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The Blind Business Association Charitable Trust - Promotes self-employment for visually impaired people in the UK by offering grants for equipment, education and training. Information about their activities, policies, and contact details.
Blindcare - A partnership of nine UK charities for the blind and partially sighted. Main purpose of the organisation is fund-raising. Offers advice on how to save tax through tax free payroll giving.
Cornwall Blind Association - Offers a range of services for the blind and visually impaired. Information about their Sight Centre, activities, volunteer opportunities, and contact details.
Derbyshire Association for the Blind - Providing a range of services to the visually impaired and blind in the county. Includes useful information, and details of services and volunteer opportunities.
Fight for Sight - Work and fundraising details supporting research into blindness. Includes research and donation details.
Kent Association for the Blind - Information about the services provided by this local charity. Contains some useful information about common diseases affecting vision and some tips on how to make the most of remaining vision.
National Federation of the Blind of the United Kingdom - An organisation of blind and partially sighted people campaigning for better service provision and an enhanced quality of life. Includes details of publications and activities.
Norfolk and Norwich Association for the Blind - Provides a range of services for the blind and visually impaired, including residential accommodation for the elderly, community visiting, education and recreation services.
Ox Eyes - Oxford Association for the Blind offers a range of services for the visually impaired community. Information about their activities, newsletter, links, and contact details.
Royal London Society for the Blind - National and international provider of education, training, employment opportunities, and support for people who are visually impaired. Information about their services, structure and history.
SeeAbility - Works with adults who are visually impaired and have other disabilities to explore their potential, develop skills/independence and enhance the quality of their lives.
Thomas Pocklington Trust - UK charity providing housing, care and support services for people with sight loss. Information about services, eye conditions, volunteer opportunities, and branch network.
Vista - Offer services and support to the blind and visually impaired in Leicestershire and Rutland. Information about their activities, events, newsletter, and staff.
Wales Council For The Blind - Independent umbrella organisation promoting the welfare of blind and partially sighted people includes information about membership and current activities.
Action For Blind People - Charity for blind and partially sighted people giving equal opportunities in every aspect of their lives. Information, advice, includes housing and employment details.
Blind in Business - A UK charity providing IT, technology training and teaching resources to help visually impaired or blind people. Offers employment details, training and events.
The Royal Blind Asylum and School - Charity providing for the education, training, employment, care and welfare of blind and visually impaired people in Scotland. Annual report and information on their activities.
HERIB - Hull and East Riding Institute for the Blind - Support, resources and help for visually impaired people. Includes forthcoming events and guestbook.
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) - National UK charity providing a range of information for blind or partially sighted people. Includes fund raising details and events.
St Dunstan's - Charity providing training and rehabilitation to blind ex-service men and women. Services, news and events.
Wiltshire Blind Association - Registered charity serving those who are blind and partially sighted in the area. Services, newsletter and local resources. Requires Flash.
Vision 2020 UK - Facilitates collaboration and co-operation between organisations within the UK with a focus on visual impairment, and who operate on a national, regional or international basis. Includes calendar of events.
Fight for Sight - Information about their fundraising for research through the Institute of Ophthalmology into the prevention and treatment of eye disease and injury. Includes resources on eye diseases.
National Library for the Blind - Registered charity providing library and information services for visually impaired people. Includes on-line catalogues of Braille and Moon books and music, and details of membership and services.
Stockton Blind People's Voice - Improving access for blind and visually impaired people. Offers a free Braille greeting card service and transport information system to aid the blind and visually impaired.
Revealweb - Database of accessible resources available to disabled people in the UK. Offers braille, moon, large print, and audio. Includes news and events section.
Sight Link Braille Services - Offer transcription service to and from Braille for letters, cards and other documents. Includes online ordering facility, company information, and contact details.
Art Through Touch - London based organisation providing access to a range of art activities for people who are blind or visually impaired. Events including gallery visits where one is allowed to touch items, projects and issues.
Shalom Christian Outreach - Working mainly with partially sighted, blind and deaf-blind people by providing help, companionship, and group holidays. Contains future aims, missions and activities.
National Centre for Tactile Diagrams - Based at the University of Hertfordshire, providing tactile diagrams maps and pictures, with supporting materials, for blind and visually impaired people for education, work and leisure.
Ulverscroft - Specialist publisher of large print and audio books. Catalogue, online shopping, and details of local showrooms.
The Voluntary Transcribers' Group - A group of voluntary Braille transcribers, offering their services for blind people and voluntary groups. Includes contact details and a list of projects they have undertaken.
The Living Paintings Trust - Registered charity that offers a free service for visually impaired people, their families, carers and schools. They produce specialist touch and sound packs that explain a variety of pictures. Information on packs and library service.
Disabled Access Guide for Theatregoers - London theatre guide including information on audio described and signed performances as well as general access information. Includes news and ticket sales.
Cue and Review Recording Service - Service for the blind. MP3 audio downloads from magazines including The Herald, J17, Kerrang and History Today. Includes details of transcription services.
British Wireless for the Blind Fund - Provides radio cassette recorders on free permanent loan to registered blind people over the age of eight who are disadvantaged and resident in the United Kingdom.
Talking Newspaper Association UK - Provides national and regional talking newspapers and magazines in alternative formats for the blind, visually impaired and the disabled. Includes news, support and links.
Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching And Research - Carries out research, teaching and training, and provides advice and resources in the area of visual impairment and education. Birmingham based. News and project details.
Visionsupport - Support is Cheshire, Halton and North Wales providing a range of services for people with a visual impairment. Offers news, transcription service and FAQ.
Henshaws Society for Blind People - Provider of services for visually impaired people across the North of England. Training, residential, support and care services.
Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind - Provides care and support to people with a visual impairment. Details of their services, activities, history, and volunteer opportunities.
Playback - Offers a library of taped reading materials for the blind and visually impaired. also transcription services. Includes playback tape library and links of visual and blind interest.
The British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society - Provides a better understanding of the inherited retinal disorders known as Retinitis Pigmentosa. Information offered in various text forms.
Association of Blind Piano Tuners - Serves blind and partially sighted piano tuners worldwide. Site provides information including mission statement, aims, member list and membership benefits.
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