Our leisure and fitness resources and best practice guides are for gym and leisure operators and professionals that support blind and partially sighted people.
UK Coaching and Thomas Pocklington Trust created a training resource for gym and leisure operators to make sport accessible for people with a visual impairment.
Inclusive facilities: Supporting people with a visual impairment
Our partners at British Blind Sport, Metro Blind Sport, Rehabilitation Workers Professional Network, Visionary, The Wilberforce Trust and North East Sensory Services created a guide for vision rehabilitation workers supporting blind and partially sighted adults through physical activity.
This is supported by physical activity and vision rehabilitation activity cards for vision rehabilitation workers supporting blind and partially sighted adults through physical activity.
Download the rehabilitation workers guide
Download the vision rehabilitation activity cards
To accompany our Sight Loss Councils’ Vision Awareness (VI) training, venues receive our leaflet ‘Ask. Don’t assume’ which gives them an overview on sighted guiding
Download our sighted guiding leaflet – Ask. Don’t assume
You can read more detailed guidance on sighted guiding on RNIB’s website.
How leisure providers can make their facilities more inclusive? TPT's Martin Symcox hosts this episode of the Blind Spot podcast to explore this question and talk about sports with Cathy Low and Paul Ryb . Listen now.
Find out more about 'Podcast: Making sport and physical activity accessible'The design of fitness equipment used in many gyms is a barrier to visually impaired people taking part in exercise. This research investigates the development and provision of electronic fitness equipment for visually impaired users.
Find out more about 'Inclusive fitness equipment for people with a visual impairment'
