# THE LEEDS SOCIETY FOR DEAF AND BLIND PEOPLE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 227169
- **Other names:** LEEDS DEAF CENTRE, SHIRE VIEW RESOURCE CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00146281](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00146281)
- **Registered:** Oct. 13, 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=227169


## Contact

- **Address:** Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind, People, The Centre, St Mary&#x27;s Street, Leeds
- **Postcode:** LS9 7DP
- **Phone:** 07775 444032
- **Email:** info@leedssocietyfordeafandblind.org.uk
- **Website:** www.LSDBP.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WITH SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING SENSORY IMPAIRED, BY PROMOTING, ORGANISING, AND FACILITATING CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

**Activities:** To raise awareness, through education and training, of the daily communication and accessibility issues facing the growing number of people with sight or hearing loss &amp; provide support/resources in line with Memorandum &amp; Articles of Association.  Provision of one of the largest BSL Interpreting Agencies in the North of England.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LEEDS
- Leeds City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **JASON HIXON** | Chair | Feb. 13, 2013 |
| Beverley Byard |  | March 13, 2025 |
| Christine Roche |  | Jan. 7, 2014 |
| Donna Burrows |  | Nov. 21, 2019 |
| Evindra Lorenzo Wickremaratne |  | Jan. 9, 2015 |
| Sheila Foster |  | May 17, 2018 |




