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Saima Ashraf

Saima Ashraf

Saima Ashraf MBE is a senior auditor at Merseyside Police, the first blind person to qualify as a CIPFA chartered public finance accountant, and founder of the East Lancs Legends visually impaired sports club in Blackburn.

Sep 14, 2026

The Happy Hour

The Happy Hour

S2 Ep1676: How Blind Baseball Supports Wellbeing With Saima Ashraf MBE

Sep 14 · 13m

Paulina Kuchorew
Paulina KuchorewHOST
1:27
the world did you find time to, you know, run a sports club? [laughs]
Saima Ashraf
Saima AshrafGUEST
1:33
So what happened in 2021, my eldest sister got pancreatic cancer, and then sadly passed away in 2022.
Saima Ashraf
Saima AshrafGUEST
1:41
And then I suddenly, um...
Saima Ashraf
Saima AshrafGUEST
1:43
I was on the cusp of turning 40, and I was thinking, like, I, I inherited her five children and, 'cause she was only 43 when she passed away.
Saima Ashraf
Saima AshrafGUEST
1:53
So I was like, "I need to get fitter," and I started looking into blind sports.
Saima Ashraf
Saima AshrafGUEST
1:58
Um, so there was a club named Lancashire Lions in Manchester.
Saima Ashraf
Saima AshrafGUEST
2:02
They had their 10th anniversary, um, event in August '23, uh, where they held taster sessions for all different sports.

5 MINS LATER

Paulina Kuchorew
Paulina KuchorewHOST
7:25
And is that, I guess, one of the benefits you would say that comes from doing sport like blind baseball?

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