# BRAILLE CHESS ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 263049
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 22, 1971
- **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=263049


## Contact

- **Address:** 58 Earl Russell Street, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE2 8LH
- **Phone:** 0116 429 6554
- **Email:** customerservices@braillechess.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.braillechess.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AMONG THE BLIND IN RELATION TO THE GAME OF CHESS. (FOR DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23RD OCTOBER 1970).

**Activities:** Vision StatementTo spread and advance the playing of chess among blind and partially sighted people throughout the United Kingdom by organising tournaments and providing coaching and reference material.  Also we provide, at subsidised cost, tactile chess sets and talking digital chess clocks.




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Disability, Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Voldi Gailans** | Chair | March 15, 2025 |
| Abi Emma Sian Baker |  | March 26, 2022 |
| Brandan Scott Read |  | March 15, 2025 |
| Clare Gailans |  | March 21, 2026 |
| GERARD FRANCIS WALSH |  | March 16, 2024 |
| Gary John Hogan |  | March 15, 2025 |
| Gillian Mary Smith |  | March 24, 2026 |
| Julie Ann Leonard |  | March 8, 2014 |
| MARK KIRKHAM |  | March 20, 2004 |
| MR GUY WHITEHOUSE |  | March 3, 2007 |
| Tristram Charles Cole |  | March 16, 2024 |
| WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG |  | March 15, 2023 |




