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Our need for support
• Up to two million people in the UK have a serious sight problem.
• 800 people lose their sight every week.
• One in six people over the age of 75 is blind or partially sighted.
• 90% of blind people over 60 have an income of less than half the
national average.
• 75% of visually impaired people of working age are unemployed.
The majority of blind or partially sighted people have limited opportunities for work and have to manage on low incomes. Normally they rely on welfare benefits as their main source of income. Yet they have many extra expenses to cope with and many of them need to buy special equipment and living aids.
Poverty for blind and visually impaired people remains all too common. The trend towards smaller families and households has resulted in more people living alone, so that isolation is also a frequent factor, particularly in the everyday lives of our older clients.
The Royal Blind Society was founded to help some of those who face particular hardship because of their very low incomes.
To maintain our present level of grants to visually impaired people on low incomes, we need to raise at least £15,000 a month.
To achieve this, we need your support. Please make a donation towards our work, or complete one of our donation forms , or try taking part in one of our events.
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Make a donation
There are a number of ways that you can make a donation. Please select a method that suits you from the list below, or call us on the number at the bottom of the page for more information.
- Make a regular donation through your bank.
- Make a regular donation through your employer’s payroll.
- Make a one-off donation.
- Make an online donation a CAF charity card online at www.allaboutgiving.org
(this link opens a new window).
- Make an online donation by credit card or debit card at www.givenow.org
(this link opens a new window).
- Shop at http://buy.at/RoyalBlindSoc
(this link opens a new window).
- Remember the Royal Blind Society when making your will.
- Volunteer – perhaps as a part-time fundraiser or hotel
supporter. Click here to go to our
Supporters page.
- Sponsor a young blind person on a sailing or adventure holiday.
- Sponsor a respite holiday for an older blind person.
- Download and complete one of our donation forms and send it into us.
PLUS………please remember to complete a Gift Aid form to increase the value of your donation at no further cost to yourself. If you pay UK tax, you can increase the value of your donation to the Royal Blind Society by 28 per cent. Call 01903 857023 for details.
The Royal Blind Society is especially grateful to all its supporters and for all their donations.
For more information or to make a donation please contact Derek Froud by phone on 01903 857023 or via email to derekrbs@aol.com
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