! Tommy, our baby cyclops is not having a good time with his eye this Halloween! Tommy would like to make sure that you do though, so he's been very kind and created this video to look after your eyes, or eye for fellow cyclopses, cyclopsi? What is the collective noun for more than one cyclops? Anyway, please like, share or comment on Tommy's video to make him feel better. He's even given us a cute audio description! Have a spooky but safe Halloween folks! Video description: Tommy the baby cyclops shares tips on eye health and protecting your eyes this Halloween. Tommy has a green face with a green eye and wears a blue baby onesie. In the rest of the video, we only see his outline as he warns us of various dangers your eye can face this Halloween. #Halloween #EyeHealth #SpookySeason #SightLoss #BabyCyclops #SafeHalloween #HalloweenSafety #Blindness #CuteHalloweenIdeas #HalloweenEyes

Chancellor Rachel Reeves today presented her first Autumn Budget for the new Government, outlining significant investments and reforms across various sectors. We're sharing our Budget Bites , key highlights affecting blind and partially sighted individuals and how we feel about them. Image Description: A series of six posts. A simple square frame is centred on on a TPT navy background, The top left of the frame reads ‘Budget Bite’ in capital letters and the bottom right has the name of the topic the quote is in relation to. The quotes are: Employment Support - We welcome the Chancellor’s £2.7 billion investment for employment support, with £800 million for disability support. However, blind and partially sighted people need targeted assistance and improvements to Access to Work. Benefit System - We are concerned about the Chancellor’s decision to continue the previous government’s health and disability benefits programme. Her language on “fraud” in the context of ill health benefits is damaging, divisive, and wrong. Built Environment - We welcome the government’s circa 50% funding increase for local roads maintenance, addressing poor road conditions that pose risks to blind and partially sighted pedestrians, and enhancing overall street safety. Eye Health – We hope the government’s 10 Year Health Plan, launching in Spring 2025, will significantly improve eye health services and catalyse the introduction of a National Eye Health Strategy through sustained NHS investment Transport – We welcome the government’s plans to improve rail services’ performance and reliability, and will engage to ensure accessibility is prioritised in fare, service, and workforce reforms Education. We welcome the Chancellor's plans to increase core school budgets and SEND funding and believe it will deliver better support to blind and partially sighted children and young people. #UKBudget #BudgetReaction #SightLoss

Had a great day yesterday finalising interesting and useful online sessions for our Visionary_UK Impact Month. Sign up to learn more about how to understand the impact that you have, how to use data, how to ensure you describe your user journey with authenticity, pros and cons of partnerships and what funders find interesting (and what they don’t!). Visit our website www.visionary.org.uk to register. Huge thanks to these kind and generous folk who are delivering the sessions throughout November. Thomas Pocklington Trust Martin Symcox Fight for Sight Eleanor Southwood MBE Colin Whitbourn Matthew L. Jerry Angrave Carl Hodge Matt Stevenson-Dodd

How can your university make your graduation an accessible day to remember?  We spoke with Nayab, a blind student who graduated from university with an Education Psychology Counselling degree. Her experience of working with her university to plan an accessible graduation day was stressful but, in the end, she was able to celebrate with her peers.   “Every individual deserves to have equal rights and access to positive experiences.”  Nayab reflects on her experience and offers advice to professionals planning graduations on how they can support blind and partially sighted students to celebrate their time at university.  We ask professionals planning graduations to act now for their blind and partially sighted students by using the links in our linktree.   If you are a blind or partially sighted student, share Nayab’s story with your university to show them the difference they can make to your graduation day too. Check out our bio!  Video Description: A summary of the article 'Graduation Guidance for University Professionals Provides Best Practice to an Enjoyable Experience' from the Thomas Pocklington Trust website. The video starts with a graduation photo of Nayab, a South Asian woman. The narrator describes Nayab's experiences with accessibility during her graduation ceremony. Videos of students graduating play in the background and another photo of Nayab wearing a green dress is shown halfway through the video. The video ends with Nayab's summary urging universities to consider accessibility at graduation ceremonies. #Graduation #University #Blindness  #SightLoss #AccessibleEducation #DisabledStudents #Disablity #Accessibility #BlindStudents #GraduationCeremony

Ssh, I'm not allowed to say anything else! I've snuck this post into our social media scheduler because TPT welcomed the latest cohort of Get Set Progress Interns on Friday and I'm not great at keeping secrets, but that's all I can say for now. Fine, ok, but I can only share what's already out there! Search Get Set Progress Internship on your favourite search engine. Give me a minute to see if I'm allowed to share anything else without getting fired.  Image description: A group of photo of 14 blind and partially sighted people. The text above them reads 'The new Get Set Progress Interns have a secret' #GetSetProgress #Internships #AccessibleEmployment #Blindness #AccessToWork #Disability #EmploymentSupport #AccessingEmployment

How do you make a blind or partially sighted student’s graduation an accessible day to remember?  We spoke with Nayab, a blind student who graduated from university with an Education Psychology Counselling degree. Her experience of working with her university to plan an accessible graduation day was stressful but, in the end, she was able to celebrate with her peers.   “Every individual deserves to have equal rights and access to positive experiences.”  Nayab reflects on her experience and offers advice to professionals planning graduations on how they can support blind and partially sighted students to celebrate their time at university.  We ask professionals planning graduations to act now for their blind and partially sighted students by using the links below.   If you are a blind or partially sighted student, share Nayab’s story with your university to show them the difference they can make to your graduation day too.  Read Nayab’s story here: https://lnkd.in/dXuriCX2 Our guidance for professionals: https://lnkd.in/dbp2-yF8 Image Description: A graduation photo of Nayab, a South Asian woman, wearing a mortarboard and dark graduation gown, on a cream background with a navy border. The text across the middle reads 'Blind student shares her graduation story', the text underneath reads 'Meet Nayab' #Graduation #University #HE #HigherEducation #Blindness #DisabledStudents