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A well-known blind artist has spoken about how her BWBF radio keeps her company while she’s painting. Despite having no sight at all in one of her eyes and no peripheral vision in the other, Dawn Parkinson creates beautiful pieces of artwork. She taught herself to paint and uses a magnifier which enables her to…

Rio 2016 fever is sweeping the UK – and it’s no different at BWBF’s head office. Rio fever is building across the UK as Team GB adds to its Olympic medal haul – and BWBF is reminding supporters they can listen to the coverage on their radios. Whichever set you have from British Wireless, you…

The latest RAJAR figures have been released today – showing a rise in the number of people tuning into their radio every week. These figures again show the importance of having access to a radio and therefore how vital the work done by British Wireless is.  RAJAR is the official body in charge of measuring…

A group of canoeists enjoyed the summer weather at annual charity event. Members of a canoe club have raised almost £100 for BWBF by taking part in a 17km paddle. Eight people from Tonbridge Canoe Club joined in with the event on Saturday. It was organised by club member Frances Fielding, who is BWBF’s Trusts…

British Wireless has published its annual Impact Report for 2015-2016. BWBF is inviting its supporters to have a read of its Impact Report for 2015-2016. We’ve been working on the document for the last few months and it has now been published. It includes a review of the last year and also sets out our…

A fundraiser has taken part in a muddy 5k event to support British Wireless. A mum has raised almost £100 for BWBF after taking part in a muddy run. Our new Financial Controller Adrienn Rocco took part in the event at the weekend. She tackled a 5k obstacle course which involved running through tyres, crawling…

Several trusts have given grants to BWBF during June. Visually impaired people across the country will benefit from a number of grants BWBF received throughout June. The Sir Jules Thorn Trust has given us £1,000 from its Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme. It will be used to provide our specially adapted sets to people with…

Visually impaired people living in Cumbria and Essex will benefit from two grants that British Wireless has recently received. More than 15 visually impaired people will benefit from grants recently received by BWBF. The Sellafield Charity Snowball has donated £2,200 which will be used to provide Concerto 2 multimedia players to 12 blind or partially…

BWBF has issued its first set to someone with sight loss in Guernsey – where people are now able to benefit from our service. People living with sight loss in Guernsey can now benefit from BWBF’s service if they meet our criteria. Two members of the charity’s team visited the island to reach out to…

Roberts Radio has been a long supporter of BWBF and we are very proud of the relationship. Read more about how our partnership works. For the last 60 years, BWBF has been lucky enough to be supported by the UK’s most prestigious consumer electronics company, Roberts Radio. The Yorkshire-based business designs and manufactures most of…