Month: March 2023

Young children scramble over a log and through a natural tipi in the woods.

LOOKFest: Our VI-accessible, all-age festival weekend, 7th-9th July

Don’t miss out! Book your tickets now for LOOKFest, our VI accessible festival for young people and their families. 7th-9th July 2023 at Humble by Nature in Monmouthshire.

Studio photo of Charlotte Carson CEO of LOOK smiling and holding her long cane.

People: Charlotte Carson on the radio, advocating for VI young people

CEO of LOOK, Charlotte Carson, has been interviewed on BBC Radio talking about LOOK and our #TeamLOOK marathon runners. Charlotte is an enthusiastic advocate for VI young people.

A view of Scarborough south bay, with the the beach at low tide and people walking in the shallow water. The town in the background, huddled up on the hill and to the right the castle and grounds (trees and grass) on the headland.

Travel: Our VI accessible holiday flat in Scarborough is open for bookings

Our Scarborough holiday flat now how a live bookings calendar. Click through to see available dates and reserve your accessible holiday by the seaside.

A girl with a LOOK sports bib plays with a mother and toddler with a box of brightly coloured play balls in front of them.

Resource: VI parenting tips

In this post we share some of the useful tips and advice that came out of our VI Parenting Q&A session.

LOOKFest: Volunteering opportunity

Whether you are VI or sighted, there are plenty of jobs to do at LookFest and we need your help!

A group of young people sitting on chairs in a horseshoe shape, for a workshop, with workshop leader (Elin from LOOK) at the front with a large screen behind her, and a LOOK banner.

Event: LOOK Here Digital Skills programme for #iWill 2023

Calling all visually impaired 10-16 year olds in Herefordshire! Does TikTok rock your world? Spend more time on YouTube than homework?! Ever used your hairbrush as a microphone? We want to hear from you!

LOOK Mentors and staff at a training day

News: Welcome to our largest intake of Mentors!

We are thrilled to welcome an absolutely bumper group of new mentees this spring. A grand total of 34 young people will be joining the LOOK mentoring project, with the majority of these new starters up already up and running from this month. This is a very exciting milestone for us – our largest intake yet!

London Marathon: Motivating our runners

Each week we send a MONDAY MOTIVATION our amazing #TeamLOOK runners who are busy training and fundraising ahead of London Marathon on 23rd April, 2023.

News: Magazine profile of Mentor Emilia

One of our London-based mentors, Emilia, is featured in the latest newsletter from Scope – the disability equality charity. Emilia works for the Cabinet Office.

Detail of a tumbling purple wisteria flower, with lots of petals in light purple Blue sky behind.

Resource: A message to all the Super Mums with VI children

A personal message to the league of Super Mums – mothers of visually impaired children – from a Super Mum herself, our very own Jane Ring, Parent Support Officer at LOOK.

A black and white photograph of Jennifer Bowen, founder of LOOK, wearing a floral shirt, sitting in an old Morris Minor with the door open. The photo was taken in the late 1950s.

News: The mother and daughter team behind LOOK

Journalist Jenny White spoke to the formidable mother and daughter team – Charlotte Bowen (CEO of LOOK) and her mother Jennifer (founder of LOOK), who was one of Wales’ first female photojournalists.

Photo shows the LOOK Mentoring team - (from left to right) Shani, Elin - holding Guide Dog Lucy - Charlotte M, Syd, Megan A, and Ruth, all standing outside Haklyut. Behind them is a lovely white building with a fan light over the black door. There is a brass sign with the name of the society on the wall beside the door.

Out and about: LOOK Mentor team in London

Our lovely LOOK Mentor team, who are based in different locations around the country, met together in London this week, for in-person working and planning.

LOOK CEO Charlotte Carson, and Matthew Johnson and Gayle Ditchburn from Pinsent Masons stand in front of the company signage. They are all smiling broadly.

News: Birmingham law firm supports LOOK

Our CEO, Charlotte Carson, visited the Birmingham office of Pinsent Masons this week to speak to the team. The Birmingham office is supporting LOOK for the next two years.

London Marathon: 26 runners for 26 miles

We are delighted to have 26 runners confirmed for the TCS London Marathon 2023. One runner for every mile of the marathon! Thank you to each of the runners who have committed to train and raise funds for LOOK.

Mentor of the Month: Krupali

Meet our Mentor of the Month, Krupali. Thank you for all the creative ways you champion and support others, and for your kindness and dedication.