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Hello and Welcome to Sight Life

A Charity Evening with Beverley Humphreys

Join us for a night of music, memories and Welsh magic in Cardiff on Friday 20 March.

Get Involved in our Chain Reaction Challenge

Find out more about how you can get involved in our fun, inclusive fundraising day in March.

Members to celebrate our 160th birthday in style!

Tickets are selling fast for our fabulous members' party. Don't miss out!

Win Memorabilia Signed by Sir Gareth Edwards

Celebrate the start of the 2026 Six Nations and support Sight Life with our Prize Draw!

Sight Life, formerly known as Cardiff Institute for the Blind until October 2019, offers a wide range of local services to support blind and partially sighted people across much of South Wales. Our mission is to help people live independent, active, social, and fulfilling lives. Established in 1865, we are one of Wales' oldest charities. We are proud to have rugby legend Sir Gareth Edwards, CBE, as our President, and Wales' renowned female impersonator, Ceri Dupree, as our patron.

Case Studies

Some of our members share their stories.

Volunteer Steve and guide dog Jax on contact line

Steve’s story

Steve is one of our long-standing volunteers and service users at Sight Life from Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT). He started experiencing sight loss 12 years […]

Swansea Volunteer Trish

Trish’s story

Patricia “Trish” has volunteered for Sight Life for over 10 years now.  Trish’s sight loss was an unexpected complication from diabetes at age 49. She […]

Volunteer and member Andy outside Sight Life

Andy’s story

Andy, a Sight Life member, is a keen photographer and is active in several of our social groups, but he wasn’t always this way. Sight […]

Latest News

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Join Sight Life’s Newsletter!

We’ve got LOTS going on in 2026! Don’t miss out on all the latest news as well as how you can get involved! Join our […]

Sight Life's Chain Reaction Challenge logo. The text is in a circular format and in the middle is an icon of someone riding a bike. The Sight Life 'man' is in the wheels. It also has 24.3.26 under the bike.

Chain Reaction Challenge – 24 March 2026

Join us to power sight loss support across South Wales! Sight Life’s Chain Reaction Challenge is a high‑energy, inclusive fundraising day bringing cyclists, fitness lovers, […]

Blue background with Sight Life logo at the top and 'Six Nations Prize Draw' at the bottom. There are also two images of Sir Gareth Edwards signing a rugby shirt and ball.

Sir Gareth Edwards Signed Memorabilia Prize Draw

Celebrate the start of the 2026 Six Nations and support Sight Life! Timed to kick off alongside the 2026 Six Nations, this is the prize […]

We Are Social

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Sight LifeThursday, March 26th, 2026 at 12:28pm
A massive congratulations to Tracey and Jonathan from RCT who won our Sir Gareth Edwards Framed signed rugby shirt and Signed rugby ball.
Thank you to everyone who took part and supported Sight Life
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Sight LifeTuesday, March 24th, 2026 at 10:49am
And they're off!!

Our intrepid team of sighted and visually impaired Chain Reaction Riders have now left Pedal Power Cardiff and are en route to Gatto Lounge in Pontypridd for their 30 mile round trip to raise funds for Sight Life!!

Please show them your support! https://justgiving.com/campaign/chainreactionsightlife

#GoSightLife
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Sight Life
Sight LifeThursday, March 19th, 2026 at 6:00pm
We’re now nearing the end of the introductions to our bike ride team and, it’s now time to introduce you to Cliff Vanstone, a regular cyclist for the last 14 years who has first hand family experience of the challenges associated with sight loss.

He is therefore keen to support the charity and said: “I'd like to think that rather than sponsoring me, people were supporting the charity. An event like this provides enormous achievement to those who might otherwise be unable to experience riding a bike. Something that so many have the opportunity to enjoy without even realising it.” So true.

And, with that in mind, for those who do want to support him may be interested to hear these little known facts about him...!

- 𝗨𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹?
Uphill slog
- 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭?
That's a wheelie hard one
- 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠?
Really! I’m not sure this is the space to share!
- 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 (𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐲, 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚…), 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞?
Science Fiction. Some things are unbelievable!
- 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬?
I can ride a bike backward while sitting on the handlebars!

Brilliant - maybe you could give a demonstration next Tuesday, Cliff?!!

If you’d like to support Cliff and the team’s efforts, we’d be so grateful for your support. All donations are hugely appreciated and keep our charity able to help support people with sight loss across South Wales. You can find our fundraising page on Justgiving here:

https://justgiving.com/campaign/chainreactionsightlife

Thank you.
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