A group from Ealing Association for the Blind recently visited the Wolf Fields gardens in Southall for a tour of the gardens, the sensory gardens and the inauguration of the audio description, braille signs and information sheets. Wolf Fields is a three acre site that previously contained a brickworks – some of the bricks in […]

With the New Year comes a new venue for Hounslow VIP Club. With the closure of the Age UK office in Montague Road, the Club is relocating to the other side of the Treaty Centre to the Royal British Legion Hall in Whitton Road. The meetings will continue to be held on the first Thursday […]

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. Winter/Spring dates for 2018 are as follows: 8th / 22nd January 5th / 19th February 5th / 19th March 2nd […]

On the 7th November MAB staff attended the Right For Sight meeting in Hounslow where, much to their surprise, they received awards from the local council for the support they have been providing in the borough of Hounslow. Senior Operations Manager, Sahib Singh, Employment Service Coordinator, Urfan Ali and MAB’s Chief Executive, Andrew Cox each […]

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 […]