# EASTBOURNE BLIND SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 219818
- **Other names:** THE SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE BLIND IN EASTBOURNE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 19, 1963
- **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=219818


## Contact

- **Address:** EASTBOURNE BLIND SOCIETY, 124-142 LONGSTONE ROAD, EASTBOURNE
- **Postcode:** BN22 8DA
- **Phone:** 01323729511
- **Email:** info@eastbourneblindsociety.org
- **Website:** www.eastbourneblindsociety.org



## Activities

**Objects:** RELIEF OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EASTBOURNE

**Activities:** Advice/support for visually impaired people in Eastbourne and environs. Contract with ESCC. Close community working. Low Vision Support Worker encouraging confidence and independence. Home visiting. Wide range of social activities. Demonstration and sales of low vision aids and equipment. Vision awareness advice/training. Rehabilitation modules. Audio Books library. Volunteering opportunities.

**Area of benefit:** COUNTY BOROUGH OF EASTBOURNE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £295375 | £316710 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £810000 | £287545 | £3199584 | 9 |
| March 31, 2023 | £250828 | £251390 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £159194 | £228341 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £255192 | £209578 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ADRIAN TERRY LEY** (Chair)
- CLARE MARY SZANTO — appointed June 11, 2018
- Cynthia Fiona Cain — appointed Nov. 4, 2024
- Gregory Szanto — appointed Sept. 9, 2024
- NIGEL ROYSTON GOODYEAR — appointed May 4, 2012
- PHILIP DOUGLAS PARKER — appointed April 9, 2018