Blindcare

Blindcare (Charity No: 1020073) was established to promote the relief of people who are blind or partially sighted (also referred to as visually impaired).

The charity supports the principle of intervention at an early stage in life making a massive positive impact on the future life chances, opportunities and outcomes for people who are visually impaired or blind. It supports specialist educational work that focuses on this, in particular, via its main delivery partner, The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC).

RNC is the UK's leading further education (FE) college for those aged 16 to 25 with a visual impairment, supporting up to 100 students a year, in a residential setting on its campus in Herefordshire. Many of RNC's students go on to university or other further education, some transition into work or take up volunteer roles in their own communities.

Recent changes

In 2021, Blindcare's trustees undertook a consultation with its donors (mainly payroll givers) on changes to its Articles, receiving no objections. Blindcare was originally a consortium of VI charities but, in 2019, all of the other charities, except RNC, withdrew by agreement, prompting the consultation.

The Charity Commission has accepted the trustees' proposed changes, in supporting the life changing education and training of visually impaired young people aged 16 to 25 from across the UK, in particular that provided by RNC. The articles of association have been amended to reflect this change and to generally update the governance of the charity.

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