SHEFFIELD VISUALLY IMPAIRED WALKING GROUP

We are all deeply saddened by the news of Uriah Rennie's passing. Uriah was a good friend and active supporter of our group, occasionally joining us on walks and socialising with us.

He was kind, friendly and approachable, and did a great deal for the group in his quiet unassuming way.

We are proud to have known him. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

At present the committee is:

Stan is stepping down as Treasurer and Andy Abbey will take over as Treasurer.

Pauline is also stepping down as Secretary so if anyone in our group would like to take over this role please contact Sue Hill.

Darren Johnson will be on the committee as a co-opted member and David Guille as full member, his role being Health and Safety.

Eileen is also willing to stand down as Walk Coordinator if anyone would like to take over from Eileen.
This role involves arranging with David the dates for his Tuesday walks (usually the first Tuesday in each month) and contacting walk leaders in our group or outside our group to see if they would be willing to lead a walk for the Wednesday and Sunday walks.
As walk coordinator, you do not have to know about the walks themselves as this is down to the walk leaders.
Please contact Eileen if interested for further information.

Also, if any members would like to be nominated for any of the above roles then please contact Sue.
It would be good to see other new faces on our Committee.

Sometimes we have to turn down VI's if there are not enough guides for that particular walk. This is never personal - we are working hard to recruit new guides so our VI's are never turned down for a walk.

Judith has set up a Facebook page for our group to send her any photos, videos, etc, hopefully to recruit new guides. Contact details are judemorton56@gmail.com or mobile 07896 596413.
Also not forgetting our web site managed by James Percival.

Also it is most important to contact Martin by the date specified for that particular walk. This gives Martin time to try to find more guides to come along, sometimes forgetting to put their names down.

Ideally we would like to have 2 guides for each VI but this is not possible so we always have 2 to 3 spare guides to give other guides who find themselves guiding most of the day a rest.

Thank you for your cooperation.