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A big thank you for the very generous grant from the Freemasons’ Grand Charity. Thanks to a very generous grant from the Freemasons’ Grand Charity, British Wireless for the Blind Fund will now be able to replace the former version of its text to speech wireless internet audio player, being used by our blind and…

Presenter and BWBF patron Sue Cook has presented one of our radios to an 88-year-old at Churchill’s former home in Kent. Sue Cook, one of BWBF’s patrons, presented Enid Ferguson, of Westerham, with a new Concerto 2 set this week. With the sun streaming into Winston Churchill’s former study at Chartwell, his home in Kent,…

Work is underway on a research project which will help BWBF reach hundreds more visually impaired people. Earlier this year we reported how a generous grant from the ED Charitable Trust would allow British Wireless to reach even more blind and partially sighted people in need. The funding was to launch our Reaching Out project,…

A father-of-two who was robbed of an army career after losing his sight has thanked BWBF for giving him an ‘invaluable lifeline’. Dave Cole followed his father, uncle and brother into the armed forces and saw a bright future ahead. That was until a random flare robbed him of his sight, an army career and…

Lions donate three special radio sets for use by local blind people. Members of the Weymouth and Portland Lions Club, John Braithwaite and Les Board, presented a cheque for the purchase of radios to BWBF Regional Manager David Loveridge. He said: “I really want to thank members of the Weymouth and Portland Lions who have…

The Central Radio Amateur Circle has won trophies at an annual radio club fundraising event. West Midlands-based Central Radio Amateur Circle has won both trophies at the annual Transmission event, where radios clubs compete to make the greatest number of contacts and raise the most money. They set up their equipment, aerials, tents and caravans…

Guitarist Rick Payne is supporting BWBF through sales of his CD Radio City Blues. An acoustic blues guitarist is supporting the work of BWBF through sales of his CD. Rick Payne is helping our cause through his album Radio City Blues. It’s had some excellent reviews, including this one from Kickass Acoustic Blues: “Rick Payne is…

We would like to say a huge thank you to the members of Ryedale Lions. A recent grant from the Ryedale Lions has allowed us to provide three blind people in Ryedale with a specially adapted Concerto 2. The Concerto 2 is our most popular set and it allows the recipient to listen to talking…

A grant from a charitable trust will allow us to provide radios to four hospitals in West Yorkshire. A grant from the Sovereign Healthcare Charitable Trust has been awarded to BWBF. The money will allow us to provide one of our specially adapted Concerto 2 sets to four hospitals in West Yorkshire. Bradford Royal Infirmary,…