Support us

Every year we ensure thousands of blind people feel connected to the world around them.

With the number of registered blind people set to increase, demand on our services will only continue to grow. With no government funding BWBF relies solely on the generosity of the general public so we can continue to provide vulnerable blind and partially sighted people a constant and vital link to the world.

Make a Donation Legacies Donate in Memory Donating Shares Payroll Giving Other ways to help

Make a Donation

Online

Simply click the donate button at the top of this page and follow the steps - don't forget to have your bank card ready or you can use your PayPal account.

By post

Please send a cheque payable to British Wireless for the Blind Fund to 10 Albion Place, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DZ. If you would like to include a donation form with your gift it can be downloaded here - Donation Form

By phone

Simply call us on 01622 754757 to make a payment using your debit or credit card and a member of the team can take your donation over the phone. (Monday – Friday 9am-5pm)

By Bacs transfer

If you would like to electronically transfer your donation to our bank account please contact our fundraisers using the details below.

For general fundraising enquiries please contact our Individual Giving Manager, Julie Hocking, on 07375 925 375 or email julieh@blind.org.uk

For any enquiries regarding Trusts and Foundations please contact our Trusts and Foundations Manager, Helen Greener, on 07483 123 244 or email helen@blind.org.uk

THANK YOU FOR DECIDING TO SUPPORT BRITISH WIRELESS FOR THE BLIND FUND

Donations from appeals are not restricted to one area of our work. This allows us to decide where the need for our service is greatest and quickly respond as needed. Should you wish to restrict your gift to a specific area of our work please do let us know.

Legacies

Leave a gift in your will

Having a will means you are able to help the people and causes that are close to your heart. At BWBF we understand that ensuring your loved ones are taken care of must come first. If after this you are able to leave us a gift in your will, no matter the size, you will enable us to provide future generations with hours of enjoyment.

Leaving us a legacy is a special way to help us to ensure we are here to support people with sight loss, when they need us, for years to come.

Types of gifts to consider –

A share of your estate (residuary bequest)
A cash gift (pecuniary bequest)
A specific item

Gifts to charities in your will are tax free. If the value of your estate exceeds the tax threshold you could reduce the amount of inheritance tax you pay.

For more information about leaving us a gift in your will, you can view our Legacy Information Pack or contact our Legacy Officer, Kirsty Grainger, on 07746 301 840 or email kirsty@blind.org.uk

BWBF strongly recommend you take independent financial advice when deciding to write your will as it is important your wishes are carried out in full.

Donate in Memory

Giving in Memory

Making a donation in memory of a loved one is a special way to celebrate their life and to help a visually impaired person receive a lifeline to the world.

Funeral donations

Some families choose to ask for donations in lieu of flowers at a funeral service. Many people are opting to make charitable donations instead of sending floral tributes and should you wish, you could suggest contributions be sent to us at the following address, indicating the name of the person the donation is in memory of.

BWBF, 10 Albion Place, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DZ

Please make cheques payable to British Wireless for the Blind Fund.

Thank you so much for thinking of British Wireless at this time, your donation is an incredible gift to someone who needs it.

Donating Shares

If you have shares which are uneconomic to sell, you may wish to consider donating them to ShareGift, the share donation charity.

ShareGift is an independent UK registered charity (No. 1052686) which specialises in releasing the money locked up in small shareholdings, but which can accept donations of any size. ShareGift works by collecting together small lots of shares until there are enough to sell and then donating the resulting proceeds to a wide range of charities. To date ShareGift has donated over £25million to over 2,500 charities. ShareGift make their grants based upon suggestions from donors. You can help support us by donating any small shareholdings you may have to ShareGift, and mentioning that you support British Wireless for the Blind.

If you are a UK taxpayer, you can claim income tax relief on the value of most stocks and securities when you donate them to a charity. In addition, donating shares charitably gives rise to neither a gain nor a loss for Capital Gains Tax (CGT) purposes.

For more information on ShareGift go to www.sharegift.org

Payroll Giving

You could donate to BWBF directly from your wages. When you donate money to a cause in the normal way you are giving out of your taxed income. When you choose a Payroll Giving scheme your donation is taken from your pay before tax is deducted.

It might sound complicated, but in fact, it's extremely simple to use. The donation is made before you pay tax, so we receive more. Once you have set it up you don’t need to do anything, every time you get paid we will benefit.

Ask your employer if your organisation is registered with any of the Payroll Giving agencies, such as CAF Give As You Earn, or visit the Inland Revenue website for further information.

Other ways to help

Give a car

If you're thinking of getting rid of your old car - it could raise money for us. Visit the Give A Car website and find out how your vehicle could raise a donation for us. The organisation will arrange to pick up your car, take it to auction and then donate the proceeds (after admin costs) to us. They will also take ride-on lawnmowers, farm vehicles, vans, motorbikes and lorries.

easyfundraising

We are registered with easyfundraising, which means over 6,000 shops and sites will donate to us for free every time you use easyfundraising to shop with them. It’s completely free and doesn’t take long.

Simply click here

Give as you live

Another way to support our work, which won't cost you a penny, is to sign up to Give as you Live. It's a way of donating money to charity whenever you shop online. BWBF is registered with the organisation, which works with over 4,000 retailers to donate a percentage of every purchase to good causes. Online stores signed up include Tesco, eBay, John Lewis and Boots - so you're probably already shopping at some of them! All you need to do is register and choose to support us and then access your favourite retailer via Give as you Live.

Used Stamps

Turn your used stamps into funds! British Wireless accepts used stamps - which means your old postage stamps can raise money for us.

All you need to do is save all the stamps from your mail, both British and foreign stamps accepted, and send them to us at -

British Wireless for the Blind Fund, 10 Albion Place, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DZ

They need to be cut out with no more than 1cm of envelope remaining around them but not too close so that the perforations are damaged.

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