Meet Susan Fairclough, a volunteer within our Community Services team. Learn about her role and why she volunteers for Henshaws.
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Nina’s Day-A day in the life of a Henshaws service user
Meet Nina, a Henshaws service user, who shares her experiences of visual impairment through a life in her day.
CNG volunteer over 200 hours for Henshaws!
Energy supplier CNG have clocked up over a whopping 200 hours volunteering for Henshaws!
Volunteer Rex helps Art Makers relax
When Rex visits our Arts & Crafts Centre he likes to get his tummy tickled! He's a special visitor - a PAT dog. We talk to his owner Carol about how she and Rex support Henshaws.
Volunteering – medication for the mind and soul
As well as helping others, volunteering has been shown to improve volunteers' wellbeing too. We asked a group of Henshaws regular volunteers about how and why they support us.
Be My Eyes and BeSpecular: the apps bringing volunteering into the digital world
We explore two apps that connect a visually impaired user with a sighted volunteer, and Community Services Development Manager Mark shares with us his experience as a volunteer.
There when you need us most: volunteering at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Henshaws volunteer and Trustee Helen Brazier is back to share with us a typical morning on Henshaws’ information desk at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.
Celebrating our fantastic volunteers for National Volunteering Week 2016
As National Volunteers Week (1st-10th June) comes to an end, we celebrate some of the volunteer stories we've been sharing over the week.
“It’s about stretching yourself beyond your disabilities”
Alastair, a Henshaws volunteer who runs a triathlon club to support our service users to get involved in sport, reflects on their challenges so far.
Volunteer Week 2015: “Volunteering for Henshaws gave me back my feeling of self-worth and provided me with a very good reason to live for”
To celebrate Volunteer Week, I wanted to make a blog post dedicated to all of our wonderful volunteers here at Henshaws as a thank you for all of their inspiring and hard work.
At first I just refused to admit I was losing my sight…but volunteering has changed my life
This week we hear from Henshaws group volunteer, Linda, about her experience of sight loss and how volunteering to support others changed her life…
“I meet a huge variety of people and no two days are the same”
Helen is a volunteer on the information desk at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, and she shares with us a typical day for her.
