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Hello and Welcome to Sight Life

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Sight Life’s Spring Ball 2026

What an unforgettable evening of laughter, networking and fine dining we had at Sight Life’s annual Spring Ball - click to find out more and see all the photos!

Round logo that has text curving around the outside saying: Sight Life's Spinathon at St David's Centre. In the middle is an icon of someone riding a bike and the wheels are the Sight Life icon. The date, 13.05.26 is under the bike. Under the logo is a slogan that says 900km. 6 hours. 1 charity.

Support our Spinathon Challenge

Sight Life is hosting an exciting spinathon fundraising challenge at St David’s Shopping Centre in Cardiff on Wednesday 13 May 2026.

Picture of a Welsh dragon at Cardiff Castle

Active Travel Network Map consultation: In-person session

Date: Monday 29th June 2026 - Cardiff

Cardiff Council is consulting on their Active Travel Network Map and would like to hear your thoughts.

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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A Night to Remember: Sight Life Spring Ball 2026

Celebration, generosity and a whole lot of fun – our Spring Ball had it all! What an incredible evening we had on Friday 29 May! […]

Active Travel Network Map consultation: Cardiff

Active Travel Network Map consultation: In-person session Date: Monday 29th June 2026 Time: 10-12:30 Location: Sight Life, Jones Court, Womanby Street, Activity Room.  Cardiff Council […]

Round logo that has text curving around the outside saying: Sight Life's Spinathon at St David's Centre. In the middle is an icon of someone riding a bike and the wheels are the Sight Life icon. The date, 13.05.26 is under the bike. Under the logo is a slogan that says 900km. 6 hours. 1 charity.

Fundraising Spinathon at St David’s Centre

Sight Life is hosting an exciting spinathon fundraising challenge at St David’s Shopping Centre in Cardiff on Wednesday 13 May 2026. Six company teams will […]

We Are Social

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Sight LifeMonday, June 8th, 2026 at 12:30pm
Our Ramble group were out and about last week for our monthly walk, This time we ventured to Dare Valley Country Park in Aberdare.
We travelled by VEST Community Transport and enjoyed a very sensory walk around the country park. The weather was a little soggy at times but that didn't stop our intrepid volunteers and members.

We opted to walk along the valley floor following the paths alongside the streams and amongst the woodland. The birdsong was very loud and tuneful. We walked to the base of the cwm and tried to spot the peregrine falcons that nest there.

The park had been reclaimed from the site of an old colliery and there were a few landmarks of the industrial past as well as beautiful grassland meadows and lakes too.

One of the members said "Thank you so much for a wonderful ramble, I really enjoyed the day, a wonderful day out, lovely company and setting. really interesting and so good to have all the fresh air."

Thanks you to David VEST Community Transport for being our driver for the day and joining us for the after lunch stroll to the cascading waterfall.

Thank you as always to our sighted guide volunteers who make these countryside walks possible. We couldn't do it without you!
#GoSightLife!

Pictures of the ramble.
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Sight LifeMonday, June 8th, 2026 at 11:08am
What a busy week we had with our Volunteers across Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Cardiff areas last week celebrating National Volunteers week.

Our volunteers are the backbone of everything we do at Sight Life, from our Trustees to admin assistance, contact line calls, group leaders, sighted guides, drivers and fundraisers, our volunteers are vital to our organisation, and everything we do to support our members with sight loss.

We are so grateful for everything they do for us and all of us at Sight Life appreciate all their efforts and dedication.

We had volunteer celebration parties in Swansea and Cardiff last week and it was lovely to see so many come along and spend a fun, relaxed afternoon together. It was a great opportunity to welcome the new volunteers too!

Well done volunteers you are amazing!
#GoSightLife!

Pictures of our parties.

If you would like to volunteer please email [email protected] or call 02920 398 900 for more information.
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Sight LifeFriday, June 5th, 2026 at 12:00pm
💙 Volunteers Week 💙
From Swansea to Cardiff, we’ve been celebrating the incredible people who make everything we do possible.

To every single volunteer – thank you. We can’t do this without you 🙌

#VolunteersWeek2026
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