An event for the whole family. All are welcome. Walk or cycle with friends and be treated to afternoon tea in Wylam.

£10.00 to enter. Free for accompanied children under 16. Half price for Useful Vision registered families. All proceeds will go to Useful Vision.

It can be hard to know where to turn when a child in the family has a visual impairment or is diagnosed as blind. It’s important to know you’re not alone…

We’re here to help – Useful Vision is a registered charity providing positive opportunities, support, and accessible events for visually impaired children and their families across the North East.

Our huge range of imaginative activities, relaxed family events and skills workshops are designed to meet the needs of blind and partially sighted children of all ages and abilities. 

"Our late son, Ben Wilson, was the inspiration behind Useful Vision when he went blind at the age of 5. Like many parents we had a lot of questions, very little support and found it difficult to locate activities that would stimulate and entertain Ben.

By establishing Useful Vision we want to make access to these things easier for other families of blind and partially sighted children and their siblings across the North East.

Today we’re helping hundreds of families across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Teesside.

We’re here for support, to help answer your questions advice and, most important of all, to give vision impaired children the very best days out, ever!"

– Rebecca Wilson, Founder and Trustee