News from ClearVision

ClearVision wins Quentin Blake Award

ClearVision was fortunate to receive the prestigious Quentin Blake Award 2007.

The Award is given to outstanding projects funded by the Roald Dahl Foundation which Quentin Blake feels touch the lives of children in a special way. It aims to give organisations the opportunity to undertake a special project which in normal circumstances would not be possible.

ClearVision is using the grant, worth up to £7,000, to produce a CD showcasing Braille readers of all ages and backgrounds enjoying ClearVision books with their families, friends, teachers and classmates. As well as promoting braille and enabling young braille readers to hear other braillists reading aloud, we hope the CD will help parents to feel more confident about reading to their children.

We will give a copy of this CD to each of our 1,000+ borrowers but should have some left over for non-members with an interest in braille and story-telling. Please get in touch if you would like to request a copy.

Special Needs London, 17-18 October 2008

ClearVision has taken a stand at this SEN exhibition at Islington’s Business Design Centre on 17th and 18th October 2008. For more information see www.teachingexhibitions.co.uk.

Sight Village, London, 4 November 2008

ClearVision will be exhibiting in the Reading Room at this first ever Sight Village London, to be held in Kensignton Town Hall. See www.qac.ac.uk/sightvillage for more information.

RNIB Tactile Graphics Conference, Birmingham 3-5 December 2008

ClearVision will be participating in this conference, which will cover all aspects of tactile graphics from tactile books for young children through to sophisticated but accessible tactile maps and diagrams. Entries in the TBAG Tactile Book Competition will be on display, as will tactile books from the ClearVision library. See www.nctd.org.uk/conference for more info on this.

Special Needs North, Manchester 24-25 April 2009

ClearVision will be exhibiting along with RNIB National Library Services at Manchester Central. For more information see www.teachingexhibitions.co.uk.