Agencies Serving Blind & Partially Sighted People

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List of UK Braille Producers

Action for Blind People
14-16 Verney Road, London SE16 3DZ, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Sandra Hanafin
Tel: +44 20 7635 4800
Fax: +44 20 7635 4900
Email: info@actionforblindpeople.org.uk
Web: www.afbp.org
Activities: A national UK charity which aims to enable blind and partially sighted people to enjoy equal opportunities. Provides services in the areas of work, leisure, housing and support.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

Aspire Consultancy
2 New Forge Court, Haxby, York YO32 3YA, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Graham Longly
Tel: +44 1904 762 788
Email: info@aspire-consultancy.co.uk
Web: www.aspire-consultancy.co.uk
Activities: To help partially sighted people to aspire to their full potential through the provision of quality advice and training on appropriate specialist technology in homes and the workplace.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

Association of Blind and Partially Sighted Teachers and Students (ABAPSTAS)
2 Damhead, Holmbridge, Holmfirth, HD9 2PB , United Kingdom.
Contact person: Nick Clarke, Membership Officer
Tel: +44 1484 690 542
Email: nick@abapstas.org.uk
Web: www.abapstas.org.uk
Activities: Initially founded with the primary aim of supporting partially sighted students, teachers and lecturers. Since then, ABAPSTAS has grown into a national self-help and campaigning organisation. The main focus is still on education and employment but members now include people who have moved into careers other than teaching.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

Blind Business Association Charitable Trust (BBACT)
29 Quantock Rise, Shepshed, Leicestershire, LE12 9JR, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Penny Hefferan, Projects and Administration Manager
Tel: 0845 045 0696
Email: info@bbact.org.uk
Web: www.bbact.org.uk
Activities: Giving positive and tangible support and encouragement to blind or partially sighted individuals who are either starting up or have already established their own business. Through advice, mentoring, seminars, conferences, need-orientated projects and a small grants fund, the aim is to maximise the potential for long-term business success.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

British Council for Prevention of Blindness (BCPB)
59-60 Russell Square, London, WC1B 4HP, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 7953 37 77
Email: info@bcpb.org
Web: www.bcpb.org
Activities: Our aim is to extend the sight saving activities of the leading British agencies concerned with blindness. We raise funds for research projects at British hospitals and universities and fund blindness prevention projects abroad.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

British Eye Research Foundation
(formerly Iris Fund for Prevention of Blindness)
Lincoln House, 75 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7HS, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 7928 7743
Fax: +44 20 7928 7743
E-mail: info@berf.org.uk
Web: www.berf.org.uk
Activities: Funds research, within the United Kingdom, into the causes, prevention, treatment and cure of eye disease.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
PO Box 350, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1GZ, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Mrs. Lynda Cantor, Hon. Secretary
Tel: +44 1280 821 334 (Office); +44 845 123 2354 (Helpline)
Fax: +44 1280 815 900
Email: lynda@brps.org.uk
Web: www.brps.org.uk
Activities: The Society is a membership organisation run by volunteers with over thirty-five branches throughout the UK. The BRPS aims to raise funds for scientific research to provide treatments leading to a cure for retinitis pigmentosa. The BRPS also provides a welfare support and guidance service to its members and their families.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

Catholic Blind Institute
Christopher Grange, Youens Way, Liverpool, L14 2EW, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 151 220 25 25
Fax: +44 151 220 19 72
Email: info@catholicblindinstitute.org
Web: www.catholicblindinstitute.org
Activities: Runs St Vincent's School for Blind and Partially Sighted Children and the Christopher Grange Centre for Adult Blind. The Resource Centre houses a Low-Vision Area, High Tech Computers and a Communication Area. The Equipment Area houses the widest possible range of equipment, meaning people have a choice and the equipment will suit their needs. A Library area has Braille, talking books and spoken word videos, plus a very large information area. A music library is also underway. Tanauk Sight Line are installing one of their computers, which will reproduce newspapers and magazines using either screen magnification or voice synthesisers. Companies also use the Centre to preview and demonstrate their new and up to date equipment.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

CBM (Christian Blind Mission)
Street address: Vision House, 7/8 Oakington Business Park, Dry Drayton Road, Oakington, Cambridge, CB4 5DQ, United Kingdom.
UK Freespost address: CBM Freepost, ANG 6010, Cambridge, CB4 6YA
Tel: +44 1223 484 700 (Office); 0800 169 8659 (Freephone)
Fax: +44 1223 484 701
Email: info@cbmuk.org.uk
Web: www.cbmuk.org.uk
Activities: Supports the blind and partially sighted in those areas of need worldwide. Based upon Christian principles CBM exists to provide medical intervention, education and rehabilitation, emergency relief, training, research, advocacy and visual awareness programmes.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

Childhood Eye Cancer Trust
(formerly Retinoblastoma Society)
Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, london, E1 1BB, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 7377 5578
Fax: +44 20 7377 0740
Email: info@chect.org.uk
Web: www.chect.org.uk
Activities: To provide information and support to individuals and families with children diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer which effects the retina in small children. To raise awareness of this disease amongst health professionals and members of the public, in order to achieve earlier diagnosis, thus preserving life and sight. To raise funds for research into various aspects of retinoblastoma in order to enhance diagnosis, treatment and care.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

County Durham Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted
Oswald Court Resource Centre, 1 Church Lane, Durham City, DH1 3HF, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 191 386 8175
Email: cdsvh@aol.com
Web: members.aol.com/cdsvh/cdsvh.html
Activities: Offers services to the blind and partially sighted with the aim of improving their quality of life. The Society provides the following services: Resource Centre providing specialist equipment for the visually impaired to assist with daily living and promote independence; an information service
to provide general information and advice, including information on leisure activities, assistive technology, signposting to benefits, campaigns and support groups etc.; the County Durham Macular Disease Support Group and in partnership with the County Durham Social Services Department, support in the community programmes.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

Deafblind International (DbI)
c/o Sense International, 11-13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3SR, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Emma Fisher, DbI Co-ordinator
Tel: +44 20 7272 7881
Fax: +44 20 7272 6012
Email: dbi@senseinternational.org.uk
Web: www.deafblindinternational.org
Activities: Publishing a journal, DbI Review, twice a year; provision of information in various media including on the internet; encouragement and development of networks providing access to support from international development agencies; supporting events such as World Conferences. DbI seeks to achieve its objects through encouraging networks and development of regional activity throughout the world.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

Deafblind Scotland
21 Alexandra Avenue, Lenzie, Glasgow, G66 5BG, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 141 777 6111 (voice/text)
Fax: +44 141 775 3311
Email: info@deafblindscotland.org.uk
Web: www.deafblindscotland.org.uk
Activities: Deafblind UK is a charity whose aims are to enable those people with dual sensory impairment to live full and active lives despite their disability. To teach and encourage touch-based communicacion systems. To raise awareness of deafblindness in the caring professions and amongst the wider public. To ensure that the needs of deafblind people are appropriately met in a health/community care planning environment.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

Deafblind UK
Head Office, National Centre for Deafblindness, John and Lucillle van Gesst Place, Cygnet Road, Hampton, Peterborough PE7 8FD, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1733 358 100 (voice/text)
Fax: +44 1733 358 356
Email: info@deafblind.org.uk
Web: www.deafblind.org.uk
Activities: Deafblind UK is a charity whose aims are to enable those people with dual sensory impairment to live full and active lives despite their disability. To teach and encourage touch-based communicacion systems. To raise awareness of deafblindness in the caring professions and amongst the wider public. To ensure that the needs of deafblind people are appropriately met in a health/community care planning environment.
Last updated: 25/04/2006

Eye Talk English
141 St. Mary's Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2NL, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Mary de Vere Moss
Tel: +44 (0) 1732 508 592
Email: eyetalkenglish@lineone.net
Web: website.lineone.net/~eyetalkenglish/index.html.htm
Activities: Offers Homestay language courses specifically for partially sighted young adults and adults to enable them to experience British family life and have greater opportunities to learn and practise the English language.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

Fight For Sight
Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11-13 Bath Street, London, EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 7608 4000
Fax: +44 20 7608 4001
Email: info@fightforsight.org.uk
Web: www.fightforsight.org.uk
Activities: Funds research directed towards eye diseases including macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, retinitis pigmentosa and diabetic retinopathy. Produces a number of publications on its research, events and fundraising.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA)
Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3YG, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 118 983 5555
Email: guidedogs@guidedogs.org.uk
Web: www.gdba.org.uk
Activities: Breeder and trainer of working dogs for the blind and partially sighted.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind (HACB)
25 Church Road, Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, Hants, SO50 6BL, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Chris Hedges, CEO
Tel: +44 23 80 641 244
Fax: +44 23 80 616 535
Email: info@hacb.org.uk
Web: www.hacb.org.uk
Activities: The Resource Centre offers a wide range of vital aids and equipment for sale, and offers impartial and objective advice and information on new technology and developments in equipment and services including accessible websites, audio books and suppliers of specialist goods.HACB organise resource days, which are mini exhibitions at which equipment such as readers and magnifiers will be on show and available to try. The HACB Branch Activities and Training Co-ordinator develops and organises a programme of training courses, activity days and residential breaks in partnership with other agencies and organisations working with the visually impaired. The Branch Support Liaison Officer provides regular backup to the team, and is on hand to take calls and answer queries and provide advice. An Outreach Team go out and offer practical advice, help with benefit and other claims and information about HACB and other services available to visually impaired people. Where requested practical support with claims, visual impairment registration or specialist matters may also be provided and if necessary, a referral can also be made to a counsellor for personal, confidential, help with any emotional or other needs the visually impaired person may have.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

International Glaucoma Association (IGA)
Woodcote House, 15 Highpoint Business Village, Henwood Ashford, Kent TN24 8DH, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1233 64 81 70
Fax: +44 1233 64 81 79
Email: info@iga.org.uk
Web: www.glaucoma-association.com
Activities: Information services, public awareness raising, research grants etc.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF)
Hillfields, Burghfield Common, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 3YG, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 118 983 1990
Fax: +44 118 983 3572
E-mail: info@igdf.org.uk
Web: www.igdf.org.uk
Activities: IGDF was formed in 1989, following meetings over several years of Guide Dog schools around the World. The IGDF now comprises over 72 member schools around the World whose purpose is to serve the visually impaired through the breeding, training and provision of Guide Dogs.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

Jewish Blind & Disabled
35 Langstone Way, Mill Hill East, London, NW7 1GT, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 8371 6611
Fax: +44 20 8371 4225
Email: info@jbd.org
Web: www.jbd.org
Activities: Jewish Blind & Disabled provides caring sheltered housing to improve the quality of life, maximise freedom of choice, respect dignity at all times and help achieve independent living for visually and physically disabled people.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

Kent Association for the Blind (KAB)
72 College Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6SJ, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1622 691357
Fax: +44 1622 663999
Email: enquiry@kab.org.uk
Web: www.kab.org.uk
Activities: Services for the blind and partially sighted in Kent and the London boroughs of Bromley and Bexley. Services include rehabilitation training and advice, counselling, low vision assessment and advice and information technology training.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

Linden Lodge School
61 Princes Way, Wimbledon Park, London, SW19 6JB, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 8788 0107
Fax: +44 20 8780 2712
Email: info@lindenlodge.wandsworth.sch.uk
Web: www.lindenlodge.wandsworth.sch.uk
Activities: Offers educational experience and support for pupils with a visual impairment, some of whom have additional disabilities which affect their access to learning. The Primary and Secondary departments cater for children aged 4 to 17 years, with the opportunity for some pupils to remain until they are 19. The School also offers an inclusive playgroup with soft play and multi-sensory room. The School also provides functional vision assessments, hearing assessments and deafblind assessments as well as a hydro-therapy pool, music therapy, counselling and University of Birmingham regional tutorials.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

Moorfields Eye Hospital
162 City Road, London, EC1V 2PD, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 7253 3411
Fax: +44 20 7253 4696
Web: www.moorfields.org.uk
Activities: Treatment and care of NHS patients with a wide range of eye problems from common complaints like cataracts to rare conditions which need treatments not available elsewhere in the UK. Moorfields is also a post-graduate teaching centre and, with the Institute of Ophthalmology, a national centre for ophthalmic research.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

National Federation of the Blind of the United Kingdom
Sir John Wilson house, 215 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1JG, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1924 29 1313
Fax: +44 1924 20 0244
Email: nfbuk@nfbuk.org
Web: www.nfbuk.org
Activities: Organization of blind and partially sighted people who wish to help themselves and others to have a better standard of living and to be treated equally as others are.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

National League of the Blind and Disabled (NLBD)
Swinton House, 324 Grays Inn Road, London, WC1X 8DD, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Lorraine Milsom, Administration
Tel: +44 20 7239 1262
Fax: +44 20 7278 0436
Minicom: +44 20 7239 1264
Email: nlbd@community-tu.org
Web: www.community-tu.org/Templates/internal.asp?NodeID=89350
Activities: A section of "Community", the UK's community based trade union seeking to represent the interests of blind and partially sighted and disabled people, in communities, homes and workplaces.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

National Library for the Blind (NLB)
Far Cromwell Road, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SG, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 161 355 2000
Fax: +44 161 355 2098
Email: enquiries@nlbuk.org
Web: www.nlbuk.org
Activities: National Library for the Blind (NLB) is a gateway to free comprehensive library services for visually impaired people. The library houses Europe's largest collection of books in Braille and Moon as well as Braille music and the UK's only giant-print lending service for young people. NLB also offers a range of online services including a catalogue, discussion board, electronic books and reference material.
Last updated: 10/04/2006

National Listening Library
(Listening Books)
12 Lant Street, London SE1 1QR, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Membership Services Officer
Tel: +44 20 7407 9417
Fax: +44 20 7403 1377
Email: info@listening-books.org.uk
Web: www.listening-books.org.uk
Activities: Listening books provides a postal audio book library service to anyone who suffers from an illness or disability which makes it impossible or difficult to hold a book, turns its pages, or read in the usual way. The service is available to institutions such as hospitals, residential and nursing homes and schools, as well as to individuals. Provide important support for the National Curriculum at Key Stages 2,3 and 4.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

Nystagmus Network
13 Tinsley Close, Claypole, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG23 5BS, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Paul White, Information & Development Manager
Tel: +44 01636 627 004
Email: info@nystagmusnet.org
Web: www.nystagmusnet.org
Activities: The Nystagmus Network is a national, self help organisation and was established in 1984 to: Raise awareness of Nystagmus; Provide information and support to people with nystagmus and promote and fund research into nystagmus.
Last updated: 26/04/2006

Orbis UK
4th Floor, Fergusson House, 124-128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NJ, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 7608 7260
Fax: +44 20 7253 8483
Email: info@orbis.org.uk
Web: www.orbis.org.uk
Activities: ORBIS is an international charity dedicated to eliminating avoidable blindness by training local doctors and medics in the developing world in vital sight-saving techniques. Training programmes are held on-board the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital, a fully converted DC-10 jet (equipped with operating theatre and classrooms) and in local hospitals and clinics in the developing world. In addition to the Flying Eye Hospital, ORBIS runs land-based teaching programmes in Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India and Vietnam. ORBIS relies heavily on its volunteers who are medical professionals from the United Kingdom and other nations who give up their time to train local doctors and nurses in the developing world.
Last updated: 10/04/2006

Provision Solutions
28 Rectory Court, 189 High Road, South Woodford, London E18 2PE, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 7958 53 44 67
Fax: +44 208 22 000 33
Email: enquiries@provisionsolutions.co.uk
Website: www.provisionsolutions.co.uk
Activities: A network of rehabilitation workers providing sub-contracted services to statutory agencies. Can provide services for rehabilitation, orientation and mobility, children's services, assessment and supervision. Offers training programmes on Awareness, Professional Development and Post Graduate courses, and recently launched an Edexcel accredited training programme aimed at addressing the national shortfall of Rehabilitation Workers.
Last updated: 13/12/2006

Queen Alexandra College
Court Oak Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9TG, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 121 428 5050
Fax: +44 121 428 5048
Email: enquiries@qac.ac.uk
Website: www.qac.ac.uk
Activities: Queen Alexandra College is a national residential college providing further education, work preparation and support into employment for people with visual impairment and/or other disabilities aged 16+. Our programmes include 'Preparation for Life' at Pre-Entry and Entry Level and many BTEC Introductory or First certificates and diplomas in subjects such as health and social care, IT, business and administration, art and design, performing arts and hospitality, travel and tourism. Skills for Life, Literacy, Numeracy and IT are embedded into programmes to support all learners. QAC also runs an 'advance2work' programme for clients who are looking for a job or need support into employment. 'advance2work' can provide individual programme of support, training, work experience and job coaching and can be residential. Our All Formats enterprise provides high quality Braille, large print and audio transcription as well as production of tactile and Braille high contrast signs.
Last updated: 17/09/2007

Royal Blind School
Craigmillar Campus: Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh, EH16 5NA, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Canaan Lane Campus: Canaan Lane, Edinburgh, EH10 4SG, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Contact person: A. MacQuarrie, Principal
Tel: +44 131 667 1100 (Craigmillar Campus); +44 131 446 3120 (Canaan Lane Campus)
Fax: +44 131 662 9700 (Craigmillar Campus); +44 131 447 9266 (Canaan Lane Campus)
Email: enquiries.canaan@royalblind.org; enquiries.craigmillar@royalblind.org
Web: www.royalblind.org/school
Activities: Departments include a pre-school unit (early years and nursery), primary and secondary. The school is inclusive, supporting pupils across the full ability range. Provision includes: Units, courses and clusters up to Advanced Higher Level; Programmes of study for those with Additional Special Needs (ASN); Programmes of study for those with Multiple Disabilities and a Visual Impairment (MDVI); Specialist training; A range of therapies and residential respite.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Royal London Society for the Blind (RLSB)
Wildernesse Avenue, Seal, Nr. Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0EB, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1732 592 500
Fax: +44 1732 592 506
Email: enquiries@rlsb.org.uk
Web: www.rlsb.org.uk
Activities: The Royal London Society for the Blind is committed to empowering people with a visual impairment to lead independent lives through the provision of high quality education, training and employment services.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Royal National College for the Blind
College Road, Hereford HR1 1EB, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1432 265 725
Fax: +44 1432 376 628
Minicom: +44 1432 276 532
Email: info@rncb.ac.uk
Web: www.rncb.ac.uk
Activities: RNC is the UK's largest College of Further Education and training for people who are blind or partially sighted. Programmes include: Employment assessment and work preparation, GCSEs, A/AS levels, access to HE, remedial therapy, performing arts, art and design, music technology, information technology, business studies, piano technology and administration.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)
105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE, United Kingdom.
Tel: 0845 766 99 99 (UK callers only); +44 20 7388 1266 (Switchboard/Overseas callers)
Textphone: Users dial 18001 before one of the numbers above (eg 18001 0845 766 9999 for UK callers)
Fax: +44 20 7388 2034
Email: helpline@rnib.org.uk
Web: www.rnib.org.uk
Activities: The RNIB's pioneering work helps anyone with a sight problem – not just with braille, Talking Books and computer training, but with imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges. The RNIB fight for equal rights for people with sight problems. The RNIB fund pioneering research into preventing and treating eye disease. Projects such as Talk and Support and Parents’ Place make a difference to people’s lives. The RNIB education services work to ensure children and adults with sight problems gain access to the best education opportunities at home, school, university and in the wider community.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool
Church Road North, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 6TQ, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Mr. J. P. Byrne, Headmaster
Tel: +44 151 733 1012
Fax: +44 151 733 1703
Email: info@rsblind.org.uk
Web: www.rsblind.org.uk
Activities: The Royal School for the Blind provides places for up to 66 pupils ranging in age from 2-19 years. All students have a visual impairment and learning difficulties ranging from moderate to profound. Many students have additional sensory, physical or behavioural disabilities. Pupils come from all over the country, and about 40% are residential from Monday to Friday.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Scottish Sensory Centre
Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Ruth Simpson, SSC Administrator
Tel: +44 131 651 6501
Fax: +44 131 651 6502
Email: ruth.simpson@ed.ac.uk
Web: www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk
Activities: Promotes and supports new developments and effective practices in the education of children and young people with sensory impairments through the use of short courses, conferences and research. The Centre also provides a postal resource library.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

SeeAbility
SeeAbility House, Hook Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8SQ, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Sue Ogden, Quality and Performance Manager
Tel: +44 1372 755000
Fax: +44 1372 755001
Email: s.ogden@seeability.org or enquiries@seeability.org
Web: www.seeability.org
Activities: SeeAbility is a registered charity, working with adults who are visually impaired and have additional disabilities (learning disability, physical disability, degenerative conditions, mental health difficulties) supporting them in exploring their potential, developing their skills/independence and/or enhancing the quality of their lives. Services offered include: Assessment, visual impairment rehabilitation, day care, research, supported living and residential and nursing care services. Additionally consultancy and training services are offered to carers/other professionals. Currently operating accommodation and support services from Surrey, East Sussex, Hampshire and Somerset, SeeAbility aims to develop service provision in localities throughout London and the South of England.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Sense
11-13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3SR, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 7272 7774
Text: +44 20 7272 9648
Fax: +44 20 7272 6012
Email: info@sense.org.uk
Web: www.sense.org.uk
Activities: Sense is one of the leading national voluntary organisations supporting and campaigning for deafblind people, their families, supporters and professionals who work with them. People of all ages and with widely varying conditions. Sense offers advice, help and information to deafblind people and their families; supports families through a national network and local branches; runs a holiday programme for deafblind children and adults; provides education, residential, respite and day services; has communicator-guides and one-to-one intervenor support; offers training and consultancy.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Sightsavers International
(The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind)
Grosvenor Hall, Bolnore Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 4BX, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1444 446 600
Fax: +44 1444 446 688
Email: generalinformation@sightsavers.org
Web: www.sightsavers.org.uk
Activities: Sightsavers International works to prevent the tragedy of needless blindness in developing countries and to bring hope to people who will never see again. Sightsavers International works in over 20 countries in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

St. Dunstan's
Caring for Blind Ex-Service Men and Women
12-14 Harcourt Street, London, W1H 4HD, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Ray Hazan, Public Relations Manager
Tel: +44 20 7723 5021
Fax: +44 20 7262 6199
Email: ray.hazan@st-dunstans.org.uk or enquiries@st-dunstans.org.uk
Web: www.st-dunstans.org.uk
Activities: Provides training, rehabilitation and lifelong aftercare for blind ex-Service men and women.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

St. Vincent's School for the Blind and Partially Sighted
Yew Tree Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 9HN, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Mr. Stephen Roberts, Principal
Tel: +44 151 228 9968
Fax: +44 151 230 5070
Email: office@stvin.com
Web: www.stvin.com
Activities: St Vincent's is a non-maintained school of charitable status offering both day places and weekly boarding to primary and secondary pupils. The Connexions Education and Guidance programme ensures that pupils have access to information on courses, training, employment and guidance after finishing full time education. The school also offers instruction and guidance on a one to one basis, in mobility and orientation, daily living skills, use of modern technology, Braille and management of low vision.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Thomas Pocklington Trust
5 Castle Row, Horticultural Place, Chiswick, London W4 4JQ, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 20 8995 0880
Fax: +44 20 8987 9965
Email: info@pocklington-trust.org.uk
Web: www.pocklington-trust.org.uk
Activities: The Trust provide housing, care and support services for people with sight loss in the UK. Each year Pocklington also commits around £600,000 to fund social and public health research and development projects. Pocklington's operations offer a range of sheltered and supported housing, residential care, respite care, day services, home care services, resource centres and community based support services.
Last updated: 12/12/2006

Torch Trust for the Blind
Torch House, Torch Way, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9HL, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1858 438 260
Fax: +44 1858 438 260
Email: info@torchtrust.org
Web: www.torchtrust.org
Activities: The Torch Trust for the Blind is a non-denominational Christian charity that provides Christian literature and fellowship for visually impaired people. Literature is produced in braille, giant print (24pt) and on audio cassette. The Torch Trust operates a free postal library service, including a children's and young people's section, for all three media. Fellowship is encouraged through Torch Fellowship Groups, around 130 of which meet on a monthly basis throughout the UK, and through a programme of holidays and houseparties. The Torch Trust is an international ministry with bases in Malawi and Romania, and is in touch with blind people in over 90 countries of the world.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

University of Aberdeen Department of Ophthalmology
Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1224 553782
Fax: +44 1224 555955
Email: ophthal@abdn.ac.uk
Web: www.abdn.ac.uk/ophthalmology
Activities: The Department has since its inception developed an eye research programme that addresses many causes of blindness in today's world. It is one of only two Departments in the United Kingdom that has focused its attention on the fundamental causes of eye disease. The Department has a major programme of research in two key areas, Uveitis and Diabetic Retinopathy. In addition, research into other causes of blindness such as corneal disease and inherited retinal disease are also being undertaken.
Last updated: 28/04/2006

University of Birmingham Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research
School of Education, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Mrs Jenny Whittaker, Centre Secretary
Tel: +44 121 414 6733
Email: victar-enquiries@bham.ac.uk
Web: www.education.bham.ac.uk/research/victar
Activities: To undertake social and educational research in the area of visual impairment. To offer training in the area of visual impairment and education through high quality and relevant professional development programmes. To disseminate our work to ensure it has positive impact, and to offer advice and resources within the field of visual impairment.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

University of Liverpool, Experimental Ophthalmology Unit
Department of Medicine, University Clinical Departments, Daulby Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GA, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Professor Ian Grierson, Head of Unit
Fax: +44 0151 706 5934
Email: ophthalmology@liv.ac.uk
Web: www.liv.ac.uk/ophthalmology
Activities: Perform basic science and clinical research into the control of eye disease and ocular tissue repair and regeneration. Also the focus of a wide variety of teaching activities at levels ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate, medical and non-medical.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Visibility
(formerly Glasgow and West of Scotland Society for the Blind)
2 Queens Crescent, Glasgow, G4 9BW, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 0141 332 4632
Email: info@visibility.org.uk
Web: www.visibility.org.uk
Activities: A variety of services available including social, recreational and learning opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to take part in. Visibility also provides information to family, friends and professionals and undertakes research into various aspects of living with sight loss and services.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Vision Aid Overseas
12 The Bell Centre, Newton Road, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9FZ, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1293 535016
Fax: +44 1293 535026
Email: info@vao.org.uk
Web: www.vao.org.uk
Activities: To examine the eyes of needy people in the developing world and to train people in those countries in eyecare skills; To train doctors, nurses and other health workers in eye care; Establish optical workshops to enable countries to become self-sufficient and to provide optical instruments and textbook.
Last updated: 27/04/2006

Wales Council for the Blind
Cyngor Cymru i'r Deillion
3rd Floor, Shand House, 20 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 0DB, Wales, United Kingdom.
Contact person: Rebecca Phillips, Administrator
Tel: +44 29 2047 3954
Fax: +44 29 2047 0777
Email: staff@wcb-ccd.org.uk
Web: www.wcb-ccd.org.uk
Activities: WCB is the leading Welsh organisation in the field of visual impairment, working with a network of voluntary and statutory agencies to improve provision for people with sight problems in Wales.
Last updated: 27/04/2006