Health Charities That specialise in Visual impairment
Discover 361 Health charities that specialise in visual impairment. Use the search below to filter within these results.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Maruti Trust
Arts, Economic and community development, Health, Social welfareWe provide health services to poor, needy and suffering people. We promote education and prepare poor and needy people for jobs. We provide meals to 100,000 poor and hungry people. We provide hospital care for over half a million poor and suffering people with eye problems and crippled people.We promote education. We train crippled people for IT, TV, Mobile phone and Radio repairing for jobs.
Watford Social Centre For The Blind
Health, LeisureThe charity provides a club where visually impaired people may meet socially enjoying weekly activities, entertainment & support specifically for those with sight loss. Regular days out and an annual holiday for members can be enjoyed. The club is open every week for two days & runs entirely on a self funded and voluntary basis.
British Police Symphony Orchestra
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Health, Professions, Saving of livesThe Orchestra made up of police officers, police staff and other members of the extended police family each year performs at different venues around the country raising money for a number of different charities. A mini tour of India took place in February 2008. Charity Concerts included Warwick Arts Centre for Fighting Blindness and the annual Proms Concert at Symphony Hall in December.
Cecil Rosen Charitable Trust
Health, ReligionTo provide assistance to Jewish charities and Non Jewish charities particularly in the fields of blindness or disability
Blindcare
HealthBlindcare is a charity covering the whole of the United Kingdom working for people who are blind or visually impaired to improve their education, independence and opportunity to enter the workplace.
Mountfield Village Hall
Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Health, Leisure, Social welfareFor use of inhabitants of the Parish of Mountfield and surrounding areas as a meeting place for village activities and recreations, such as parish council, social club, horticultural society, blind club, community transport, painting classes, dancing classes, birthday parties, wedding receptions, funeral wakes, fund raising activities.
Pembrokeshire Blind Society
Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareTo promote the material mental and spiritual welfare of persons within the County of Pembrokeshire who are suffering from blindness, total or registered. It makes grants of clothing, equipment, and gifts of any kind whatsoever or otherwise to or for the benefit of such persons by arranging for them to be visited wherever they may be, and by arranging transport, trips or holidays for them.
Rotherham Talking Newspaper
Arts, HealthProvision of local news on audio cassette, memory stick or CD for blind or visually impaired people in the local area. Also provision of weekly and monthly audio magazines
Help The Child
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, HealthHelp the Child raises funds through a number of events throughout the year, with the purpose of providing items of specialist equipment and educational toys for children with special educational needs, physical disability or sensory impairment within Somerset.
West Cumbria Society For The Blind
Associations, Health1 We provide a Resource & information Centre open 9am-5pm Mon to Friday. 2 We provide an outreach visiting service and social clubs for blind or partially sighted.
Wigan, Leigh And District Society For The Blind
HealthOur charity helps blind people who live in the metropolitan borough of Wigan. We hold weekly social classes in the day. We hold day trips in the summer. We also offer advice on equipment and will order when requested daily living aids .
Dunmow Day Centre
Health, Social care, Social welfareThe Daycentre provides a warm space, social interaction & freshly cooked lunches at moderate prices between 10am & 2pm every Tuesday and Thursday, for the local residents over 55. This is funded by rental of the premises to a variety of organisations for their activities with particular emphasis on groups supporting the over 55's eg Blind & Housebound & Alzheimer's groups.
The Red Rose Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HealthMakes grants to the aged, blind and disabled persons and pensioners
Carmarthenshire Blind Society
HealthIN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE WE PROVIDE A WEEKLY RESOURCE CENTRE, AND DROP IN CENTRE AT LLANELLI, WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED MEMBERS FROM THE ENTIRE COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDES COMPUTER FACILITIES WITH DOLPHIN SOFTWARE PACKAGES AND FULL CCTV AND DOCUMENT READERS..HOWEVER, AT THE MOMENT WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE TRAINING FACILITIES. BUT THE EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR DEMONSTRATION.
Milton Mountaineers
HealthHill walking for blind and partially sighted people throughout the UK.
St Anne's School And Sixth Form College Charity Fund
Beneficiary group, Education, HealthThe charity is used to fund activities and equipment for children subject to profound and multiple, severe and autistic and emotional behavioral difficulties some with additional sensory impairment.
Andover Talking Newspaper Association
Arts, HealthEach week we create a memory stick based on the local paper, with other useful local information. This is distributed to our listeners by Royal Mail ( free), all of whom are blind or partially sighted..
The Alexander Pigott Wernher Memorial Trust
HealthRegistered charities only for Blind and Deaf
South Devon And Cornwall Institution For The Blind
Charitable activities, HealthThe object of the charity is to help promote the welfare of state registered blind people within the South Devon and Cornwall area. This is done mainly by providing grants to help them purchase educational equipment and living aids.
Isle Of Ely Society For The Blind
Associations, Health, Social welfareTo provide assistance,advice,support and social activities for blind and partially sighted persons who are resident in the old county of the "Isle of Ely".
The British Aid Committee Of The Jewish Institute For The Blind, Jerusalem
Charitable activities, Health, ReligionMakes grants to the Jewish Institute for the Blind, Jerusalem
Pitsea Mount Community Association
Animals, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Health, LeisureThe community hall is let for the purpose of scout and beaver groups weekly meetings, keep fit class, craft class, , fundraising activities - quizzes, socials and private lettings - weddings. Women's Institute twice-monthly meetings. New for 2017:- weekly Zumba class, monthly coffee mornings, weekly W.I. knitting and craft group. Guide dogs for the blind training, Sunday religious group.
National Federation Of The Blind Of The United Kingdom
Charitable activities, HealthThe federation, through its blind and partially sighted membership, seeks to promote a better quality of life for all visually impaired people through local activities at branch level and nationally through campaigning.
The Rochdale And District Blind Welfare Society
Arts, Associations, Health, Social welfareA social club for the Blind and Partially Sighted in the Rochdale Area.Every tuesday there is a social event, with an Artist/singer- with dancing/sing along, held at the centre, or on approx six occasions a year,a coach trip out, with meal.The Talking Newspaper also use our premises weekly, without charge.
Staffordshire Moorlands Talking Newspaper
Arts, Charity and VCS support, HealthWe produce 55 memory sticks each week for blind and partially sighted residents or former residents of the Staffordshire Moorlands featuring the main items in the three local newspapers. We have about 30 loyal volunteers.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many visual-impairment health charities are there in the UK?
There are 361 registered visual-impairment health charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the visual-impairment health charities by income?
Nuffield Health is the largest by latest reported annual income (£1.5bn). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.
What is the combined annual income of visual-impairment health charities?
Visual-impairment health charities reported a combined annual income of £15.2bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for visual-impairment health charities?
Across all visual-impairment health charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 87.4%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of visual-impairment health charities?
Visual-impairment health charities have an average annual income of £3.3m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.