| Action For Blind People - Action for Blind People provides free, impartial information and advice on all issues connected with visual impairment to visually impaired people, their families, friends and carers and professionals and service providers. http://www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk |
| BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation - the nation's premiere public service broadcaster for TV, radio, digital and online programmes. http://www.bbc.co.uk |
| BFBS - The British Forces Broadcasting Service - Worldwide Forces Radio network which, through its 'Wireless For The Blind' campaigns have raised over £1.5 million for BWBF so far. http://www.bfbs.com |
| Blind Centre of Northern Ireland - it is the leading local charity working for people with severe sight problems living across Northern Ireland. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life to people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted. http://www.bcni.co.uk |
| Braille Transcription Service - will convert any document, no matter how big or small, into braille. http://www.braille-transcription.com/ |
| Calibre Audio Library provides the pleasure of reading to people with sight problems, dyslexia or physical disabilities. It is a free nationwide postal service, with 19,000 members. There is a choice of over 8,000 titles, on MP3 format CDs or ordinary cassettes. http://www.calibre.org.uk/ |
| Contact The Elderly groups organise gatherings for frail, elderly people who live alone. This national charity was created in 1965 and there are in excess of 200 groups nationwide supporting some 2000 elderly people. http://www.contact-the-elderly.org |
| Dotty Designs Birthday and Greetings Cards aims to fill a gap in the market place by providing tactile cards and they can, if required, transcribe greetings into braille as well at no extra charge. http://www.dottydesigns.co.uk |
| Eye UK - an extensive site with links to many others. EyeUK is a non-commercial WWW site with the sole aim of promoting UK Internet access to information on the eye, vision and ophthalmology. http://www.eyeuk.com |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Association - their mission is to provide guide dogs, mobility and other rehabilitation services that meet the needs of blind and partially sighted people. http://www.gdba.org.uk |
| Listening Books - is a charity that provides audio books in cassette format via the post to people who have difficulty reading in the usual way. We know from the letters we receive that many people consider the service a vital part of their lives. http://www.listening-books.org.uk |
| Liverpool Voluntary Society for the Blind - supporting blind and partially sighted people on Merseyside. http://www.lvsb.co.uk |
| Look - The National Federation of Families With Visually Impaired Children. The idea of LOOK was formed by two families who happened to live ten miles apart… but each had a child with the same rare eye condition. One child lacked for nothing from an LEA which believed in supporting VI children; the other was at the mercy of a not-so-caring authority. http://www.look-uk.org/ |
| National Blind Children's Society - the National Blind Children's Society has grown from strength to strength and is now recognised as a leading charity for supporting children and young people with a visual impairment, their families and those professionals who support them. http://www.nbcs.org.uk/ |
| National Library for the Blind - The gateway to library services for visually impaired people' http://www.nlb-online.org/ |
| North Regional Association for Sensory Support - The North Regional Association For Sensory Support represents the interest of people who are Deaf, Blind or have a significant sensory loss, throughout the region. http://www.northregions.org.uk |
| Portset Systems Limited - Manufacturers of TV sets and associated products for people who have experienced sight loss. http://www.portset.co.uk/ |
| Pure Digital Products - Manufacturers of quality digital radio receivers. http://www.pure-digital.com/ |
| Radio Amateur Invalid and Blind Club - Affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Britain. http://www.raibc.org.uk/ |
| RNIB - The Royal National Institute for the Blind - RNIB's task is to challenge blindness. They challenge the disabling effects of sight loss by providing information and practical services to help people get on with their own lives. http://www.rnib.org/ |
| Roberts Radios Ltd - Manufacturers of high quality audio equipment and a BWBF 'partner'. http://www.robertsradio.co.uk/ |
| Royal London Society for the Blind - provider of education, training and employment services in London and the South East. http://www.rlsb.org.uk |
| St Dunstans - At St Dunstan’s, we provide crucial assistance to ex-Service men and women with very significant loss of sight. http://www.st-dunstans.org.uk |
| The Talking Bookshop have specialised in Talking Books since 1987 when they started a wholesaling business to the trade.They opened their revolutionary "Talking Book Shop" in the West End of London in 1993. http://www.talkingbooks.co.uk/ |
| Talking Newspaper Association of the UK - provides national and local newspapers and magazines on audio tape, computer disk, e-mail, internet download and CD-ROM for visually impaired and disabled people who find reading a strain. http://www.tnauk.org.uk |
| Thomas Pocklington Trust - The largest charity in the UK providing quality housing, care and support services for people with sight loss. http://www.pocklington-trust.org.uk |
| Wales Council for the Blind - Cyngor Cymru i'r Deillion - A huge resource for blind and partially sighted people in Wales. http://wcb-ccd.org.uk |
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