Social groups Local groups and clubs Expand Coffee and Chat Group, Cambridge A friendly support group for people of all ages.Living Stones Café, 43 St Andrews Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ARLast Monday of each month 10.30 - 12.30pmContact Ann Whitmore 01223 232906 Lunch and Walk, March A friendly group meet monthly for lunch and a guided walk. Ye Olde Griffin Hotel, March, PE15 9JSFourth Thursday of each month.Contact Sam Wool 07498 505687 or email VI Knitting Club A friendly knitting club for people with low vision and blindness.Litchfield Community Hall, Cambridge, CB1 3SLFriday, 10am – 12noonContact Janet Griffiths 01223 213142 or 07792 013393 Friday Centre Lunch Club A club for seniors to socialise and meet new friends while enjoying a freshly cooked two course meal.Wesley Methodist Church, Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge, CB1 1LGFriday, 11am onwards.Contact 01223 352115 Website Reading Aloud Group A reading group for visually impaired and sighted people to come together and listen to and share poetry and prose.Meet on the comfy seats on the third floor at Cambridge Central Library in Lion Yard.Second Thursday of each month, 11am – 12 noon.Contact 03450 455225 Website
Going out Access guides to venues and locations in the UK Expand AccessAble AccessAble is a website that provides an accessibility guide to venues and locations in the UK.Website GoodFoodTalks GoodFoodTalks is a website that provides accessible menus to UK restaurants for people with low vision and blindness.Website
Holiday and travel Organised UK breaks and trips abroad with travel information. Expand Traveleyes Traveleyes provide a safe, comfortable and fun way for any blind or sighted person to travel solo. Group sizes are normally between 14 and 20 people with an emphasis on sensory experiences. Contact 0113 8346094Website Seable Holidays Seable holidays organise tailored individual holidays abroad for blind and visually impaired people and for wheelchair users. These are available for individuals that like to travel alone, couples, families or groups of friends.Contact 0207 7494866Website VICTA VICTA organises activities for children and young people who are blind or partially sighted and their families. These activities include family days, UK youth weekends and international trips.Contact 01908 240831 or emailWebsite Airport Travel Assistance Heathrow Airport Assistance Sunflower LanyardsIf you are travelling through Heathrow and require a Sunflower Lanyard, email: and provide a forwarding address.Website Gatwick Airport Assistance Sunflower LanyardsTo pick up a Sunflower Lanyard at Gatwick, please go to one of their Assistance Reception areas. Website Stansted Airport Awareness Sunflower Lanyard or floretTo pick up a Sunflower Lanyard or floret at London Stansted Airport, Please go to the Information Desk located in the International Arrivals.Website Assistance dog travel guide Guide dogs Website
Reading Library services, audio newspapers, books and magazines. Expand Jump to services in: Cambridge East Cambridgeshire Fenland National Cambridge Central Library 7 Lion Yard, Grand Arcade, Cambridge, CB2 3QDWebsite Cambridge Talking News Produces and sends out weekly audio recordings of local news and interest to visually impaired people in and around the Cambridge area.Contact 07720 285160 or emailWebsite CamMag A magazine style programme, with extracts from books, information relevant to partially sighted people, local history and various entertaining features. This comes out 8 times a year. Contact Sue Richards on 01223 353296 East Cambridgeshire Fenprobe Talking News Produces and sends out weekly audio recordings of local news for the blind and partially sighted in East Cambridgeshire and neighbouring regions including Newmarket, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Soham, Stretham and Ely.Contact 01353 861153 or emailWebsite Fenland Wisbech and District Talking News Produces and sends out two audio recordings of local news and an audio magazine each month to visually impaired people within an approximate 10 mile radius of Wisbech.Contact 01945 583916 Website National Calibre Audio Library A national charity that provides a subscription-free service of unbridged audio books for adults and children with sight problems, dyslexia or other disabilities, who cannot read print.Contact 01296 432339 or emailWebsite CustomEyes children's large print books Guide Dogs' CustomEyes service produces tailor-made large print books for children and young people up to and including age 25 with a visual impairment or dyslexia.Contact 0118 9838275 or emailWebsite Living Paintings Provides a free, online library service that publish and lend tactile and audio books for blind and partially sighted children and adults. Contact 01635 299771 or email Website RNIB Library, listening library Provides a free, online library service that offers a vast collection of reading materials in a variety of formats such as, Audio, Braille, Giant Print and Music.Contact 0303 1239999Website
Theatre, arts and galleries Local and national organisations Expand The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge The Fitzwilliam museum is the arts and antiquates museum for the University of Cambridge. It provides verbal description and touch tours.Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RBContact 01223 764392 or emailWebsite Cambridge Arts Theatre The theatre offers audio described performances and touch tours. 6 St Edward's Passage, Cambridge, CB2 3PJContact 01223 503333 or emailWebsite The Light Cinema, Cambridge The cinema provides audio description headsets that are compatible with the majority of films shown.Cambridge Leisure Park, Clifton Way, CB1 7DYContact 01223 929 112Website The Light Cinema, Wisbech The cinema provides audio description headsets that are compatible with the majority of films shown.Cromwell Road, Wisbech, PE14 0RGContact 01945 640 000 Website VocalEyes VocalEyes is a National charity organisation that provide opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to experience the arts at UK’s theatres, museums, galleries and heritage sites. Featured audio-described events around the UK.Contact 0207 3751043 or emailWebsite
Sport and fitness Cam Sight and other organisations activities. Expand Jump to services in: Cambridge Fenland National Cambridge Pilates VI Pilates is led by an experienced instructor. It suits all levels of sight loss and abilities.YMCA, Gonville Place, Cambridge, CB1 1NDWednesday, 10.30am - 11.30am. Email Alex Innes or phone 07950 110943 Goalball Goalball is a three-a-side team game, developed for blind and visually impaired players. Individuals with full sight can also play. Cambridge Dons Goalball Club has two teams with a range of abilities and ages from 7 years and over.Cherry Hinton Village Leisure Centre, CB1 9EJAlternate Sundays, 12 noon and 3pm.Email Warren Wilson or phone 0793 9181288 Blind and Visually Impaired Football Blind and VI football is a fast paced 5-a-side football played using a ball with a noise-making device inside. Cambridge United Trust run weekly football sessions with qualified Blind Football coaches.Coleridge Community College, Cambridge, CB1 3RJVisually Impaired football (for age under 16's) Sunday 2pm - 3pm Blind football (all ages) Sunday 3pm - 4pmEmail Phil Mullen or phone 07948 407950 Website Power 2 Inspire Offers a range of inclusive sporting activities regardless of disability age fitness with the aim of uniting people through sport.Contact 01223 781364 or emailWebsite Cambridge & Coleridge Athletic Club C&C provide guided runners for beginners and experienced runners.Email Website Walks Sensory and tactile guided walks in the Botanical gardens and hothouses.The University Botanical Garden, 1 Brookside, Cambridge, CB2 1JE1st Friday of each month, 2pm – 3pm.Phone Mel Mackay on 01223 363737 or email Fenland Fen Tigers, Goalball UK Goalball is a three-a-side team game, developed for blind and visually impaired players.Fen Tigers club is looking to recruit more players above the age of 11 years old of any experience or ability.Neale Wade Academy, Wimblington Road, March, PE15 9PX Alternative Saturdays, 9am-1pmContact 0114 2235670Website National RunTogether RunTogether operates a national database of guide runners known as 'Find a Guide' to help match visually impaired individuals with licensed guides. Contact 0121 3476543 option 4 for RunTogether or emailWebsite Vision of Adventure Vision of Adventure is a charity based in the Lake District, which offers outdoor activities to visually impaired adults.contact 01539 728979 or emailWebsite