Kirklees Visual Impairment Network

We’re moving!!! This week our Batley drop-in is at a new home, day and time slot. Visit us every Friday between 9.30am to 12.30pm at Jo Cox House, 90 Commercial Street, Batley, WF17 5DS. For example we can help with: sending and receiving emails using Facebook and other social media accessing information getting out and […]

Before the summer Zubayr came in to do a placement with KVIN as part of his Kirklees College studies. Here is a diary of his experience with KVIN, explaining what he did and all the things he learnt. Work Placement at Kirklees Visual Impairment Network (KVIN) by Zubayr Bhatti Week 1: Wednesday 10th of April […]

We are coming to the end of Volunteers’ Week Celebrating the contribution of all our volunteers at KVIN, what a great bunch they all are! Today we look at the contribution student placements can make to the organisation which is also invaluable to our work. Students can get involved in our work via their college […]

We are over half way through Volunteers’ Week and we’ve had a great week so far celebrating the contributions volunteers make to KVIN. As a Visual Impairment Charity we focus on offering roles that are suitable for people with Visual Impairments but we also have a range of roles suitable for sighted volunteers. Sighted volunteers […]

All week we are celebrating the fantastic contribution our volunteers make to KVIN. Today we look at this from a different perspective, our service users. We hear from them how our volunteers make a difference to the lives of people with Visual Impairments. My name is Hajra, I attend the Dewsbury Drop-in run by KVIN […]

Today we are celebrating the contribution of our dedicated team of Trustees. Charities like KVIN depend on the skills, experience and dedication of their volunteer trustee boards and we are so grateful for all the time, energy and ingenuity they give. Charity trustees play a very important role in making sure that the charity is […]

It’s Volunteers’ Week and we are celebrating the contribution our volunteers make to KVIN. Today we hear from some of our volunteers with Visual Impairments who help us provide our drop-in services. KVIN is a user-led organisation, which means our volunteers guide the work we do, help plan it and then deliver it. They know […]

It’s Volunteers’ Week next week and here are KVIN we are all set! We have planned a week of celebrating the work of our existing volunteers and welcoming potential new volunteers to the team. Volunteers’ Week is a time to say thank you for the fantastic contribution volunteers make and is organised by NCVO. KVIN […]

KVIN are pleased to announce that we have a new drop-in service starting in Batley at the end of May. On Wednesday 22nd May from 11am to 2pm we are holding a Launch Event to start this new service. Come in to see what we do, meet our staff and volunteers and find out about […]

To mark Volunteer Week at the start of June, KVIN are holding a Volunteer Open Morning on Wednesday 5th June 10am – 12pm. If you would like to find out more about the volunteer opportunities we have available, we would like to welcome you to our office in the centre of Huddersfield to find out […]