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Linda Fitchett

Grant will fund radios for visually impaired in Scotland

8th April 2016

A generous grant will provide 17 of our Concerto 2 sets to blind and partially sighted people living in the west of Scotland. Visually impaired people in West Scotland will benefit from specially adapted audio equipment thanks to a generous grant. The Kells Trust has donated £3,000 to BWBF. Often, people with sight loss live…

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Three grants will help more visually impaired people

21st March 2016

Three grants from different organisations will help us get more radios to blind and partially sighted people in central England. British Wireless for the Blind Fund has recently been given some funding to provide radios in the central part of the country. Sir George Martin Trust has donated £1,000 which will pay for new equipment…

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Generous Carlisle motorists raising funds for radios

18th March 2016

Moto has chosen to support BWBF at its service station in Cumbria. General Manager of Moto’s Southwaite services Karen Nicholson with BWBF Regional Development Manager Steven Poole Visually impaired people living in Carlisle will be given specially adapted radios, thanks to the generosity of the area’s motorists. The Moto service station at Southwaite on the…

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Keith Clancy

Reaching Out project to launch thanks to grant

15th March 2016

Hundreds more visually impaired people will benefit thanks to a grant from the ED Charitable Trust. Many people with sight loss live alone and are often unable to read newspapers or watch the television, so a radio becomes their lifeline to the outside world. However the costs of adapted equipment can be too great for…

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BWBF chosen for Waitrose Community Matters in Sefton

15th March 2016

Shoppers in Sefton have the chance to support the community’s visually impaired people after BWBF was chosen by Waitrose as one of its charities for March. Waitrose has chosen British Wireless for the Blind Fund as one of the charities it will support in March. The company’s branch in Formby, Sefton, has picked BWBF for…

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Brewery trust funds adapted radios

7th March 2016

Three visually impaired people living in the West Country will be given specially adapted radios thanks to a local trust. St Austell Brewery Charitable Trust has donated £540 to British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF). The charity provides audio equipment to blind and partially sighted people, who can often become lonely and isolated as…

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Swansea DJ and mum given internet radios

3rd March 2016

A blind DJ and his partially sighted mum have been given specially adapted radios. Paul and Barbara Johnson, from Swansea, have each received a Sonata plus+ from British Wireless for the Blind Fund. The sets were given out thanks to the grant we received from the Freemasons’ Grand Charity. The radios have a text to…

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Foundation funds radios for Bristol and South Glocs visually impaired

3rd March 2016

Fifteen visually impaired people in Bristol and South Gloucestershire will receive new, specially adapted radios thanks to a grant. The James Tudor Foundation has given £1,759 to British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF). The radios, which are designed to be easier to use for people with sight loss, help give them a link to…

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