Resource: Positive Participation in Sport for VI Children and Young People
Catch up on this Parent Support Group panel session on Positive Participation in Sport for VI Children and Young People. Watch the video and download links and tips.
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Mentor of the Month: Chris
Meet our LOOK Mentor of the Month, Chris. Thank you for your dedication, insights, and humour. You are greatly appreciated by your mentees and all of us at LOOK.
News: LOOK mentee gives powerful interview to BBC Radio
BBC Radio ran a fantastic interview with one of our mentees, Chloe, and her mum, Jane. Chloe was born with severe visual and hearing impairment. Click through to listen to this inspiring and moving interview.
#TeamLOOK: Last push for our 2023 Marathon runners!
With the London Marathon in less than two weeks you can help with the final push to help our runners meet their goals!
News: Guided running fun at Hereford athletics track
A huge thank you to Adam Dyson, from of our #TeamLOOK London Marathon 2023 team, for leading a brilliant guide running taster afternoon at the athletics track in Hereford.
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.
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.
Travel: Book a stay at our holiday flat
Our Scarborough holiday flat now how a live bookings calendar. Check available dates and reserve your accessible holiday by the seaside.
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!
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.
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: 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.
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.
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.
