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Gwssb

Also known as: Visibility Scotland

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC009738
Status
Active
Registered
March 1, 1989
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
2 Queens Crescent
Glasgow
G4 9BW

Contact

Website
visibilityscotland.org.uk

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

Visibility Scotland supports over 3,000 blind and vision-impaired people each year with a range of services. As an organisation, we are: • Collaborative • Creative • Courageous • Inclusive • and we always listen to people with lived experience Our Purpose To equip people impacted by vision impairment and blindness with knowledge and skills to increase confidence and achieve personal goals. Our Vision Vision impairment or blindness is understood and is no longer a barrier to participation in society. Our Mission Pioneering and delivering services to improve outcomes for vision-impaired and blind people. Our services follow the self-management framework and are designed to complement and enrich health and social care services in tandem with community led projects. Our services reduce feelings of loneliness, isolation, dependency and loss of identity for blind and vision-impaired people through support, education and empowerment

Beneficiaries: 'People with disabilities or health problems'

Objectives: (1) to acquire, hold and administer the whole of the property, assets, liabilities and affairs belonging to the incorporated association known as 'Visibility' which was established in the year 1859 under the name or title of 'The Society for Promoting Reading among the Blind', and which in 1861 became known as 'The Glasgow Mission to the Blind', and which in 1872 became known as 'The Glasgow Mission to the Outdoor Blind' and which in 1905 became known as 'The Mission to the Outdoor Blind in Glasgow and the West of Scotland', and then in 1966 became known as 'The Society for the Blind in Glasgow and the West of Scotland' (2) to ameliorate the conditions of and to relieve and care for persons who suffer sensory impairment residing within Glasgow and the former Counties of Lanark, Ayr, Argyll, Renfrew, Bute, Dumbarton, Dumfries and Galloway and such other areas as the Company may resolve to include within the sphere of its operation. and to provide services and other support to promote the welfare of persons with sensory impairment in the foregoing areas, either independently or in co-operation with other persons or bodies including government departments, local authorities and other organisations interested in promoting the welfare of those persons with sensory impairment. (3) to relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, finance hardship or other hardship by assisting financially or supporting any charitable association formed for all or any of the objects of the Company and to promote or join in the promotion of any charitable company or companies for the purpose of carrying on any activity or business which the Company is authorised to carry on.

Geography

Main operating location
Glasgow City
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 £1,111,147 £1,184,384 29
March 31, 2024 £849,802 £1,030,989 27
March 31, 2023 £748,261 £1,037,557 25
March 31, 2022 £728,972 £990,419 28
March 31, 2021 £752,769 £877,995 28