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Lowri Madoc is nailing her '360km of walking in June' challenge on behalf of Sight Life. 21km in one day is no mean feat!!

Thank you so much Lowri - you're a legend!

You can support her challenge by donating on her justgiving page here:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/walkingchallengeinmemoryofruthmadoc

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.

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.