# TELFORD VISUALLY IMPAIRED GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1209274
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 24, 2024
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1209274


## Contact

- **Address:** 15 Arleston Village, Arleston, TELFORD
- **Postcode:** TF1 2LU
- **Phone:** 01952250110
- **Email:** kenwhitcombe@icloud.com
- **Website:** https://telfordvisuallyimpaired.group/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE1.1 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF ADULTS LIVING WITH SIGHT LOSS DISABILITY AND WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN TELFORD BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.1.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF ADULT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND SIGHT LOSS DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.1.3 TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE CARING FOR OR NURSING A PERSON WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND SIGHT LOSS DISABILITY IN ANY PLACE OTHER THAN AN INSTITUTION OR NURSING HOME AS DEFINED BY THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1948 AND CHRONICALLY SICK AND DISABLED PERSONS ACT 1970, AND THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OR ARE SIGHT LOSS DISABLED BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, SUPPORT AND ADVICE FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE.

**Activities:** The Telford VIsually Impaired Group supports visullay impaired people and their carers with the Telford and Wrekin area.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Telford & Wrekin




## Trustees

- **Brian Richards** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 29, 2024
- Dr Haydn Paul Griffiths — appointed Feb. 29, 2024
- Geoffrey  Stephen Foulkes — appointed Aug. 24, 2024
- HAYLEY KATHERINE DYSON — appointed Feb. 29, 2024
- Ian Charles Roberts — appointed Feb. 19, 2025
- Kenneth George Whitcombe — appointed Feb. 29, 2024
- Patricia Helen Hayward — appointed Feb. 29, 2024