Media releases

Jean Lowe, from Croydon, has been serving the community by helping people who are blind or have low vision lead better lives. She has worked as a volunteer at Vision Australia for 25 years.

Vera feels that helping people who are blind or have low vision to be independent provides her with a valuable link to the community

A desire to quietly help people who are blind or have low vision to lead better lives has driven Cliff Jackson, 87, to volunteer with Vision Australia for more than 18 (eighteen) years.

Forget Master Chef and My Kitchen Rules, an event being organised by a small but dedicated team of Wollongong volunteers will require diners to read and decode a braille menu, eat a meal in the dark and hold and consume all drinks with their non-dominant hand.

Mrs Libby Dickeson of Lake Macquarie describes herself as a ‘typical retiree’ but those she has assisted at Vision Australia, Newcastle, for the past 20 years know Libby is far from typical.

Long time Gosford resident Helen Murray volunteers with Vision Australia because she loves to give and receive smiles.

Shelley Heaton recently completed a Certificate II in Warehousing and Logistics. This achievement, the result of hard work, collaboration and a strong will to succeed is more remarkable given Shelley is legally blind.

Twenty year old Shavir Harrysunker from Croydon Park recently participated in Vision Australia's Pre Employment Program in Enfield.