# BERKSHIRE COUNTY BLIND SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1146413
- **Other names:** BCBS, BERKSHIRE VISION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07977903](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07977903)
- **Registered:** March 15, 2012
- **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=1146413


## Contact

- **Address:** BERKSHIRE VISION, 5 ERLEIGH ROAD, READING
- **Postcode:** RG1 5LR
- **Phone:** 0118 987 2803
- **Email:** office@berkshirevision.org.uk
- **Website:** www.berkshirevision.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED BY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: (1)PROVIDING FACILITIES, SUPPORT, EQUIPMENT OR LITERATURE ON CONTRACT TO, AS AGENTS FOR, OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH, THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN BERKSHIRE OR ANY ORGANISATION, INSTITUTE, BODY, TRUST OR FUND, OR ANY PERSON OR PERSONS SUPPORTING THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY. (2) PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND/ OR PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN SPECIAL NEED. (3) CO-OPERATING WITH ORGANISATIONS CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND PROVIDING NON-TECHNICAL RELIEF FROM VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. (4) PROVIDING ACTIVITIES FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN AND CO-OPERATING WITH THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO THEIR EDUCATION AND WELFARE. (5) HELPING WITH THE PROVISION OF HOLIDAYS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE. (6) SUPPLYING MATERIALS TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE ENGAGED IN PASTIME WORK AND ASSISTING IN MARKETING THE ARTICLES MADE BY THEM. (7) RAISING FUNDS AND INVITING AND RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY SOURCE WHATSOEVER BY WAY OF SUBSCRIPTIONS, DONATIONS AND COVENANTS IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHARITY. (8) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE NEEDS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

**Activities:** Provision of information, advice, guidance, support services, leisure, social and sports activities for visually impaired people in Berkshire




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Disability, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- Bracknell Forest
- Reading
- Slough
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Jones |  | Jan. 1, 2022 |
| Christopher Owen |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |
| Clare Baldwin |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |
| DAVID JOHN FEW |  | March 12, 2012 |
| IAN ALEXANDER FRASER |  | Dec. 10, 2013 |
| Jane Veys |  | Jan. 29, 2020 |
| MARTIN JOHN GUBB |  | Sept. 30, 2015 |
| MR DON REED |  | March 12, 2012 |
| ROBERT BRISTOW |  | Nov. 1, 2023 |




