Burnley Lions to host 'Sight and Sound' exhibition for visually and hearing impaired at Towneley Hall

Organised by Burnley Lions Club, ‘Sight and Sound’ takes place on Saturday, October 25th, and there will be a range of high and low tech equipment, and many services, on display. It’s a fantastic opportunity for those impaired by sight and hearing loss to find out what help is out there for them.

Open to the public from 10am to 4pm the exhibition is free and will be officially opened by the Mayor of Burnley Coun. Paul Reynolds. Exhibitors include React Accessibility Ltd which has produced a phone app that delivers discrete, automatic, in-phone proximity notifications when a person approaches a bus stop. Hopes are high it could soon become available if taken on board by Lancashire County Council.

Also there will be Optelec Ltd, one of the UK’s largest assistive technology companies which provides optical, electronic, software and lighting, to support people living with various sight loss conditions.

This is the third exhibition of this kind the Lions have hosted. The first was in 2017 and the second in 2021.

Other exhibitors are:

• The Macular Society
• Synapptic Ltd, a company that designs software specifically for sight loss and offers free lifetime UK-based help and support.
• The Burnley Talking Newspaper
• Pendle Voice
• The Visual impairment forum for Lancashire
• The Eye Care Liaison Service
• Blackburn and District Blind Society
• Guide Dogs for the Blind
• Deafway
• Lancashire County Council’s sensory team and cultural services staff
• Burnley West Health and Wellbeing team
• Galloways sight loss charity
• Braille IT
• Blackburn Talking Newspaper
• Hearing Products International Ltd