Events

Mobile visit to Rugby

Type: Mobile resource centre
Location: Mobile located in the Out Patients Department Car Park, St Cross Hospital, Barby Road, Rugby CV22 5PX
Region: West Midlands | Map: none

Starts: Wednesday 5th October 2011 at 10:00am
Ends: Wednesday 5th October 2011 at 4:00pm

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Mobile visit to Nuneaton

Type: Mobile resource centre
Location: Mobile located outside the old HSBC Bank, Harefield Road, Nuneaton
Region: West Midlands | Map: none

Starts: Thursday 6th October 2011 at 10:00am
Ends: Thursday 6th October 2011 at 4:00pm

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Birmingham Actionnaires Club - Creation Climbing

Type: Children
Location: Creation Climbing Centre, 582 Moseley Road, Birmingham B12 9AA.
Region: West Midlands | Map: Google Location Map

Starts: Saturday 8th October 2011 at 10:30am
Ends: Saturday 8th October 2011 at 12:00pm

A visit to a Birmingham Climbing Centre where we have four qualified instructors waiting to help you climb and abseil on their various climbing walls.

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Money Management Workshop with HSBC

Type: Young People
Location: Action for Blind People, 6th Floor Galbraith House, 141 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, B3 3LG
Region: West Midlands | Map: Google Location Map

Starts: Tuesday 25th October 2011 at 9:45am
Ends: Tuesday 25th October 2011 at 2:30pm

In association with HSBC, Action for Blind People will be hosting a money management workshop. The event is aimed at young adults aged 14 - 18 and may prove beneficial to young people who are starting college or university, starting work or beginning to control their own finances. Topics to be covered during the workshop will include Budget planning, financial awareness, debt avoidance, differences between credit and debit cards and a personal budget planning session. After the workshop we will go for a meal in Birmingham....Continue reading Money Management Workshop with HSBC

Mobile visit to Birmingham

Type: Mobile resource centre
Location: Mobile located outside Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH
Region: West Midlands | Map: none

Starts: Tuesday 25th October 2011 at 10:00am
Ends: Tuesday 25th October 2011 at 3:30pm

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Mobile visit to Coventry

Type: Mobile resource centre
Location: Mobile located outside the Clinical Sciences Building, University Hospital Coventry, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave, Coventry CV2 2DX
Region: West Midlands | Map: none

Starts: Wednesday 26th October 2011 at 10:00am
Ends: Wednesday 26th October 2011 at 3:30pm

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Mobile visit to Birmingham

Type: Mobile resource centre
Location: Mobile located in the High Street, Near to entrance of the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Birmingham City Centre
Region: West Midlands | Map: none

Starts: Thursday 27th October 2011 at 10:00am
Ends: Thursday 27th October 2011 at 4:00pm

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Future Focus Careers Day

Type: Young People
Location: Focus Birmingham, 48 Woodville Rd, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9AT
Region: West Midlands | Map: Google Location Map

Starts: Thursday 27th October 2011 at 10:30am
Ends: Thursday 27th October 2011 at 3:00pm

In association with Blind in Business, Action for Blind People will be hosting a future focus careers day. The aims of the day are about focussing on the skills you need to get a job, what changes you need to make to give you that extra push to find work and how to sell the skills you already have to potential employers. Blind in Business is a charity which operates across the United Kingdom, they help blind and partially sighted people into work through training and employment services. All blind and partially sighted people are encouraged to identify and achieve their ambitions through their work. ...Continue reading Future Focus Careers Day

West Midlands Family Residential Experience

Type: Family
Location: YHA Stratford upon Avon, Hemmingford House, Alveston, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. CV37 7RG
Region: West Midlands | Map: Google Location Map

Starts: Saturday 29th October 2011 at 9:30am
Ends: Sunday 30th October 2011 at 12:00pm

For children under the age of 15 who are blind or partially sighted and their families from West Midlands. To bring families with children who are blind or partially sighted together in a relaxed and informal setting, so that they can share experiences, learn from each other, have fun and develop peer group support systems. All the family can get involved in our Tudors Alive event - baking bread, churning butter and making tallow candles....Continue reading West Midlands Family Residential Experience

Soccer Sight Birmingham City Vs Brighton

Type: Young People
Location: Birmingham City Football Club, St Andrews Ground, West Midlands, Birmingham B9 4NH
Region: West Midlands | Map: Google Location Map

Starts: Saturday 29th October 2011 at 2:00pm
Ends: Saturday 29th October 2011 at 5:00pm

Action for Blind West Midlands would like to invite young visually impaired adults (aged 14-25) to the Birmingham City Vs Crystal Palace Championship football game. This is a great opportunity to attend a live football game and sample the full matchday experience, from the roar of the crowd to the smell of the half time pies! Through the unique Soccer Sight project all visually impaired partipants that attend will be able to use headsets throughout the game, where specially trained commentators will be able to provide un-interrupted commentary on the whole game.

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