The retired primary school teacher transcribes for the Leeds Braille Group, and has transcribed the Hebrew part of the Singer’s Prayer Book into Braille. The 90-year-old has also volunteered as a hospital visitor for nearly 40 years and visits older members of Sinai Synagogue
Why these organisations?
I started the visiting because I like meeting people and felt that synagogue members, who are ill in hospital or older members who are lonely, might welcome a chat. After I retired I took up Braille in order to help blind people.
What does your current volunteering role involve?
It took me a year to transcribe the Singer’s Prayer Book. I was asked whether I would could do the same for the latest edition. The answer was no, as the Braille Group needed me. I have transcribed cooking instructions, books for blind children, notes for a healthcare worker, and work in Aramaic for a university student studying the Dead Sea Scrolls.
What is your most memorable volunteering moment?
When I finished transcribing the Hebrew part of the Singer’s Prayer Book, after working on that for a whole year.
