Blind Citizens Australia

New Horizons - Episode 679, International Council on English Braille - Keynote Speech

This week, we hear the first of two programmes dedicated to the keynote speech given at the recently held ICEB General Assembly.  We start with the introduction given to the assembly about the keynote speaker, who then goes on to discuss sustainable development goals for Braille.  If you would like to hear the entire proceedings, you may visit https://live.braillecast.com/content.php  Alternately, search for ICEB General Assembly in your podcast app or device of choice.  We feature the second half of the keynote speech next week.

New Horizons - Episode 678, Independent Functional Assessments

We speak this week with Rikki Chaplin, Advocacy Officer with BCA, about Independent Functional Assessments, what they mean to the blind and vision impaired community.  Find out how you can have your say, and find out more information.  BCA will be holding a Round Table event in November to discuss these.

New Horizons - Episode 677, National Policy Council

In this week's New Horizons, we hear from Fiona Woods, director of Blind Citizens Australia and chair of the National Policy Council.  Hear about the council, its work and members, and find out how you can become involved.

New Horizons - Episode 676, Australia vs Canada - what's the difference?

Graeme Innes speaks with Sarah Bolton, who whilst spending much of her life in Canada has lived in Australia for several years now.  They discuss the difference in blindness services as well as attitudes to people who are blind or vision impaired and how they differ between the two countries.

New Horizons - Episode 675, Meet the Brisbane Branch!

Graeme Innes speaks with David Saxburg and Paul Price from BCA's Brisbane branch.  The Brisbane branch took a positive approach to Covid-19, to include the broader Queensland Community for social, online, gatherings.

New Horizons - Episode 674, BCA AGM and elections

In this week's episode, we speak with John Simpson, BCA president, and CEO, Emma Bennison about the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Blind Citizens Australia.  Find out the time and date for the AGM, who is up for re-election this year and how the election process will be managed.

New Horizons - Episode 673, BCA Connect and more!

In this week's episode we hear from Sally Aurisch about the upcoming BCA Connect event.  Find out what will be featured, how you can register and more.  As well, we hear from Stephen Belbin about the upcoming Aboriginal Blind People's forum, coming up on the 30th of September.

New Horizons - Episode 672, My Community, My way!

In this week's episode, we speak with Sophie Wild from Guide Dogs Victoria.  Sophie joins us to discuss a new community hub which has been developed to promote peer support and information sharing foir blind and vision impaired people across Australia.

NewHorizons - Episode 671, Guide Dogs Australia role

This week we hear from Dale Cleaver, CEO of Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, about an interesting role currently being advertised by Guide Dogs Australia.

New Horizons - Episode 670, Turning the tables! Interviewing the host.

In this week's extended episode of New Horizons, Graeme Innes joins us to ... well, turn the tables on Vaughn Bennison, our regular New Horizons producer and presenter.  Vaughn has produced New Horizons now for nearly five years, and at the request of some of our regular listeners, Graeme hijacks the programme to find out a bit about Vaughn's life.