Harrow Open Eyes group meets fortnightly at the Wealdstone Centre, between 11.00am and 1.00pm in the library. It welcomes new members to meet and talk with others. For further details, please phone 020 8423 5141. Autumn and Winter dates for 2017 are as follows: 4th / 18th September 2nd / 16th / 30th October 13th […]

Recently we have received a spate of enquiries asking about the use of voice control to operate a computer, no doubt inspired by devices such as the Amazon Echo with their Alexis interactive voice control, Windows 10’s Cortana and Apple’s Siri, all of whom make control of these devices seem conversational. It seems the stuff […]

Congratulations to our I.T. trainers Kevin Nugent and Louise Clara, who have both recently received awards for their work. Kevin recently received a Community Links and Partnership Award for his work with Milmans Day Centre in Pinner. Based two days per week at the centre, providing I.T. training and helping to run our Resource Centre, […]

Anyone that has had the pleasure of sitting in a Toyota Prius will know that as it begins to move, the car is eerily silent. The experience is almost ghostly, as the car glides away. Being a hybrid car, the Prius uses an electric motor to move at low speeds, switching to a petrol engine […]

Harrow Open Eyes group meets fortnightly at the Wealdstone Centre, between 11.00am and 1.00pm in the library. It welcomes new members to meet and talk with others. For further details, please phone 07387 101633. Winter and Spring dates for 2017 are as follows: January 9th/23rd February 6th/20th March 6th/20th April 3rd May 8th/22nd June 5th/19th […]

Recent weeks have seen a steady flow of guests to Hounslow VIP Club. The Mayor of Hounslow paid a visit to the club but had her work cut out convincing Herbie and Shriv that she was the genuine article. Shriv, ever the sceptic, checked out the Mayor’s gold chain and regalia with his magnifying glass […]

On Wednesday 3rd November, a group of people from the Ealing Techy Club visited Sight Village at Kensington Town Hall. Sight Village is a two day exhibition of organisations and equipment supporting people with a visual impairment. The trip, which was kindly funded by the Lohri Fund, began with us all meeting at the William […]

Harrow Open Eyes group continues to meet fortnightly at the Wealdstone Centre, between 11.00am and 1.00pm in the library. If you have not been before, the group provides an opportunity to meet and talk with others. For further details, please phone 020 8423 5141. Meeting dates for the remainder of 2016 are as follows: Monday […]

On Thursday 1st September 2016, we launched a club for the visually impaired and blind at Age UK’s centre in Montague Road, Hounslow. The club’s main objective is to bring visually impaired people within Hounslow together, providing a space to talk, meet new people and remove social isolation. The club is run on the first […]

You can now shop online and raise money for MAB at the same time through the MAB shopping portal. The portal provides access to hundreds of high street stores’ websites including Debenhams, Marks and Spencer, John Lewis and Next and, by shopping through our site, we receive a royalty on all your purchases. You can […]