MALVERN mayor Cynthia Palmer is urging town residents to support the first-ever Walk the Blindfold Mile event to be held in the town.

The event, held by Worcester-based charity Sight Concern, builds on the success of a similar event held in the city last year.

Councillor Palmer will be joined on the walk by the chairman of Malvern Hills District Council, Cllr Chris O’Donnell.

The event is not until April, but Cllr Palmer is urging as many people as possible to sign up to take part.

Sight Concern aims to involve at least 100 people walking in pairs around Malvern. One of the pair is blindfolded while the other is sighted. Along the way there will be a number of sensory challenges to complete.

Starting and finishing at Malvern Cube, the route will include the library, the priory, Malvern Theatres and Priory Park.

Participants will have the chance to experience some of the challenges that blind and partially-sighted people overcome each day.

The event will help to raise money for Sight Concern, which ran a similar event in Worcester last year. People who took part described it as a powerful, memorable and attention-grabbing experience.

The event will be hosted by Sight Concern's president Lady Morrison, chair of trustees Jon Parsons and chief officer Jenny Gage.