Terry Robinson enters CQ Worldwide Amateur Radio Contest 2006 to raise funds for the
BCAB (25th to 26th November)
ASK-IT International Conference - "Mobility for all-The use of Ambient
Intelligence in addressing the mobility needs of people with impairments"
(French Riviera, 26-27 October)
International
Computer Camp for Visually Impaired Young People (Europe,
August 4th to 12th)
Sight North East Exhibition 2006
(Swallow Hotel, Gateshead, 6th September)
THRIVE Blind Gardening Weekend, 14-16 July 2006
(Nottinghamshire)
Sight
Village 2006 Exhibition (18th to 20th July, Birmingham)
Royal
Cornwall Yacht Club's Blind Sailing Week (17th to 24th June 2006,
Cornwall)
England
Blind Cricket 4 day series against Pakistan (May 27 to 31, Worcestershire)
NCBI awareness day in Kilkenny
(May 9th, Ireland)
V Magazine Fashion Show
(24th April 2006, Henshaws Society for Blind People)
RNIB
Leisure lists accessible Museum & Gallery events for Jan to
Feb 2006 (Various Dates & Venues)
Workshop
- RNIB "Train the Trainer" course (2nd February 2006,
London)
Entertainment
- Beacon Centre for the Blind "Search for a Star" competition
(14th January 2006, Midlands)
Concert
- Takashi Kikuchi - virtuoso blind Japanese violist (20th January 2006, Lincoln)
Special Needs Worcester
(Sponsored by Dolphin Computer Access) (26th January, Worcester)
Exhibition
- NCTD
Tactile Graphics 2005 (December 1-2, Jury's Inn, Birmingham)
November
05 - Live online webcast for World Usability Day (November 3rd)
November
05 - R N I B Techshare Conference (Nov 17 to 18, Birmingham)
November
05 - Conference on Vision Loss & Driving (Nov 27, Birmingham)
November
05 - Sponsored Ham Radio event for BCAB "Eye T 4 All"
Project (Nov 26 - 27)
October
05 - Birmingham V I event to address Black Minority Ethnic & Sight Loss issues
(Oct 13)
October
05 - NASEN and TES SPECIAL NEEDS 2005, Business Design Centre, Islington
(Oct 21 - 22)
September
05 - OcuSource Announces Online Conference for Macular Degeneration
(Sept 22 to 24)
September
05 - Interspeech 2005 - 9th European Conference on Speech Communication & Technology
(Lisbon, Portugal, 4th to 9th September)
August
05 - "Introduction to Archaeology for the Visually Impaired"
course begins (Sedgeford, Norfolk, Sunday 14th August)
July/August
05 - ICC 05 - International Camp on Communication & Computers for partially sighted &
blind teens (Czech Republic, 21/7/05 to 7/8/05)
August
05 - R N I B Solutions 2005 Exhibition (Judd Street, London - Friday
5th August)
July
05 - Sight Village Exhibition, Clarendon Suites, Birmingham
(19th to 21st July)
July
05- National Library for the Blind's "Make a noise in libraries"
fortnight (U K Wide)
June
05 - R Y A Sailability Blind Week, at Royal Southampton Yacht Club
(4th to 10th June)
May
05 - English Blind Golf Association matchplay championships (11 to 13
May, U K)
May
05 - Conference on Accessible Biometrics (May 18th, London)
April
05 - St Dunstan's 4th Annual Shoot (April 20th, Brookwood, Surrey)
April
05 - Bristol University "Insights into Employment" course
begins (Bristol)
April
05 - R N I B
Vision 2005 Conference - (April 4th to 7th, London)
March
to May 05 - Extant blind theatre company present "Resistance"
(Various U K locations)
March
05 - Inaugural BlindArt Exhibition - (March 2, London)
February
05 - B M E
Sight Loss Conference - Friday 18th February 2005 (Manchester)
January 05
- R L S B DJ Ben Kearns attempts World Record for longest Radio Show (London)
January
05 - Hull College V I Technology Showcase (Hull,
East Yorkshire)
December 04 - Partially
Sighted World Football Championships (Manchester)
November
04 - R N I B
Techshare 2004 Conference (Birmingham)
October 04
- Speed of Sight blind solo land speed
record attempt (now postponed
to 2005 )
September
04 - Sailing - R Y A Blind Nationals (Menai Straits,
Wales)
August
04 - Cricket
- England Won the Blind Ashes (Berkshire)
July
04 - B C A B
Presented Guide Cats for the Blind, live in concert! (Birmingham)
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