Author: Sarah Anderson

On a rather chilly Sunday morning on 24 April, Ryan Jones, ELVis’ vision impaired London Marathon runner, put his running shoes on and placed his many months of dedicated training in to practice when he took on the huge challenge of running the 26.2 miles for the London Marathon to raise funds for ELVis. The ELVis support team were ready and geared up to cheer Ryan on at Tower Bridge in their ELVis t-shirts and blue painted eyes on their cheeks. Thanks to Paresh our handy artist on the day. The team spent the time before the race promoting...

Ryan Jones will be running to help people with sight loss when he takes on the London Marathon this weekend. Ryan, who has vision impairment, is running the 26 miles from Blackheath and Greenwich Park to St James Park on Sunday, April 24 in support of East London Vision (ELVis). ELVis aims to improve access to support and services for people with sight loss living in the seven boroughs of East London to improve their quality of life and increase individual independence. Ryan has already raised more than £1000 of the £2000 he hopes to raise for ELVis. It’s...

Many of us take our senses for granted without fully appreciating what an intrinsic part they play in our day-to-day lives. Being able to see the world around us is a wonderful gift, which when taken away or affected – especially when we least expect it – can change life dramatically. Social studies have shown that sight is the sense that people would find the most difficult to lose – and indeed adapt to life without – followed closely by hearing. To experience a visual impairment can be shocking, upsetting, and ultimately disruptive to life in general – Thomas Pocklington...