Military charity Blind Veterans UK have announced that they are standing down their training and rehabilitation centre in Ovingdean, East Sussex, to allow the charity to move to a new building.
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Military charity Blind Veterans UK have announced that they are standing down their training and rehabilitation centre in Ovingdean, East Sussex, to allow the charity to move to a new building.
Read moreA blind veteran from Aldershot in Hampshire is taking on the Brighton Half Marathon later this month in order to raise funds for the charity he credits with giving him his confidence back after he lost his sight.
Read moreProfessor Renata Gomes, Chief Scientific Officer at Blind Veterans UK and newly appointed Visiting Professor at Northumbria University, is to deliver a virtual public lecture on Blind Veterans UK’s research – sharing knowledge for the benefit of wider humanity.
Read moreOne of our developments at Blind Veterans UK is the stronger than ever drive to put research to the benefit of blind veterans with an entrepreneurial mindset, focused on developing accelerated innovation and long-term research to find solutions to prevent, reduce, reverse, cure or live with vision impairment.
Read moreTwenty soldiers from the 21 Engineers regiment will be taking part in a 48-hour challenge on Tuesday 1 June for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for blind and vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.
Read moreA Royal Welsh veteran from Aberystwyth has been completing a three-year fundraising challenge alongside other veterans and serving soldiers in his regiment, in memory of Captain Stephen Healey who was killed in Afghanistan on 26 May 2012 when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED).
Read moreDickie Bird OBE has hosted a private talk for a group of 20 blind veterans with an interest in cricket, providing some much-needed entertainment as this period of self-isolation continues.
Read more380 children from Asquith Primary School in Morley took part in a fundraising challenge on Friday 30 April and raised £5,155 for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for blind and vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.
Read moreA Royal Navy blind veteran will be hosting a free baking session on Monday 17 May to encourage others with sight loss to adapt their cookery skills and demonstrate that it’s still possible to be ambitious and capable in the kitchen.
Read moreA former Royal Engineer from Washington who completed a tour of Afghanistan is to take on a 34-mile Ultra Marathon and raise money for the charity that supports blind and partially sighted veterans, Blind Veterans UK.
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