Working Life: Sculpture classes tailored to people who are visually impaired have proven to be a success

Marta O'Connor, head of support services at Fighting Blindness

"I seek out grants which could potentially support our counselling and peer support groups and also our new projects such as Sculpture for Visually Impaired, Dance for All and yoga classes, which I would like to put in place this year," Marta O'Connor, head of support services at Fighting Blindness

6.30am

I read the news over a cup of tea before strolling through Cork city to my yoga class. I’m a huge fan of yoga and mindfulness — it plays an important role in my life. It’s one of the activities I’m looking at introducing into our community of people with visual impairment.