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Visually impaired people in Blackpool to benefit from free radios
British Wireless will be able to support more people in Blackpool thanks to a grant it has received from a trust. The Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund has given BWBF a donation of £750. It will be used to provide our specially adapted radios to blind and partially sighted people living in the Blackpool area.…
Read MoreBlind Glasgow residents to benefit thanks to grant
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…
Read MoreLetter from Dame Vera Lynn discovered as singer celebrates 100th birthday
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…
Read MoreSupermarket giant Waitrose checks out with a grant to support visually impaired people in Formby, Merseyside.
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…
Read MoreWe’re celebrating International Women’s Day
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…
Read MoreIt’s World Book Day!
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…
Read MoreBWBF joins forces with another charity to help North Yorkshire blind
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…
Read MoreTrust donation will support Scotland’s visually impaired
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…
Read MoreRadio listening figures rise in last quarter of 2016
Figures released today show the number of people tuning into their radios every week increased during the last quarter of 2016. RAJAR, the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences, has released its data for the period from September 19th to December 18th 2016. There are 48.7 million adults tuning in to their favourite…
Read MoreSuccessful 2016 Christmas appeal has now closed
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.…
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