Blind Sports and Recreation Victoria
Field of Interest
- Health/wellbeing and medical research
- Social inclusion and justice
Target Population
- People with a disability, illness or disease
- People experiencing socio-economic disadvantage or vulnerability
Blind Sports and Recreation Victoria (BSRV) enhances the lives of people throughout Victoria who are blind or vision impaired through sport and recreation. Since our establishment in 1977 we have evolved into a small thriving charity, supporting more than 1200 members, across our programs and with our affiliated Blind sports.
BSRV offers over 20 fun, social, sport and recreation programs for blind or low vision children and adults, encouraging healthy, active lifestyles. Our group walks are very popular with just under 200 BSRV vision impaired participants engaged in the program across metropolitan Melbourne. The social nature of our programs, especially our group walk activities, supported by BSRV sighted guide volunteers, enable people with vision loss to engage in physical activity in a meaningful way, while also strengthening their social connections.
Frankston Vision Impaired Table Tennis Club is part of the Vision Impaired Table Tennis Association (VITTA), affiliated with BSRV. The Frankston Vision Impaired Table Tennis (VITT) club was established in May 2022, is volunteer led, and run by its members. It has a rich diversity of members from across Melbourne that come together to play weekly. Members range in age from 20 to 70+ play, and the sport is also accessible for members with limited mobility. VITT can be played socially and is also a fiercely competitive sport, with players from Frankston VITT club participating in tournaments interstate.
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