‘Making someone’s day by singing makes me happy’

Keira, a 17-year-old singer and self-taught pianist from Thorne, will perform with the BBC Children in Need Choir during Friday night’s televised fundraiser. Blind since birth, she says singing is a way to make other people happy, and her family say she has always found ways to pursue what matters to her.

Keira has optic nerve hypoplasia and can perceive some light and shadows. She prepared for the performance by typing the lyrics in Braille and practising with a backing track; her guide dog Pollie and family will be there to support her. She was nominated by Blind in Business, which supports people who are blind or partially sighted into work, and is studying English, food technology and music at sixth-form college.