Belfast Association for the Blind

Public benefits

To support the blind with education, training, skills and financial assistance. The benefit which flows from this purpose includes providing a means for blind people to become self sufficient and also to provide financial support for bodies in relation to education, medical research, and equipment in relation to the blind and visually

impaired. This is demonstrated through the skills which have been learnt by the blind to create goods which were sold, through the manufacture of baskets, brushes, bedding, mats firewood, knitwear and wire goods. This purpose does not lead to harm. The beneficiaries are the blind who benefited from education and learnt a skill and a trade to earn a living. Financial assistance is also provided to the previous blind people who were part of the workshops of the blind and to support blind associated charities, medical research in connection with the blind, blind conditions, visually impaired and for support through medical equipment. There is no private benefit flowing from any of the purposes.

What your organisation does

The Belfast Association for the Blind gives financial assistance to local organisations for the blind, to individual registered blind people in N Ireland and to former employees of the Workshops for the Blind. It also donates funds for medical research and equipment to local universities,