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We’re opening paid Ambassador roles for blind and partially sighted Londoners, and if you’re hearing this post read alou...
04/09/2026

We’re opening paid Ambassador roles for blind and partially sighted Londoners, and if you’re hearing this post read aloud right now, you’re exactly who we mean. No CV, no interview panel, no experience necessary. Just the kind of knowledge you can only get by living it.

As an Ambassador, you’d lead guided walks, training sessions and community socials, and help shape our social media content, sharing what a Travel Hands journey actually looks and feels like from the inside. Nobody explains this better than the people who live it.

Pay is agreed individually with each Ambassador for what they take on, because this is work, not a favour.

DM us “I am VIP” to sign up. Tag a VIP who’d be perfect for this.



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03/09/2026

Ben doesn’t just get Iris to the match. He found a friend who loves Arsenal exactly as much as he does and that’s the part people miss when they think about accessible support.

Iris never stopped following the club she loves. She just found someone to follow it with. That’s what real inclusion looks like: not one person helping another, but two people showing up for each other, week after week.

Clips from Arsenal’s documentary “A Champion’s Story: Ben and Iris”



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Your city wasn't built for everyone. Not the streets, not the stations, not the signage and definitely not the assumptio...
02/09/2026

Your city wasn't built for everyone. Not the streets, not the stations, not the signage and definitely not the assumptions people carry about who gets to move through it freely.

Accessibility isn't a bonus feature. It's the difference between a visually impaired person choosing where they go and having that choice made for them by a world that never planned for them in the first place.

At Travel Hands, we see it every day: independence isn't about doing everything alone. It's about having real options, real support, and the dignity of moving on your own terms.



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01/09/2026

Autonomous cars are already being tested on London’s streets. The question nobody’s asking loud enough: are they being built for everyone who walks those streets?

This is what it looks like when they are.

No fumbling for the right car. No arguing to bring a guide dog. A vehicle that actually slows down for a cane, not just a camera. And when it arrives — it tells you exactly which side to step out on.

That’s not a nice-to-have. That’s the baseline.

Travel Hands is watching this rollout closely — and we’re not waiting to be asked before we say: accessibility has to be in the room from day one, not added after complaints.

Inclusion isn’t a feature. It’s the whole point.





(visually impaired travel, blind assistance London, volunteer for the blind, accessibility London UK, disability support volunteer, guide for blind person, blind travel companion, London accessibility volunteer, help visually impaired UK, blind community support , visually impaired support in London)

Tomorrow the school gates open again across the UK. Before the bags are packed and the alarms are set, here’s a checklis...
31/08/2026

Tomorrow the school gates open again across the UK. Before the bags are packed and the alarms are set, here’s a checklist worth going through with your kids too.

Kindness for classmates who are different. The courage to include someone sitting alone. Patience for a friend who works at a different pace. A hand offered, never assumed. Curiosity instead of staring.

These are the lessons that make a classroom feel safe for every child in it, including the visually impaired and disabled students sitting right next to yours. Have this conversation with your child before the first day back. It takes five minutes and it shapes how they treat a classmate all year.



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Smart glasses don’t mean someone’s filming you, for a lot of visually impaired people, they’re just another tool for get...
28/08/2026

Smart glasses don’t mean someone’s filming you, for a lot of visually impaired people, they’re just another tool for getting around independently. But you know what does deserve your full attention? Tactile paving. It’s not a spot to stop, scroll, or side-eye a stranger, it’s someone’s only way through.

Be vigilant about your assumptions. Be mindful of your space. That’s accessibility, in one comic strip.




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Travel Hands VIP – Bushra’s Day Out with Volunteer GabriellaVolunteering like this, spending a day as someone’s companio...
27/08/2026

Travel Hands VIP – Bushra’s Day Out with Volunteer Gabriella

Volunteering like this, spending a day as someone’s companion and guide turns an ordinary outing into something they’ll remember. A few hours of your time gives someone independence they might not otherwise have: a chance to explore a castle, learn its history, laugh at a maze, watch birds of prey overhead all made possible simply because someone showed up to walk alongside them.



(visually impaired travel, blind assistance London, volunteer for the blind, accessibility London UK, disability support volunteer, guide for blind person, blind travel companion, London accessibility volunteer, help visually impaired UK, blind community support , visually impaired support in London)

26/08/2026

Dolly Parton gave the world more than music.

Through her Imagination Library, she partnered with the American Printing House for the Blind to send free braille and audio books to visually impaired children giving them the freedom to read on their own terms.

Not charity. Access.

That’s what independence looks like and it’s what we work for every day at Travel Hands. Independence looks different for everyone; our job is making sure it’s always within reach.

Rest in power, Dolly.



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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Not every disability looks like a wheelchair or a cane. In fact, roughly 80% of disabled people live with conditions tha...
24/08/2026

Not every disability looks like a wheelchair or a cane. In fact, roughly 80% of disabled people live with conditions that aren’t visible at all; chronic pain, autoimmune diseases, mental health conditions, neurological disorders, hearing loss, and more.

Yet so many people still feel the need to “prove” their disability to be believed. Comments like “but you don’t look disabled” or “you don’t look insert ethnicity” come from the same place: an assumption that identity has to be visually obvious to be valid.

You wouldn’t demand someone prove their race by how they look. So why is it normal to demand that from disabled people?

Disability doesn’t have one face. Belief shouldn’t require visible proof. Next time, listen instead of assuming.

Have you ever had your disability questioned because it wasn’t “visible enough”?



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