# Sight Support West Cumbria

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1211460
- **Other names:** WEST CUMBRIA SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 18, 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=1211460


## Contact

- **Address:** SIGHT SUPPORT WEST CUMBRIA, 22 LOWTHER STREET, WHITEHAVEN
- **Postcode:** CA28 7DG
- **Phone:** 01946592474
- **Email:** sightloss.lifeline@hotmail.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN WEST CUMBRIA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY:A) HELPING VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY;B) PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE AND TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;C) PROVIDING VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE WITH A RANGE OF WELFARE SUPPORT, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND ACCESS TO SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT;D) PROMOTING AWARENESS OF SIGHT LOSS ISSUES TO ENCOURAGE INCLUSION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

**Area of benefit:** LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cumbria




## Trustees

- **David Arthur Linstead** (Chair)
- Christopher Gerard Quinn
- David Rogac
- EDWARD BEBBINGTON — appointed July 25, 2025
- Mildred Josephine Linstead