If you are a budding photographer, there’s still time for your pictures to be considered for Manx Blind Welfare Society’s 2018 fundraising calendar.

The Society invited amateur snappers to submit their photos and has been pleased with the response. However, Manx Blind Welfare Society Volunteers Coordinator & Events Organiser Debbie Thomson said there’s still time to send in pictures.

She explained: ‘Once again we’ve been delighted with the public response and have been sent a wonderful collection of photos which will make our 2018 calendar very colourful.

‘If anyone had a photo they were thinking of sending in but they haven’t got around to it yet, we’d like to let them know there’s still time to get in touch.

‘The theme is Manx landscape and we have received some wonderful images, but we’d like to see more. We’d be particularly be interested in anything suitable for both winter and the TT.’

The Society is producing the calendar to help raise money to fund its work providing free services and support to blind and visually impaired people across the Isle of Man. It is hoped many amateur photographers, including people with visual impairments, will be included in the 2018 calendar to reflect the Society’s values of inclusion.

Mrs Thomson explained: ‘Inclusivity is at the heart of what Manx Blind Welfare Society does and we’d like our calendar to be a platform for people of all abilities to demonstrate their skills.

‘Anyone who browses social media will have seen some truly beautiful photos of the Island by amateur photographers, including some with varying degrees of visual impairment. We want our calendar to showcase those photos to a new audience.’

Photographs must be submitted to DThomson@mbws.org.im by 26th May. The Manx Blind Welfare Society 2018 calendar will be on sale later this year.

To find out more about the work of MBWS, visit www.mbws.org.im.