by Helen Brown | Jun 29, 2022 | News
Each week our lifestyle team run a range of activities at our centres in Sedgley and Stourbridge where you can try new things, make new friends and learn to adapt to life with sight loss. There’s plenty going on throughout July that we’d love you to join...
by Helen Brown | Jun 29, 2022 | Blogs, News
A UNIQUE programme to teach people with sight loss new skills while raising funds to support others has been expanded thanks to a generous donation. The 5/344 Transport and General Union Benevolent Fund Charity (ex Goodyear workers) has funded two new items of...
by Helen Brown | Jun 14, 2022 | News
We’re so fortunate to have almost 250 volunteers dedicated to supporting all those impacted by sight loss here at Beacon. They carry out a variety of roles, from telephone befriending and volunteer driving to helping out in our retail stores or assisting at our...
by Helen Brown | May 16, 2022 | News
We are thrilled to be able to cordially invite you to the Beacon Centre for a celebratory Afternoon Tea in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee! Come and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea with a selection of sandwiches, cakes and tea and coffee at the Beacon Centre...
by Helen Brown | May 5, 2022 | News
THE final takes place next week of a fundraising football competition that’s been raising money for the Beacon Centre for the Blind for 96 years. The JW Hunt Cup was launched in 1926 and since then has been entertaining non-league crowds year after year, all while...
by Helen Brown | Feb 7, 2022 | Blogs, News
Jim is pictured centre presenting a cheque to Beacon. An amateur football stalwart who helped raise thousands of pounds for the Beacon Centre for the Blind through the JW Hunt Cup has died at the age of 83. Tributes have been paid to Jim Cartwright, who was Chairman...