Why is sighted guide training important?

Much like learning how to perform first aid, sighted guiding is a useful life skill. It will give you confidence when you meet people who are blind or partially sighted, and the guiding techniques to help them if they need it. This is important for helping colleagues, students, visitors and members of the public on and around our campus, as well as further afield.

If you would like hands-on experience of practicing sighted guiding techniques yourself, our face-to-face, practical session is for you. This three-hour sessions covers:

- Eye conditions

- Challenges of vision impairment

- Barriers to independence

- Emotional consequences

- Access rights

- Customer story

- Myth busting quiz

- Sighted guiding techniques

- Tips for helping people with a vision impairment

- Guide Dog’s blindfold walk/challenge

- Suggestions on guiding a person with a guide dog

Maximum 16 attendees per session. This session will take place in LUMS WP B07.

This event will involve movement around campus, including walking in pairs with one person in a blindfold. If this is something you're not comfortable with, please contact us so we can make adjustments to the programme.

Transitions around campus will include the use of stairs, lifts and/or ramps, as appropriate to attendees' mobility limitations. If you would like to discuss any of these elements, please contact our EDI Team at edi@lancaster.ac.uk.

(Images used taken from Guide Dogs UK website)