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Some useful contacts

England

Action for Blind People

14–16 Verney Road

London SE16 3DZ

Tel: 0207 635 4800

Fax: 0207 635 4900

Email: info@actionforblindpeople.org.uk

Website: www.afbp.org

British Guide Dogs for the Blind

Head Office Hillfields Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3YG

Tel: 0118 983 5555

Fax: 0118 983 5433

Email: guidedogs@guidedogs.org.uk

Website: www.guidedogs.org.uk

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British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society (BRPS)

PO Box 350

Buckingham MK18 1GZ

Tel: 0128 082 1334

Fax: 0128 081 5900

Email: info@brps.org.uk

Website: www.brps.org.uk

CALIBRE Audio-Library

Aylesbury HP22 5XQ

Tel: 0129 643 2339

Email: info@calibre.org.uk

Website: www.calibre.org.uk

Deafblind UK

National Centre for Deafblindness

John and Lucille van Geest Place

Cygnet Road

Hampton

Peterborough PE7 8FD

Tel: 0173 335 8100 (voice/text)

Fax: 0173 335 8356

Text: 0173 335 8858

Email: enquiries@deafblind.org.uk

Website: www.deafblind.org.uk

Diabetes UK Central Office

Natasha Lawrence, Acting Head of Community Fundraising

10 Parkway

London NW1 7AA

Tel: 0207 424 1000

Email: info@diabetes.org.uk

Henshaw’s Society for Blind People

John Derby House

88–92 Talbot Road Old Trafford Manchester M16 0GS

Tel: 0161 872 1234

Fax: 0161 848 9889

Website: www.hsbp.co.uk

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National Association of Local Societies for Visually Impaired People (NALSVI)

21 Greencliffe Drive York YO30 6NA

Tel/Fax: 0190 467 1921

Email: sue@nalsvi.fsnet.co.uk

National Library for the Blind

Far Cromwell Road

Bredbury

Stockport SK6 2SG

Tel: 0161 355 2000

Fax: 0161 355 2098

Website: www.nlb-online.org

Opsis (Working with Blind and Partially Sighted People) c/o Queen Alexandra College

Court Oak Road Harborne Birmingham B17 9TG

Tel: 0121 428 5037

Fax: 0121 428 5035

Website: www.opsis.org.uk

Partially Sighted Society

PO Box 322

Doncaster DN1 2XA

Tel: 0130 232 3132

Email: info@partsight.org.uk

Royal London Society for the Blind

Dorton House

Seal

Sevenoaks TN15 0ED

Tel: 0173 259 2500

Fax: 0173 259 2506

Website: www.rlsb.org.uk

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Royal National College for the Blind

College Road

Hereford HR1 1EB

General enquiries: 0143 226 5725

Textphone: 0143 227 6532

Programme helpline: 0143 237 6621

Fax: 0143 237 6628

Website: www.rncb.ac.uk

Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)

105 Judd Street

London WC1H 9NE

Tel: 0207 388 1266

Helpline: 0845 766 9999 (Mon–Fri 09.00–17.00 hours) Textphone: 0800 085 3210

Fax: 0207 388 2034

Website: www.rnib.org.uk

RNIB Customer Services

PO Box 173

Peterborough PE2 6WS

Tel: 0845 702 3153

Textphone: 0845 758 5691

Fax: 0173 337 1555

Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)

19–23 Featherstone Street London EC1Y 8SL

Tel: 0207 296 8000 Textphone: 0207 296 8001

Infoline: 0870 605 0123 or 0808 808 0123 Textphone infoline: 0870 603 3007 or 0808 808 9000 Fax: 0207 296 8199

Website: www.rnid.org.uk

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Sense (National Deafblind and Rubella Association)

11–13 Clifton Terrace

Finsbury Park

London N4 3SR

Tel: 0207 272 7774

Textphone: 0207 272 9648

Fax: 0207 272 6012

Website: www.sense.org.uk

St Dunstan’s

12–14 Harcourt Street

London W1H 4HD

Tel: 0207 723 5021 (Mon–Fri 07.00–19.00 hours)

Fax: 0207 262 6199

Website: www.st-dunstans.org.uk

Scotland

British Guide Dogs for the Blind

Dundee Road

Forfar

Angus DD8 1JA

Tel: 0130 746 3531

Fax: 0130 746 5233

Email: forfar@guidedogs.org.uk

Website: www.guidedogs.org.uk

Deafblind Scotland

21 Alexandra Avenue

Lenzie

Glasgow G66 5BG

Tel: 0141 777 6111 (voice/text)

Fax: 0141 775 3311

Email: info@deafblindscotland.org.uk

Website: www.deafblindscotland.org.uk

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Diabetes UK, Scotland

John Fyfe, National Fundraiser

Savoy House

140 Sauchiehall Street

Glasgow G2 3DH

Tel: 0141 332 2700

Email: scotland@diabetes.org.uk

RNIB Scotland Resource Centre

Dunedin House

25 Ravelston Terrace

Edinburgh EH4 3TP

Tel: 0131 311 8521

Fax: 0131 311 8529

RNID Scotland

54a Fountainbridge

Edinburgh EH3 9PT

Tel: 0131 478 7800

Textphone: 0131 478 7803

Fax: 0131 478 7804

Sense Scotland

5th Floor

45 Finnieston Street Clydeway Centre Glasgow G3 8JU

Tel: 0141 564 2444

Textphone: 0141 564 2442

Fax: 0141 564 2443

Wales

Diabetes UK, Cymru

Joseph Cuff, National Fundraiser

Quebec House

Castlebridge

Cowbridge Road East

Cardiff CF11 9AB

Tel: 0292 066 8276

Email: wales@diabetes.org.uk

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RNIB Cymru Resource Centre

Trident Court

East Moors Road

Cardiff CF24 5TD.

Tel: 0292 045 0440

Fax: 0292 044 9550

RNID Cymru

3rd Floor

33–35 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9HB

Tel: 0292 033 3378

Textphone: 0292 033 3036

Fax: 0292 033 3035

Sense Cymru

5 Raleigh Walk

Brigantine Place

Atlantic Wharf

Cardiff CF10 4LN

Tel: 0292 045 7641

Textphone: 0292 046 4125

Fax: 0292 049 9644

Wales Council for the Blind

Shand House

20 Newport Road

Cardiff CF1 2YB

Tel: 0292 047 3954

Fax: 0292 045 5710

Website: www.wcb-ccd.org.uk

Northern Ireland

Blind Centre for Northern Ireland

70 North Road

Belfast BT5 5NJ

Tel: 0289 050 0999

Fax: 0289 065 0001

Email: info@bcni.co.uk

Website: www.bcni.co.uk

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British Guide Dogs for the Blind

15 Sandown Park South Knock

Belfast BT5 6HE

Tel: 0289 047 1453

Fax: 0289 065 5097

Email: belfast@guidedogs.org.uk

Website: www.guidedogs.org.uk

Deafblind UK

Northern Ireland Branch

Course Lodge

10 Coilhill Road

Killyleagh

Co. Down BT30 9ST

Tel: 0284 482 1983 (voice/text)

Email: hazelwilson@dbni.freeserve.co.uk

Diabetes UK, Northern Ireland

Bryan Walliker, National Fundraiser

Bridgewood House

Newforge Business Park

Newforge Lane

Belfast BT9 5NW

Tel: 0289 066 6646

Email: n.ireland@diabetes.org.uk

RNIB Northern Ireland Resource Centre

40 Linenhall Street

Belfast BT2 8BG

Tel: 0289 032 9373

Fax: 0289 027 8119

RNID Northern Ireland

Wilton House

5 College Square North

Belfast BT1 6AR

Tel: 0287 127 1750 or 0287 137 4619 Textphone: 0287 127 1840

Fax: 0287 127 1750

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Sense Northern Ireland Branch

Muriel and Tom Mathers

11 The Coaches

Brown Brae

Croft Road

Holywood BT18 OLE

Tel: 0289 042 1475

Republic of Ireland

Diabetes Federation of Ireland

76 Lower Gardiner Street

Dublin 1

Tel: 01 836 3022

Fax: 01 836 5182

Helpline: 185 090 9909

Email: info@diabetes.ie

Website: www.diabetes.ie

Fighting Blindness

1 Christchurch Hall

High Street

Dublin 8

Tel: 01 709 3050

Fax: 01 709 3010

Email: info@fightingblindness.ie

Website: www.fightingblindness.ie

Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind

National Headquarters and Training Centre

Model Farm Road

Cork

Tel: 021 487 8200

LoCall: 185 050 6300

Fax: 021 487 4152

Email: info@guidedogs.ie

Website: www.guidedogs.ie

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National Council for the Blind of Ireland

Whitworth Road Drumcondra Dublin 9

Telephone: 01 830 7033

Save Phone: 185 033 4353

Fax: 01 830 7787

Website: www.ncbi.ie

National Disability Authority

25 Clyde Road

Dublin 4

Tel/Minicom: 01 608 0400

Email: webmaster@nda.ie

Web: www.nda.ie

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