# Hartlepool Vision Support

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&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=223584


## Contact

- **Address:** Green Bank, Stranton
- **Postcode:** TS24 7QT
- **Phone:** 07379 859420
- **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.




## 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



## Geography

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





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Janet Watkins |  | Dec. 3, 2023 |
| Kevin Braithwaite |  | Dec. 7, 2020 |
| Steven Wheatley |  | June 8, 2021 |




