16. Louise Taylor - Bench Talk with Jo Hilditch
Today I am talking to Louise Taylor who is a participant of the Building Better Opportunities project. Louise has been blind since birth, but she is not defined by this - she’s smart and switched on and always searching for better opportunities. She talks about the problems faced by blind people in our community, how they are taught to survive in a dark world, how particularly hard it was during Covid, as well as her working as a volunteer in the BBO programme. During lockdown Louise was one of the protagonists of the BBO group and has been a fantastic participant in the project, particularly when the idea of Baking A Difference arose during lock down. She became the star baker as well as being a great support to others. Not to forget Andrew the guide dog who came along to. And hear her suggestions for some tourist attractions that accommodate blind people.
Our bench today is in Broad Street, Hereford at the HVOSS headquarters - a central point for volunteering for Louise.
References:
Royal National College for the Blind A specialist residential college for young people with visual impairment (rnc.ac.uk)
BBO - BBO Herefordshire - Changing Lives Across Herefordshire | Landau
Baking A Difference Cook book - HVOSS - Latest News - ‘The wait is over! A year in the making and baking, the hvoss book ‘Baking a Difference’, has arrived in glorious technicolour
Radio Programme - Worlds Awakening Radio - Worlds Awakening Radio
Herefordshire Vision Links - Herefordshire Vision Links
Age UK - Telephone Befriending - Telephone friendship | Age UK
HVOSS - HVOSS
Visit Herefordshire Visit Herefordshire | Feel a World Away | Official Tourism Site
Queenswood - for walking Andrew the Dog - Queenswood Country Park & Bodenham Lake - Herefordshire, UK (queenswoodandbodenhamlake.org)
Hereford Cathedral - Hereford Cathedral
The Courtyard - Home - The Courtyard
No 10 on Church Street - (10) No 10 The Tearoom | Facebook
