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Blind and partially sighted people in Glasgow will benefit from free radios thanks to a grant BWBF has received. British Wireless has been given a grant to support the visually impaired community in Glasgow. The Trades House of Glasgow Commonwheal Fund has given BWBF a grant of £1,400. It will be spent on providing our…

Letter from Dame Vera Lynn discovered as singer celebrates 100th birthday 13.03.2017 A letter written by Dame Vera Lynn in response to a fundraising appeal she did for British Wireless has been discovered as the singer celebrates her 100th birthday. British Wireless has discovered a handwritten letter from Dame Vera Lynn which she wrote in…

British Wireless has received a £290 donation thanks to the Community matter scheme. At the end of your shop in branch, you’ll receive a token to place in a box of the good cause you’d most like to support. The more tokens a cause gets, the bigger the donation they receive. By placing a token…

Today is International Women’s Day – an annual event to celebrate the achievements of women all around the globe. We’re marking it by looking at some of our wonderful female recipients, supporters and our CEO, who has led the charity for more than 30 years. International Women’s Day is observed around the world every year…

World Book Day is an annual celebration of authors, books, illustrators and reading so we’re looking at how important audio books are to someone who is visually impaired. The event, which is designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration, is being marked for the 20th year across the UK today (Thursday, March 2nd). It take…

British Wireless has teamed up with another sight loss organisation to support more visually impaired people in Scarborough, Whitby and Filey. We work with a network of agents to provide our service across the country and we have recently linked up with Yorkshire Coast Sight Support (YCSS) – which was formerly known as Scarborough Blind…

Visually impaired people in Scotland will benefit thanks to a grant British Wireless has received. The Plum Trust has donated £5,000 to BWBF to provide adapted radios to visually impaired people living in Scotland. The grant could pay to provide 25 of our Concerto 2 sets to people with sight loss.  It is the first…

We have now closed our Christmas appeal for 2016 – and it’s been one of the most successful ones to date. The British Wireless Christmas campaign for 2016 has been one of our most successful to date. Fronted by our wonderful recipient John Baines and his wife Janet, the appeal has brought in around £28,000.…

On this day in 1965, the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill took place – so we’re looking back at our history and our links with the former British Prime Minister. Winston Churchill appeal The state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill took place on this day in 1965. Thousands of people lined the streets on…