# ACTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 205913
- **Other names:** LONDON ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, SURREY ASSOCIATION FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE BLIND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00026688](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00026688)
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **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=205913


## Contact

- **Address:** RNIB, Grimaldi Building, 154A Pentonville Road, London
- **Postcode:** N1 9JE
- **Phone:** 0303 123 9999
- **Email:** helpline@rnib.org.uk
- **Website:** www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE BETTER EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE, AND GENERALLY TO WATCH OVER AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE AND TO PREVENT BLINDNESS

**Activities:** Action for Blind People support blind and partially sighted people in the United Kingdom.  This can mean helping them to find or keep a job, deal with housing issues, helping them to go on holiday, providing sports clubs for visually impaired children, and other services for visually impaired children and their families or providing vital information in the heart of communities.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| ANNA MARGARET TYLOR |  | Feb. 10, 2025 |
| Alice Collins |  | Dec. 1, 2022 |
| James Alan Harra |  | July 12, 2025 |
| Mary Elliott |  | July 12, 2025 |



## Linked charities

- MARIE LOHR APPEAL (205913-1)
- L R WARRENS BEQUEST (205913-2)
- W A GILLIGAN TRUST FUND (205913-3)
- A N MILNER BEQUEST (205913-4)



