Our Zoom sessions are available for all Eye Matter members to access wherever they live. Support can be provided to assist access and all members are expected to read our terms and conditions to ensure. The importance of using Zoom in respect of other people.”
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Be kind
No isms/no discrimination
Be on time, mute yourself if not on time and leave quietly
No talking over others
No politics/religion/football
Always treat our staff and volunteers with respect
Zoom schedule for week starting 17th November
On Monday, join the Eye Matter Singers for festive fun as we continue toward our December concert. On Tuesday, enjoy a fun and friendly social followed by BGT – Blindies Got Talent, where you can perform or simply cheer on fellow members. On Wednesday, drop into Eye Matter Natter with Sarah for a warm mid-week catch-up. On Friday, enjoy a social followed by an Inspiring Life Talk with James Brown, founder of Mobiloo, transforming accessibility for disabled people across the UK. Come and show your support for James, a fellow Eye Matter member. A week of connection, movement, and joy awaits!
Monday 6pm-7pm Eye Matter singers
This will be the tenth of 12 weekly Zoom sessions ahead of our in-person concert on Saturday, 6th December in London. All members welcome, whether you can attend the in-person concert or not and there are no auditions as we sing for fun and well-being. We will continue to learn a wonderful selection of upbeat festive songs so please come and join in the fun.
Tuesday 6pm fun and friendly social followed by BGT- Blindies got Talent.
Come and entertain your fellow members or be part of our supportive audience
Wednesday 11am
Eye Matter Natter with Sarah
Friday 11am Fun and friendly social followed by Inspiring Life Talk James Brown – Mobiloo transforms accessibility across the UK, providing mobile, fully equipped toilets and changing facilities for disabled people. Founded in 2015 by James Brown, Co-Founder and visually impaired CEO, Mobiloo enables inclusive participation at events like Glastonbury and the Royal Albert Hall, ensuring dignity, independence, and equal access for all. Please come and support James who is an Eye Matter member.
Zoom schedule for week starting 24th November
On Monday, join Joanna Williams for Turning Surviving into Thriving, exploring resilient grieving and the shift from living “in spite of” sight loss to embracing life “because of” it. Later, enjoy festive fun with the Eye Matter Singers as we continue toward our December concert. On Tuesday, enjoy a friendly social followed by Neurobics with Steve Wax, a lively brain-and-body workout funded by The National Lottery to boost cognitive well-being through fun, stimulating games. On Wednesday, drop into Eye Matter Natter with Sarah for a warm mid-week catch-up. On Friday, enjoy a social followed by drama improv with Steve Reed, a playful and creative end to the week.
Monday 1.30pm-3pm – “Turning Surviving into Thriving” with Joanna Williams
From ‘In spite of’ to ‘Because of’ In this workshop we’ll discuss ‘resilient grieving’: the difference between surviving ‘in spite of’ sight loss and the possibility of experiencing life positively ‘because of’ it.
Monday 6pm-7pm Eye Matter singers
This will be the eleventh of 12 weekly Zoom sessions ahead of our in-person concert on Saturday, 6th December in London. All members welcome, whether you can attend the in-person concert or not and there are no auditions as we sing for fun and well-being. We will continue to learn a wonderful selection of upbeat festive songs so please come and join in the fun.
Tuesday 6pm fun and friendly social followed by Neurobics, (aerobics for the memory) is a fun brain workout facilitated by Steve Wax. These sessions have been generously funded by The National Lottery.
Neurobics Brain & Body Fitness – is a preventative and rehabilitative treatment programme which supports people to “Challenge the Body, Stimulate the Brain & Lift the Heart.” These sessions aim to recognise that, “Brain & Body Fitness has become a vital element for lifelong well-being, and Neurobics can help you to manage, postpone or eliminate cognitive decline as well as support those recovering from brain injury.”
Members are engaged in a variety of games designed to stimulate their brains including writing words and numbers simultaneously, memory word games in different subjects, and number games.
Wednesday 11am
Eye Matter Natter with Sarah
Friday 11am Fun and friendly social followed by drama improv with Steve Reed
Zoom schedule for week starting 1st December
On Monday, join the Eye Matter Singers for our final festive session as we complete our twelve-week journey toward the December concert. On Tuesday, enjoy a friendly social followed by a special concert from Emily Raiher. On Wednesday, Bookworms meets for our monthly discussion, this time exploring Love Marriage by Monica Ali. On Friday, enjoy a social followed by cathartic writing with Joanna Williams, a welcoming creative space to reflect, write, share (only if you wish), and explore the wellbeing benefits of expressive writing.
Monday 6pm-7pm Eye Matter singers
This will be the twelfth of 12 weekly Zoom sessions ahead of our in-person concert on Saturday, 6th December in London. All members welcome, whether you can attend the in-person concert or not and there are no auditions as we sing for fun and well-being. We will continue to learn a wonderful selection of upbeat festive songs so please come and join in the fun.
Tuesday 6pm fun and friendly social followed by a concert by Emily Raiher
Wednesday 11am Bookworms, our monthly book club, hosted by Queen Sarah, discussing Love marriage by Monica Ali
Friday 11am Fun and friendly social followed by cathartic writing with Joanna Williams
Release your inner writer in these cathartic creative writing sessions. We will meet on zoom once a month and discuss a different theme each time. Facilitator Joanna will share pieces of writing on the theme, from selected works of fiction, memoir, or creative nonfiction, and we’ll discuss how we feel about the pieces. Then, you’ll be invited to use the class as inspiration to create your own piece of writing in the intervening weeks, to be shared at the next class if you so choose. You can send the writing to Joanna in advance or read it yourself. There is no obligation to write or to share; if you prefer to just listen, that’s fine, too.
Joanna Williams is a qualified counsellor and also a novelist (published under the name Joanna Barnard). She is very interested in the intersection between creative writing and mental health and has been facilitating writing for wellbeing classes for over seven years, as well as using therapeutic writing tools in her counselling practice.