DAB is pleased to announce a creative restructuring of our visual awareness training services. The scheme which provides external organisations with tailored, expert advice on how to enable visually impaired and blind people in the workplace will allow DAB to offer a more diverse range of training opportunities. A range of DAB staff will be provided with personal development opportuni...

Hello to all our members who have been seen through the LVA Scheme over the last few months! For those who haven’t yet had a low vision assessment if you feel we can help, please give us a call. The scheme is for people who have sight problems that cannot be corrected with spectacles, who are aged over 16 and who have a GP based in Derby or Derbyshire. An assessor can see you to det...

This is an England football team that would never be booed, with silence a necessary part of the game. Watching the national blind team train days before the World Cup kicks off in Hereford, there is a hushed quiet. Whereas mainstream football around the world is played amidst a colourful sonic backdrop - be it chanting, samba bands or a chorus of vuvuzelas - the silence in the blind ...

Volunteers Required       September 2010 We provide training and support for all our volunteers and pay travelling expenses in line with our expenses policy. Derby                                  &...

At the time of writing this I am just over one week into my new role and I am delighted to be able to use the opportunity to introduce myself to the 4500 people who receive the DAB Bulletin. My name is Ges Roulstone and I am very pleased to be joining DAB as its new Chief Executive. I join with 32 years experience of working in the field of disability, the last 17 of them working in th...

DAB is pleased to announce a creative restructuring of our visual awareness training services. The scheme which provides external organisations with tailored, expert advice on how to enable visually impaired and blind people in the workplace will allow DAB to offer a more diverse range of training opportunities. A range of DAB staff will be provided with personal development opportunities...