Posts by Neil
The other King’s Speech
Whilst going through our archives to celebrate our 90th birthday we found this amazing piece of national history. We are truly honoured to have a presentation box containing the original 78rpm His Masters Voice recording of The First Empire Broadcast Message by His Majesty King George V form Christmas Day 1932. The blue gatefold box…
Read MoreMoto Serivces support Medway’s blind community
The UK’s leader in motorway service areas have shown their support for the local visually impaired community. Moto motorway services that straddles the M2 motorway in Kent has very generously donated over £2000 to British Wireless for the Blind Fund. The donation will allow BWBF to supply ten new Bumblebee tablets to local visually impaired…
Read MoreCommunity really does matter with Waitrose and British Wireless
British Wireless has received a £382 donation thanks to the Community matter scheme. Who knew that a little plastic disc that you receive at the end of your shop could make such a difference in peoples lives. Well that is exactly what will happen when you visit Waitrose, Edinburgh. At the end of your shop…
Read MoreHoway the lads as British Wireless and Newcastle United strengthen their partnership
Newcastle United fans with visual impairments will have match day brought to life after a generous donation by the British Wireless for the Blind Fund. While the club already offers a live match commentary service for blind and sight-impaired supporters in partnership with BWBF, the charity has now donated an additional ten DAB radios exclusively…
Read MoreBritish Wireless has received a grant to help people with sight loss living in Glasgow.
Visually impaired people living in Glasgow will benefit thanks to a £500 grant received from The Gardner’s Trust for the Blind. Income from the trust is used to give educational and other grants, and pensions, to blind persons of all ages. The trust has also founded scholarships at various colleges, schools and institutions for the…
Read MoreBritish Wireless receive grant form charitable trust
A grant from a Merseyside trust will help British Wireless reach more people. British Wireless has received a £540 donation from the Tillotson Bradbery Charitable Trust. The trust provides services for Children, young people, elderly, other charities or voluntary bodies and people with. Regional Development manager Steven Poole commented: “We can’t thank the Tillotson Bradbery…
Read MoreBritish Wireless team up with Premier League legends West Bromwich Albion
From September 30th WBA Radio match commentary will be available through our streaming service on both Sonata and Bumblebee devices. The news comes ahead of West Brom’s inaugural Diversity Day at The Hawthorns – with the game against Watford dedicated to celebrating the Club’s equality and inclusiveness. The Baggies are only the second Premier League…
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Read MoreNorfolk blind community to benefit from grant
Visually impaired people living in the Norfolk area will benefit from new radios thanks to a grant British Wireless has received. Visually impaired people living in Norfolk will benefit thanks to a grant received by British Wireless. We have recently been supported by the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, which has donated £1,158 to help people…
Read MoreSecond round of Reaching Out campaign launched
British Wireless has launched the second phase of its Reaching Out campaign to help blind people living in another eight areas of the UK. The campaign is designed to help us make contact with the hundreds of visually impaired people we know could be benefiting from our service. This week (June 5th) we have launched…
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