4 March 2010

 

A walk with real vision will take place on Friday 26 March 2010, when business figures and local figures of note including the Mayor of Worcester and Worcester Warriors will walk blindfolded through Worcester city centre. The walk is taking place to highlight local charity Sight Concern Worcestershire’s Dining in the Dark fundraising event which takes place on April 22 at the Glasshouse, Worcester.

 

Starting on Worcester’s Tything at mfg Solicitors, one of the event’s sponsors, before stopping at Modus Creative on Foregate Street (another sponsor), the blindfolded walkers will make their way down Worcester High Street, ending up in Sidbury at the Glasshouse.

 

Jenny Gage, Chief Officer of Sight Concern Worcestershire said: “This walk aims to highlight not only the event, but the work of our charity supporting the blind and partially sighted across the county. Walkers will be blindfolded to give them a feel of what it is like to have no sight, and will walk with a sighted guide. Volunteers, who are blind themselves, will be on hand to offer advice and reassure the walkers.

 

The Glasshouse’s Steve Lloyd said: “Worcester Warriors, business figures, the Mayor and others are all joining in this walk. It promises to be a unique experience, as does the Dining in the Dark event on 22 April which will see guests eat their main course blindfolded as well as including a charity auction by TV celebrity Philip Serrell (of TV’s Flog It! and Bargain Hunt fame) and prizes for correctly guessing the menu, all in aid of Sight Concern Worcestershire.”

 

Modus’ Guy Marson who will also be walking blindfolded adds: “There are an estimated 10,000 people in Worcestershire with some form of visual impairment yet Sight Concern Worcestershire currently only has access to 2,500 of those. We hope that both this walk and the Dining in Dark event will really highlight their work, to allow them to help ever more people.”

 

Tickets cost £45 per head for a three course dinner, of which the main course will be eaten blindfolded. To book tickets please call the Glasshouse on 01905 611120 or Sight Concern Worcestershire on 01905 723245

 

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