A record number of 940 new ex-Service men and women with sight loss in the UK are set to receive support from national charity Blind Veterans UK, according to new figures. Since 1915, Blind Veterans UK has supported more than 35,000 veterans to overcome the challenges of sight loss. In the 2016/17 financial year, more veterans than ever before accessed ... Read More »
An Iraq War veteran who was blinded in conflict has been shortlisted in the prestigious ‘People’s Choice’ category sponsored by the Sunday Express in the seventh annual Soldiering On Awards. Simon Brown, 38 and from Leeds, was nominated for the award by national military charity Blind Veterans UK, which has supported him since he lost his sight. The Soldiering On ... Read More »
National military charity Blind Veterans UK is involved in an innovative joint project supporting Health Education England in delivering a series of half day and full day training sessions on veterans’ healthcare for GPs across England. Blind Veterans UK, which provides free services and support for all veterans, no matter when they served and how they lost their sight, was ... Read More »
Two brothers who have not been in the same room for 14 years have been reunited by the charity that has supported both of them since losing their sight. 88-year-old Dennis Peel, from Worthing, and his brother Arnold Peel, 86, from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, were reunited at Blind Veterans UK’s training and rehabilitation centre in Brighton this month. Both brothers are ... Read More »
Wrexham blind veteran Shaun Stocker is preparing for the final stage of his 100k Walking Challenge, to take place 16 July along the North Wales Coastal Path, and is encouraging others to join him this Saturday. This walk will be the last in a series that have seen Shaun raise funds and awareness of Blind Veterans UK, the charity that ... Read More »
A team of three blind veterans have made history as they have become the first civilian team to compete at the Pace Sticking World Championships at Sandhurst today (16/06). Military charity Blind Veterans UK entered a team that, as well as being the first non-serving team to take part in the competition’s history, also has three of its members who ... Read More »
Blind military veterans from the US and South Africa headed to Llandudno to join Blind Veterans UK, for an exchange week beginning on Sunday (22/05). Members of the US organisation the Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) visited Britain through an exchange programme between the Association and Blind Veterans UK called Project Gemini. Project Gemini enables Blind Veterans UK and the ... Read More »
National sight loss charity Blind Veterans UK has been shortlisted for a prestigious award in the sight loss sector, with the help of some of the blind ex-Service men and women it supports. The Vision Pioneer Awards 2016, run by NB Online and the UK Vision Strategy, received more than 50 entries across all six award categories. Blind Veterans UK ... Read More »
A record number of 875 new blind and vision impaired ex-Service men and women in the UK are set to receive support from national military charity Blind Veterans UK, according to new figures. In Blind Veterans UK’s 101-year history, the charity saw more veterans than ever before come forward for its free specialist services and support in the 2015/16 financial ... Read More »
On Easter Sunday a group of Royal Mail staff helped kick off blind veteran Shaun Stocker’s 100 kilometre Stocker’s Strides Challenge. Despite horrendous weather, local posties and sorting office workers from Bangor, Caernarfon and Llangefni depots walked 34 km pier to pier, from Llandudno to Bangor. In a show of support for Shaun and all blind veterans, they undertook ... Read More »
A range of key MPs, peers and health figures have backed a national military charity’s call for better signposting for the UK’s blind and vision impaired ex-Service population at a parliamentary reception on 23 February. The House of Commons event was hosted by Blind Veterans UK and Rt Hon Keith Simpson MP to raise awareness of the charity and its ... Read More »
Broadway vision impaired veteran looks forward to baking festive treats after support from Blind Veterans UK. A vision impaired National Service veteran from Broadway is looking forward to baking cakes and puddings for his family’s Christmas feast this year after a national military charity helped him to build his confidence in the kitchen. Earlier this year, Graham Smith, 78, visited ... Read More »
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