13th May: Andrea Begley Winner of 2013 Voice UK
17th June: Baluji Shrivastav OBE – Multi instrumentalist and leader of The Inner Vision, which is the largest orchestra for blind and partially sighted musicians in the UK
8th July: Seema Flower – CEO of Blind Ambition who have just taken over the Working Age Forum
29th July: Roy Smith MBE – Represented Great Britain in 1980 at the Paralympic Click the following to listen to more about Roy on the his podcast: https://youtu.be/546tdLxZGpg?si=4Tziw_5Iif3EP8Eu
12th August: Anthony Camu – Designer of handheld robotic guide dog
26th August: Lord David Blunkett – Baron Blunkett, PC is a British politician, now in the House of Lords, who was MP for the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency for 28 years
2nd September: Mike Brace CBE DL – Former paralympic skier, social worker and leader of disabled charities. He was Chief Executive of Vision 2020 UK and served as Chairman of the British Paralympic Association
30th September: Martin Symcox – former CEO of Metro Blind Sport, now moving to Thomas Pocklington Trust championing accessibility of opportunities for blind & partially sighted people.
21st October: Jessica Beal – She has worked in the charity sector for 10 years and prior to joining VocalEyes worked as Activities Project Coordinator for South East London Vision, supporting blind and visually impaired people to access arts and culture among other activities
11th November: Niall McMurtry – Part of the RNIB volunteering team and co-chair of VIBE, the staff and volunteer blind and partially sighted network
2nd December: Andrew Hesser from Byan’s Quest – Bryan’s quest is an independent, not for profits, social enterprise dedicated to developing ways of enjoying and learning about the natural world. The emphasis is on experiences that do not just rely on the sense of sight.