Action for Blind People
Action for Blind People is a national sight loss charity in the United Kingdom, it provides help and support to blind and partially sighted people of all ages.[1]
History
Action for Blind People was founded in 1857 as the Surrey Association for the General Welfare of the Blind and later became the London Association for the Blind. The Association's main activities in the early days were teaching blind people to read and to learn practical trades. Opportunities and attitudes towards blind and partially sighted people have changed over the years, along with the nature and the scale of the Association's work. As a result, their title was changed to Action for Blind People in 1991. [2]
RNIB Group
Action for Blind People formed a partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in April 2009 and became part of RNIB Group.
This enables both organisations to provide a unique combination of complementary strengths and expertise to help an ever increasing number of people with sight loss. Working together in this way allows both organisations to share skills and deliver services in line with the UK Vision Strategy and RNIB Group Strategy.
Organization
Action has 17 regional teams across England and four Resource Centres. Action for Blind People operates a Mobile Sight Loss Information service that travels around the UK. Action for Blind People also runs four hotels, but in 2009, the hotels were rebranded as Vision Hotels. Action local teams are based in Birmingham, Bristol, Carlisle, Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester, Middlesbrough, North London, Norwich, Preston, Salisbury, South London, Stafford, Stoke and Wallsend.[3]
Vision Hotels
Action for Blind People originally ran the hotels under the Action for Blind People name, but in 2009, the hotels were rebranded as Vision Hotels.
Vision Hotels are three AA 3 star hotels in South Devon, West Sussex, Somerset and Lake Windermere.
The Cliffden Hotel is in Teignmouth, South Devon. The Lauriston Hotel, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset Windermere Manor, Windermere, Cumbria.
References
- ↑ "George Burns on how a charity helped him with sight loss – 'Without them I would be on my backside feeling sorry for myself'". The Guardian. 21 December 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ↑ Cook, Tracy (23 January 2008). "The project supporting blind and visually impaired entrepreneurs – Recipe for success – Blind and visually impaired entrepreneurs get the tools they need to make their business dreams a reality". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
- ↑ Middleton, Christopher (23 January 2001). "Devon: It's got sense appeal". Telegraph. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
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