Over 450 people, the majority visually impaired and from all over the UK, celebrated the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille's birth at a special church service held in St Martin in the Fields Church, Trafalgar Square, London on Saturday 21st March 2009.The service, which is one of a number of events being held throughout 2009 to commemorate the life of Louis Braille, was led throughout by Braille users accompanied by blind musicians.
Afterwards, visitors were able to view an exhibition of braille resources provided by Compass Braille, Torch Trust for the Blind, the Association of Church Braillists, the Bible Society and the Royal National Institute for the Blind
Braille enables blind people to read using a system of six dots embosssed into thick paper.
Our chairman, Mervyn Ivany is shown above standing in front of St Martin in the Fields Church prior to attending the service.
