# Hartlepool Vision Support

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 223584
- **Other names:** HARTLEPOOL BLIND WELFARE ASSOCIATION, THE HARTLEPOOLS WORKSHOPS FOR THE BLIND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Oct. 23, 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=223584


## Contact

- **Address:** Green Bank, Stranton
- **Postcode:** TS24 7QT
- **Phone:** 07379859420
- **Email:** barbara@hartlepoolvision.onmicrosoft.com
- **Website:** https://hartlepoolvisionsupport.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE BLIND AND TO PROVIDE FOR BLIND PEOPLE THE UNDERMENTIONED:- A) EMPLOYMENT IN WORKSHOPS AND ELSEWHERE B) HOME TEACHING AND VISITING C) SOCIAL WELFARE AND RECREATION SERVICES. D) FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYED BLIND E) ACCOMODATION IN HOSTELS AND/OR HOMES.

**Activities:** Services offered include home visiting service,cookery/handicraft/social and computer skills sessions, hold a monthly book club. We have a resource centre with specialist equipment. Produce a newsletter and a talking newspaper. We provide information to access benefits/allowances/health care services and assistance with paperwork. People can self-refer or use our drop-in/telephone enquiry service.

**Area of benefit:** BOROUGHS OF HARTLEPOOL AND WEST HARTLEPOOL.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Hartlepool



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £160033 | £114447 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £95966 | £102545 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £77896 | £77551 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £69059 | £59032 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £131401 | £50701 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Janet Watkins — appointed Dec. 3, 2023
- Kevin Braithwaite — appointed Dec. 7, 2020
- Steven Wheatley — appointed June 8, 2021