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Agencies for blind and partially sighted people

Charities for blind and partially sighted people - UK and international

  • Action for Blind People - information on living with blindness and details of ABP's information service
  • Albinism Fellowship - advice and support for people with an interest in albinism
  • Association of Blind Piano Tuners - serving the needs of its members and other blind and partially sighted piano tuners throughout the world
  • Blindcare - equal partnership of nine different UK based charities raising funds through payroll giving
  • Braille Chess Association - aims to enable blind and partially sighted people to enjoy the game of chess
  • British Computer Association of the Blind - promoting the needs and interests of people with sight problems who either work in the computing field or have an active interest in computing
  • British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society -self help group helping its members live with and overcome their visual problems and to bring relief by stimulating research into the causes and eventually the treatment of RP
  • British Wireless for the Blind Fund -since 1929 over half a million radios have been supplied to blind listeners
  • Calibre - a free audio lending library for people with sight problems and other disabilities
  • Cats Eyes - providing support and information for families affected by childhood cataracts
  • CBM UK - (formerly the Christian Blind Mission) provides medical care and rehabilitation to as many blind, low vision, deaf and physically disabled people as possible in over 100 countries
  • COTIS - self-help grouping of tape recording services and cassette libraries
  • Coventry Society for the Blind - (CSB) is a registered charity that provides support, information, resources, training and social activities for people with a visual impairment in the Coventry area.
  • Cue and Review - Print Speaking to the Blind enabling blind and partially sighted people access to The Herald, Sunday Herald, Evening Times, Scottish Sun, Radio Times Scotland, Inside Soap, Earth Matters, SFX, Star Trek, Empire and More magazines or newspapers. All for a membership fee of 70p per week. Available on audio cassette, compact disc or as a podcast.
  • Deafblindness web resource
  • E-access Bulletin - free, independent monthly email newsletter on information technology issues for people with sight problems
  • English Blind Golf Association - registered charity which provides visually handicapped people with the facility to train and compete in the game of golf
  • Eye Cancer Network - information about the diagnosis and treatment of ocular tumors, eye cancer and orbital diseases for patients, their families and the health professionals who care for them
  • Eyeless Trust - offers professional support for families in Great Britain who have a child with anophthalmia, microphthalmia or coloboma under the age of 22
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind Association - breeding and training guide dogs, training blind and partially sighted people to use guide dogs
  • Henshaws Society for Blind People - Practical, caring and imaginative services to anyone affected by visual impairment.  Working across the north of England.
  • International Glaucoma Association - offers patients and health care professionals interested in preventing blindness from glaucoma, a forum for the exchange of ideas and the opportunity to campaign for greater Government recognition of the problem
  • Joint Committee on Mobility of Blind and Partially Sighted People (JCMBPS) - considers how best to improve the built environment to enable blind and deafblind people to move around independently, safely and without restriction as pedestrians outdoors and as users of public buildings, and all modes of transport
  • Living Paintings - Living Paintings is a unique national charity that helps blind and partially sighted adults and children by offering a free library service.
  • Macs (Micro & Anophthalmic Childrens Society) - offering professional support service for families with children born with one or more of the microphthalmia range of eye anomalies
  • Manchester Inclusion Service for Visual Impairment - a service run and funded by Manchester Local Education Authority, which offers support to v.i./deafblind children, their parents, teachers and other professionals
  • Marfan Association UK - information and support about Marfan syndrome
  • The National Association of Local Societies for Visually Impaired People - NALSVI has a membership of 124 local societies for the blind across England, Scotland and Wales providing help and support, locally, to blind and partially sighted people.
  • National Blind Childrens Society - information and support for parents of blind and partially sighted children and young people
  • National Centre for Tactile Diagrams - provides tactile materials for students in further and higher education for study, work or leisure purposes
  • Nystagmus Network - self help group for all those affected by the eye condition nystagmus
  • Open Sight - is Hampshire's largest organisation working with people with sight loss. Go to the website for the audio magazine, 2nd Sight.
  • Opsis - association of seven major independent national charities working together to provide services for people who are blind or partially sighted
  • ORBIS - working globally to increase eye care capacity through skills and training provision
  • Pathfinder Dogs -  solely train German Shepherds as guides to blind people and aim to fill a growing demand for German Shepherd Dogs for those blind people that want them as working dogs.
  • Playback - Recording service based in Glasgow. Magazines, newspapers, tape library and reading service.
  • Royal London Society for the Blind - providing a wide range of education, training and employment for blind and partially sighted people of all ages
  • Royal National College for the Blind - for people who are blind or partially sighted, located on a large residential campus where students prepare for a wide range of nationally recognised academic and vocational qualifications
  • Sense - national deafblind and rubella association
  • Sight and Sound Technology - supplier of technologically advanced equipment for blind and partially sighted people
  • Specs - not-for-profit organisation providing support to a wide range of organisations dedicated to helping people with eye conditions.
  • St Dunstan’s – A national charity which helps blind ex-servicemen and women regain their independence and make the most of the opportunities available to them through rehabilitation, training, support and advice.
  • Swansea University Recording Centre for the Blind - providing blind and partially sighted students and staff at Swansea with their course material in their preferred media as quickly and fairly as possible
  • National Taking Newspapers and Magazines - records all the national newspapers of the UK plus over 200 journal and magazine titles on Tape, CD, DAISY, and E-Mail. This media is available to blind, partially-sighted and print-disabled people everywhere. There is a small subscription charge but catalogues for M&S, Argos and Waitrose are free.
  • Talking News Federation - news and items of interest from local newspapers recorded blind and partially sighted people
  • Techno-Vision Systems Ltd - supplying equipment and systems for blind and partially sighted people in Britain and abroad
  • Torch Trust for the Blind - publishes Christian literature in accessible formats, runs holidays for people with sight loss, has local groups around the UK and provides humanitarian aid overseas.
  • UK Audio Network - streamed audio, offering links to other audio content freely available on the web
  • Visibility - Listening and responding to people affected by sight loss in the west of Scotland (the new name for Glasgow and West of Scotland society for the blind)
  • Vision Support - leading charity in Cheshire and North Wales providing a wide range of services for people who are blind or partially sighted
  • Visound - national registered charity which provides public service information in audio to anyone who requests it
  • Vocaleyes - Nationwide audio description company for blind and partially sighted people providing access to the best in the arts. 
  • Wales Council for the Blind - umbrella organisation in Wales

Disabilities charities - UK

  • AbilityNet - making mainstream computer technology accessible to people with disabilities
  • Ability Online - disability information, news and views.
  • Action for Leisure - small national charity working to promote play, leisure and recreation with and for disabled adults and children.
  • Artsline - providing information and advice to disabled people worldwide about access to the arts, entertainment and tourist attractions in London.
  • BBC Radio 4 Disability Zone - features and factsheets.
  • Carers UK - providing information to carers and raises awareness of their needs
  • British Diabetic Association -caring for people living with diabetes
  • Disability Living Centres Council - free and impartial information and advice about products which can increase disabled or older people's choices about how they live
  • Disabled Living Foundation - working for freedom, empowerment and choice for disabled people and others who use equipment or technology to enhance their independence
  • DisabilityNet - services for all disabled people and people with an interest in disability issues
  • Disabled Go - free detailed access information for disabled people across the UK.
  • Disability Information Services - voluntary organisation and forms one of the centres of the Queen Elizabeth's Foundation, it's aims are to make high quality, impartial and independent information available to enquirers across the UK.
  • Disability Rights Commission - independent body set up by the Government to help secure civil rights for disabled people.
  • Disability World - directory of information and websites for disabled people.
  • Disabled Parents Network - national organisation of and for disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents, and their families, friends and supporters.
  • Disabled Workers Co-operative
  • Employment Opportunities - national charity helping people with disabilities find and retain work. They also provide a wide range of support and advice to employers on disability and employment issues.
  • Epilepsy Action - the largest member-led epilepsy organisation in Britain.
  • Films involving disabilities - list of feature films which portray or include disability.
  • Friendly Family Fun - enables special needs families to share their experiences and information via our newsletter and eGroup forum; offer information on a variety of family friendly fun and helpful topics.
  • Greater London Action on Disability (GLAD) - pan-London organisation which campaigns for the rights of disabled Londoners and provides advice, information and training.
  • Hemihelp - for children with hemiplegia.
  • Information Society disAbilities Challenge - welcomes all visitors interested in promoting a fully accessible information society for people with disabilities.
  • JMU Access Partnership - bringing about improvements in the built environment to enable blind, deafblind and partially sighted people to move around safe, independently and without undue restriction
  • Jooly's Joint "“ for people living with Multiple Sclerosis, or MS symptoms, awaiting diagnosis
  • Leonard Cheshire - leading provider of support for disabled people in the UK
  • Mariners of Bewl - providing integrated sailing opportunities for all.
  • Multiple Sclerosis Central -support Board for MS patients, family members, friends and those interested in learning about MS.
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -information and support for people living with MS.
  • National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN) - providing teachers, parents and SENCOs with access to books, support materials and newsletters.
  • OUCH - The BBC's disability site.
  • PCAS - enabling disabled people to maintain their personal independence by means of using volunteer Peer Counsellors/Advocates, who support and provide information
  • People First - organisation of people with learning difficulties
  • Ricability - independent research organisation that provides information for people with disabilities and older people
  • Royal National Institute for Deaf People - RNID's vision is of a world where deafness and hearing loss are not barriers to opportunity and fulfilment
  • SCOPE - information regarding cerebral palsy
  • Scottish Sensory Centre - promoting and supporting new developments and effective practices in the education of children and young people with sensory impairments
  • Shopmobility - scheme which lends manual and powered wheelchairs and powered scooters to member of the public with limited mobility
  • St Loye's College - specialists in helping those with disabilities in training, job opportunities and education
  • Self Direction - research project looking into the accessible provision of disability awareness training
  • Sensory Disabilities Research Unit -research on the design and evaluation of new technologies and technical aids for disabled and elderly people
  • Shaw Trust - enables people with disabilities and mental health problems to maximise their potential in work opportunities. Since 1981 it has helped over 10,000 people into work
  • SPIREnet - multimedia information system which contains advice applicable to the integration of students with disabilities into Higher education in the UK
  • TechDis - service aimed at enhancing access for those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. Includes a database of technical aids for disabled people
  • Tell us your story - discussion forum for disabled people
  • Vocal - Voice of Carers Across Lothian.

Professional associations - UK

Directories

  • Charity Choice - encyclopaedia of charities on the internet
  • Publicsecta.com - local and national government departments and agencies.
  • Directgov "“ information for disabled people and carers.

Blind and partially sighted organisations - overseas

Disabilities charities - overseas

  • Access-Able Travel Source - providing access information to mature and disabled travellers
  • Information Society Disabilities Challenge - challenging Europe and its nations to make the Information Society fully accessible to people with disabilities
  • International Diabetes Federation - bringing together people all over the world who are concerned with diabetes
  • Eye Will, Inc. - What began as an emergency response to repair a damaged School for the Blind in Vietnam has branched into a mission to provide opportunities in under-developed nations for children with any disability.

European Blind Union websites: