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Sussex SLC joined VocalEyes for our second #DescribingHeritage workshop at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill.

Volunteers explored artefacts through touch-first sessions, helping co-create more meaningful audio description for blind & partially sighted people.

Next stop: Chatham Historic Dockyard
Two hands hold a curved, ivory, coloured object. The object is etched with a detailed line drawing of a sailing ship, with multiple masks and rigging. Alison and Paul, Sussex SLC members, sit at a table during the co-creation workshop. Alison is in the forefront of the picture, and is reaching out to touch stone artefacts on a labelled board.
May 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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#VocalEyes and Sight Loss Councils are partnering to co-create inclusive audio descriptions for heritage collections. Over 2 years, 10 hubs will work with blind and partially sighted people to improve access to museums and heritage sites.

#DescribingHeritage #MakeArtAccessible”
A male wearing headphones and a dark jacket is standing in front of framed artwork on a white gallery wall. A small audio device is attached to the wall near the artwork.
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Bringing heritage to life through audio description 🎧

Our partnership with VocalEyes continues through the #DescribingHeritage project, with Yorkshire and Staffordshire SLC members helping museums shape more accessible experiences for blind and partially sighted visitors.

#VisionForChange
Tony, West Yorkshire SLC member, Verity, North Yorkshire SLC member, and a staff member sit around a table in a meeting room with glass walls. Tony examines a metal artefact with both hands while the other two observe. A Japanese bullet train is displayed inside the National Railway Museum in York. The streamlined train, with a white body and yellow front, sits beneath a large circular display structure illuminated with coloured lights. The museum's vast exhibition hall stretches into the background, featuring multiple historic locomotives and trains under a high steel-framed roof. Visitors can be seen walking around the exhibits and viewing the collection from both floor level and an upper gallery. A group of Staffordshire Sight Loss Council members, Gladstone Pottery Museum staff and project partners stand together for a group photograph following a workshop session at Gladstone Pottery Museum. The group is arranged in a workshop room with cream-coloured walls, tables and chairs visible around the space.
June 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Shaping accessible heritage together 🎧

Essex Sight Loss Council members joined VocalEyes at the Food Museum in Stowmarket to help co-create engaging audio descriptions for museum visitors. Accessibility is strongest when people with lived experience help shape it. #DescribingHeritage
ee Mercer, a member of Essex Sight Loss Council, sits at a table during a Describing Heritage workshop at the Food Museum in Stowmarket. Wearing a light blue Sight Loss Councils polo shirt, Lee explores a historic metal and wooden object placed on the table in front of him. Members or Essex Sight Loss Council and museum staff sit around a large wooden table in a historic room at the Food Museum in Stowmarket. One participant uses a braille device while taking part in a group discussion with museum staff and workshop attendees.
July 13, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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🎨 Members of London Sight Loss Councils recently joined VocalEyes at the National Gallery for the final #DescribingHeritage workshop, helping shape audio description from the very start.

🎧 Hear participants discuss the project on BBC Radio 4's In Touch: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00300j7
Vicky, a Southwest London Sight Loss Council member explores a textile artwork laid on a table at the National Gallery. Leaning closely over the piece, she uses touch to examine the different textures, threads and embroidered details within the artwork. Denise, South East London Sight Loss Council member, Liam O'Carroll, Interim Engagement Manager for London Sight Loss Councils, Vicky and Nikki, South West London Sight Loss Council members, and Iain Mitchell, Senior Engagement Manager for North England, stand together in front of a large framed painting at the National Gallery. Liam and Nikki are holding long canes, and all five face the camera.
August 12, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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SLCs are supporting VocalEyes’ #DescribingHeritage project, kickstarting the project at Barnsley Museum.

SLC members are co-creating audio descriptions to make heritage more accessible for blind and partially sighted people. First of 10 location - next stop, Bexhill.
A group of volunteers and facilitators sit around several tables during the Describing Heritage workshop at Barnsley Museum. Participants are sat closely together in discussion. The room is bright with large windows.
April 22, 2026 at 11:01 AM