# BOURNEMOUTH BLIND SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1114570
- **Other names:** BOURNEMOUTH SOCIETY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05792657](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05792657)
- **Registered:** June 6, 2006
- **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=1114570


## Contact

- **Address:** 5 Victoria Park Road, BOURNEMOUTH
- **Postcode:** BH9 2RB
- **Phone:** 01202 546644
- **Email:** info@bournemouthblindsociety.uk
- **Website:** www.bournemouthblindsociety.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO ASSIST AND BENEFIT, BUT NOT WITH DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, PEOPLE WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND/OR HEARING IMPAIRMENT LIVING WITHIN THE BOURNEMOUTH/CHRISTCHURCH/POOLE AREA. (B) TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF SIGHT AND/OR HEARING LOSS.

**Activities:** Bournemouth Blind Society operates a Sight &amp; Hearing Resource Centre; Community Support; Befriending Service; Emotional Support; Sight Awareness Training and provides activities for blind and partially sighted people from its centre in Moordown, Bournemouth. The Society also actively works with the hard of hearing. It promotes independent living and encourages members to remain in their own homes.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** BOURNEMOUTH, CHRISTCHURCH, POOLE AREA
- Bournemouth
- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Poole





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Madeleine Avis** | Chair | Feb. 24, 2014 |
| Andrew Nicholas Sherriff |  | Sept. 2, 2024 |
| Ann Copland |  | June 6, 2023 |
| Dr Rodney Frederick Cooper |  | Sept. 3, 2018 |
| MARGARET JOYCE VOUSDEN |  | Feb. 29, 2016 |
| Richard Alexander Copland |  | June 23, 2025 |
| Tania Patricia Barber |  | Sept. 2, 2024 |




