S2 Ep1658: SeeAbility Achieves GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Title

About this episode

The episode discusses SeeAbility's achievement of a Guinness World Records title and highlights the importance of eye care for children in special schools.

National charity SeeAbility has achieved a huge Guinness World Records title for: “Most participants featured on a live portrait installation in 48 hours”. The challenge, which involved creating a live portrait installation in Potters Fields Park, next to Tower Bridge, was taken on to shine a light on the tens of thousands of children and young people in London’s special schools who are missing out on basic eye care and glasses. Barry Snell caught up with their Director of Eye Care, Lisa Donaldson, to find out more. To learn more about SeeAbility click here Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white and black background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font

People in this episode

Guest: Lisa Donaldson

Topics covered

• Guinness World Records
• eye care
• charity
• children
• special schools

Keywords

• Guinness World Records
• SeeAbility
• eye care
• portrait installation
• charity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SeeAbility

Places: Potters Fields Park, Tower Bridge, London

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