New Horizons
5 years ago

New Horizons - Episode 682, Blind Citizens News

In this week's episode we feature the editorial from the recently released Blind Citizens News magazine, edited by Jonathan Craig. Jonathan joins us to talk about his editorial and discuss the contents of this edition. Also a brief reminder about the N...

5 years ago

New Horizons - Episode 681, BCA New Member Forum

In this week's episode we speak with Ken Brandt, a new member of Blind Citizens Australia, and Tim Haggis, Membership Development Coordinator. Hear about the upcoming forum for new members of BCA, where new members can find out about the work of BCA and...

5 years ago

New Horizons - Episode 680, International Council on English Braille Keynote Speech part II

This week we feature the second part of the keynote speech given by Ambassador Webson, to the General Assembly of the ICEB, held online a few weeks ago. The entire proceedings of the GA are available on the website, https://live.braillecast.com/content....

5 years ago

New Horizons - Episode 679, International Council on English Braille - Keynote Speech

This week, we hear the first of two programmes dedicated to the keynote speech given at the recently held ICEB General Assembly. We start with the introduction given to the assembly about the keynote speaker, who then goes on to discuss sustainable deve...

5 years ago

New Horizons - Episode 678, Independent Functional Assessments

We speak this week with Rikki Chaplin, Advocacy Officer with BCA, about Independent Functional Assessments, what they mean to the blind and vision impaired community. Find out how you can have your say, and find out more information. BCA will be holdin...

5 years ago

New Horizons - Episode 677, National Policy Council

In this week's New Horizons, we hear from Fiona Woods, director of Blind Citizens Australia and chair of the National Policy Council. Hear about the council, its work and members, and find out how you can become involved.

5 years ago

New Horizons - Episode 676, Australia vs Canada - what's the difference?

Graeme Innes speaks with Sarah Bolton, who whilst spending much of her life in Canada has lived in Australia for several years now. They discuss the difference in blindness services as well as attitudes to people who are blind or vision impaired and how...

5 years ago

New Horizons - Episode 675, Meet the Brisbane Branch!

Graeme Innes speaks with David Saxburg and Paul Price from BCA's Brisbane branch. The Brisbane branch took a positive approach to Covid-19, to include the broader Queensland Community for social, online, gatherings.

5 years ago

New Horizons - Episode 674, BCA AGM and elections

In this week's episode, we speak with John Simpson, BCA president, and CEO, Emma Bennison about the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Blind Citizens Australia. Find out the time and date for the AGM, who is up for re-election this year and how the elec...

5 years ago

New Horizons - Episode 673, BCA Connect and more!

In this week's episode we hear from Sally Aurisch about the upcoming BCA Connect event. Find out what will be featured, how you can register and more. As well, we hear from Stephen Belbin about the upcoming Aboriginal Blind People's forum, coming up on...