Today we had our 2024 Volunteer Celebration at Dobbies Stirling. We had a fabulous afternoon tea and a speaker from Volunteer Scotland 💚. We want to say a massive thank you to all our volunteers! We appreciate everything you do. 🌟🎉 SVEnterprise Teri Devine

Our friends at RNID would like your help to make the election on 4th July the most accessible election yet!
To find out more about how you can get involved and raise awareness check out more about the campaign here: rnid.org.uk/.../demanding-…

RNID Jacquie Winning MBE Teri Devine

Whether you want to learn more about deafblindness or join us in advocating for the necessary changes needed to support the deafblind community, your involvement matters!

Use #RightToBeSeenAndHeard and #DeafblindAwarenessWeek to add to the discussion and contribute your views!

TFN is SCVO's magazine for the voluntary sector.

This month Jacquie Winning MBE Jacquie Winning MBE and Laura Cluxton Laura Cluxton: the impact of Forth Valley Sensory Centre Forth Valley Sensory and the sector’s role in the #SightLoss pathway.

Available at okt.to/HcqpPa

We were delighted to welcome our local MSP, Michael Matheson to the centre to hear more about our work.
He enjoyed a performance by our sensory singers and visited our sensory and kitchen gardens.

Jacquie Winning MBE Michael Matheson MSP

A great read about our centre 😍 highlighting the work we do and how it helps people in the Forth Valley #PreventingIsolation #ConfidenceBuilding #PeerSupport #LifeChanging

As part of #DeafAwarenessWeek we have teamed up with LipspeakerUK for a Lipspeaking challenge.

For this Lipspeaking challenge, you have to try and lip-read the 3 different words in each video ⬇️

Good Luck!

#Lipspeaker #DeafAwarenessWeek 2024

NEW CLASS!

We have a brand new dance class starting here at FVSC Thursday evening from 7pm-8pm. If you'd like to learn Ballroom, Latin, and Popular Sequence Dancing, this is your chance!

£5 per person. Led by Brian & Avril Muir. Open to all!

Get in touch to register interest!

This is deaf awareness week and we RNID have launched a research report on public attitudes towards people who are deaf or have hearing loss #ItDoesMatter #Inclusion #Equality #DeafAwarenessWeek

Well done Laura Cluxton ! A very talented lady in all ways and an asset to our Centre 💜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We're looking for a Deaf Advocate to join our team. Watch the video below, and find out more about the role by checking out Goodmoves here: goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP10…

Closing Date 7th May at Noon. Video has BSL and captions.

Our CEO, Jacquie Winning MBE spreading the word about #SightLoss in Scotland and the importance of third sector organisations, health boards and local authorities.💜 #Inclusion

✨Competition Winner✨
Well done to our Handbag raffle winner…
Rowan Ferguson, our very own Customer Engagement and Fundraising Assistant!
Thank you to everyone who took part and donated, it’s always appreciated and helps our Centre thrive💜 #Fundraising #ThankYou

This coming Monday, the Sensory Services Team will be at Grangemouth Library 10am-4pm offering advice and support to anyone with sight or hearing loss.

Anyone for cricket?

We're running an event in association with Cricket Scotland and Scottish Disability Sport on the 27th of April in Glasgow to have a day of VI cricket fun!

If you would like to register or know more, please visit: bit.ly/3V7OlCw or scan the QR code below.

✨Adult Easter Party✨

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Easter Party and Egg Hunt today! We have raised a total of £343.90 to go towards the running of the Centre and with the event being such a success, we’ll put it in diary for next year 🐣💜 #Fundraising

In April, Forth Valley Sensory will start new, fun social and activity groups including Braille LEGO and a dance class.

Read more: visionary.org.uk/latest/local-s…

✨Guess Big Ted’s Birthday - Competition✨
Come along to the Centre and have a guess at Big Ted’s birthday, you could be taking her and little one home 💜 Only £1 per guess!
Closing date - Friday, 5th April
#Fundraiser