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Mind your backs! atwsolutions® are coming through!
Kensington Sight Village started encouragingly on Tuesday 7th November with crowds of visitors calmly queueing for entrance as we rocked up (late due to the state opening of Parliament by the King that same morning 🙂
We were able to quickly get our stand and banners put up and ready for the thronging crowds thanks to the help received from Michael Page of TouchPoint vision, the UK distributor of Orcam.
Kate and Marnie were soon answering questions on all matters to do with atwsolutions® and how we can help overcome the issues facing people living with sight loss in applying for Access to Work funding.
The venue this year appeared a lot more congested than the previous years; something that on reflection was that 2 years on from the national lock down meant that people were a lot more relaxed and up for attending organised events and being cheek by jowl with their fellow blinkies. There wasn’t a face covering to be seen anywhere (happy smiles.)
All the usual culprits were represented – Sight and Sound , Retina UK , and many others (too many to mention individually.) Despite some disgruntled exhibitors with the lack of Wi-Fi connectivity throughout the venue (which impeded their ability to take card payments), everyone knuckled down and got on with the main reason for any sight village event. Meeting the public and answering questions.
Whether you are a fan of TikTok or have an inordinate enhanced sense of hearing and heard Big Ben strike the half hour, all the way over hear in posh Kensington 11:35 was soon upon us and Marnie and myself decanted the main exhibition hall for the lower seminar rooms in time for us to present “Using an Agency – busting the myths” our carefully rehearsed atwsolutions® fringe event on the advantages of why using an agency to supply individual support needs is the only sensible approach to having a support worker.
As Marnie quickly overcame the struggles of erecting our atwsolutions® display banner, I warmed up the audience; like a seasoned Sight Village raconteur of old would. with a from memory Christmas Cracker joke.
The show went on as it must and soon we had the floor asking questions, and we were confidently and competently answering everything that was thrown at us.
Back in the main exhibition hall, Kate was masterly dealing with enquiries with a happy and endearing smile; our information card supply was diminishing with each enquiry and names and e-mail addresses being taken so we could follow up the enquiry on the day by sending on our welcome pack when we returned to the office.
To sum up – Another great public relations exercise from atwsolutions®
By: Colin Fowler (November 2023)