I met Erik Weihenmayer whilst in San Francisco and he has posted this lovely Facebook post about me; “I met my friend Penny Melville-Brown presenting at LightHouse for the Blind in San Francisco in 2018. Penny was receiving the Holman…
Taken from the latest HMRC update: Families shouldn’t miss out on financial support that can help pay for childcare during the summer holidays. Through Tax-Free Childcare, families can receive up to £2,000 a year per child – or £4,000…
The Catisfield Memorial Hall Management Committee is looking for new volunteer Members. If you can spare 4-6 evenings a year for the meetings, have fresh ideas and enthusiasm to make the Hall work for local people, this could be for…
Mental health doesn’t discriminate as to whether you’re wearing uniform or not. Forces.net had a special week highlighting how to get through such problems. Read the article and listen to my interview here.
I’ve been working with the tax people at HMRC for years and they would like to hear from you about “Raising standards in tax advice: protecting customers claiming tax repayments”. They want to take action to protect you from unscrupulous…
Join my free demonstration at 10.30am on 11th July. Register by clicking here.
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I’m hugely grateful for having been nominated last Friday for the “Life-time achievement” category for these awards. Decisions will be announced at a gala event in Liverpool in September. There’s no chance of me succeeding as the public voting that…
Hampshire’s Penny Melville-Brown is whipping up a batch of brownies to mark World Baking Day on 17 May. The delicious cakes will feature in her next on-line demonstration for other visually impaired people across the county in June. Author of…
I survived the first book signing event and “A cook’s tour: Baking Blind goes global” is also available worldwide on Kindle (with clickable links to 50+ demos £9.99) and Amazon (£12.99 -£10.41 with Prime). It was tricky writing names, greetings…
