News - British Blind Sport

British Blind Sport ‘scales up’ their successful See My Voice programme!

Following the success of the three year See My Voice programme that British Blind Sport developed to support blind and partially sighted young people achieve leadership skills through volunteering, we are delighted to announce that we have been selected by…

British Blind Sport Takes Collective Approach to Covid-19

The British Blind Sport (BBS) 2020 Impact Report examines how the ongoing pandemic has affected service users’ levels of physical activity and engagement with the charity. The report also includes an overview of BBS’s projects, partnership initiatives and how the…

Sport England funds development of participation in sport amongst people with sight loss

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in partnership with British Blind Sport have received £1m in funding from Sport England for three years to develop participation in sport amongst people with sight loss. Despite Covid-19 having a devastating…

Covid-19 Status Update: 30/11/2020

From 2nd December the government have given renewed guidance regarding the return to grassroots sport. Grassroots sport will be able to go ahead, from December 2nd, in all tiers, however those in the highest tier will face some extra mitigation.…

Covid-19 Status Update (10/11/2020)

As the restrictions around the global pandemic begin to vary and different countries of the UK are under different levels of national and tiered system lockdowns, we wanted to update you on the position of British Blind Sport and our…

British Blind Sport continues to mark National Trustee Week 2020

We continue to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our British Blind Sport trustees during National Trustees Week 2020. We finish off the week by learning more about trustee Ben Moorhead – in his own words! “I joined BBS…

British Blind Sport celebrates National Trustee Week 2020

There are just over 1 million trustees in the UK and Trustees Week is an annual campaign to highlight and celebrate their hard work in the charitable sector. British Blind Sport currently has 7 trustees on its board, who work…

British Blind Sport’s new Active At Home Programme

As with many other sport and physical activity providers, the Coronavirus pandemic has encouraged British Blind Sport, the National Disability Sports Organisation for people with visual impairments, to adapt its delivery of services and explore the world of audio-led, virtual…

British Blind Sport to host See My Voice Conference

To mark the end of the initial period of the See My Voice project, British Blind Sport’s Young Leaders are hosting a conference to share valuable learnings and experiences that the project has delivered over the past 3 years. See…

Government “Rule of 6” for indoor activity

(Taken from Sport England) The UK government has recently made the decision that those aged 18 and over will need to adhere to the ‘rule of 6’ if they are playing indoor team sports. The government have since stated that…