# HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF THE BLIND

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1055498
- **Other names:** OPEN SIGHT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03178631](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03178631)
- **Registered:** May 21, 1996
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1055498


## Contact

- **Address:** 25 CHURCH ROAD, EASTLEIGH, HAMPSHIRE
- **Postcode:** SO50 6BL
- **Phone:** 023 8064 1244
- **Email:** info@opensight.org.uk
- **Website:** www.opensight.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED, SIGHT IMPAIRED AND OTHER PEOPLE, WHOSE SIGHT IS AT RISK, LIVING IN ENGLAND, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THOSE IN HAMPSHIRE

**Activities:** Wellbeing and emotional support, independent living aids and magnification equipment, grants, information advice and guidance, activities and services to sight impaired people in Hampshire.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** SOUTH OF ENGLAND, PRIMARILY HAMPSHIRE
- Hampshire
- Portsmouth City
- Southampton City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Collins |  | Jan. 26, 2026 |
| Dr Vivien Mary Robins |  | June 19, 2023 |
| Lynn Simpson |  | Aug. 12, 2021 |
| Mark Oliphant |  | Nov. 11, 2024 |
| Steven Foster |  | March 23, 2026 |
| William Baker |  | Jan. 26, 2026 |




