Helping people find their lives again - RNIB
Helping people find their lives again - RNIB
Helping people find their lives again - RNIB
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► produced braille and more<br />
braille<br />
► signed a pledge of support<br />
► wrote to your MP<br />
► collected money from<br />
Sooty boxes around the UK<br />
► volunteered as<br />
receptionist, shop assistant<br />
and office worker<br />
► sang from the heart<br />
► guided a blind person<br />
► made a will<br />
► shook a collecting tin<br />
► started a direct debit<br />
► bought a raffle ticket<br />
► time, money, sweat and<br />
tears<br />
► this is the heart of your<br />
contribution to helping<br />
<strong>people</strong> losing <strong>their</strong> sight to<br />
<strong>find</strong> <strong>their</strong> <strong>lives</strong> <strong>again</strong>.<br />
into braille, audio and large print meaning that blind and<br />
partially sighted children don’t miss out. Rotary and Inner<br />
Wheel Clubs also continue to be inspired by reading. Inner<br />
Wheel chose <strong>RNIB</strong> as its charity of the year and together <strong>their</strong><br />
support has meant £51,000 for <strong>people</strong> with sight problems and<br />
the sponsorship of 33 more talking books.<br />
In the workplace<br />
In these hard times, we are even more delighted that small and<br />
large businesses have backed <strong>RNIB</strong>. British Gas donated over<br />
£100,000 to continue the “Here to HELP” project, ensuring that<br />
the nation’s most vulnerable blind and partially sighted get<br />
advice about benefits and <strong>RNIB</strong> products to make everyday life<br />
easier. Manning Construction made <strong>RNIB</strong> Cymru’s elegant Black<br />
and White Ball a night to remember by donating £20,000 to<br />
support blind and partially sighted <strong>people</strong> in Wales. In Northern<br />
Ireland, the Electricity Board ensured that <strong>people</strong> with sight<br />
problems were better off by an amazing £1million in unclaimed<br />
benefits by paying for specialist advisers. Google helped more<br />
<strong>people</strong> to <strong>find</strong> us through £60,000 worth of advertising<br />
throughout the year. In addition Asda, Boots, Dollond &<br />
Aitchison, Lloyds Pharmacy, Optical Express, Tesco, Clear<br />
Channel, JCDeaux and the Outside Clinic all helped to get our<br />
vital message across that healthy eyes are happy eyes. We could<br />
not have got the message about the importance of regular eye<br />
tests out by ourselves and we thank all our Happy Eyes partners<br />
for paying for this campaign which would have cost just under<br />
£1million.<br />
A living memory and a living gift<br />
Your support means that we can help <strong>people</strong> who are losing<br />
<strong>their</strong> sight to <strong>find</strong> <strong>their</strong> <strong>lives</strong> <strong>again</strong>. Over a third of our vital<br />
services are only possible because individuals have chosen to<br />
remember blind and partially sighted <strong>people</strong> in <strong>their</strong> wills. Last<br />
year over 14,000 <strong>people</strong> left the world a better place for <strong>people</strong><br />
losing <strong>their</strong> sight by leaving a legacy to <strong>RNIB</strong>. You too can make<br />
your mark. To <strong>find</strong> out more about how you can support our<br />
work in this way, call 0845 600 0313 or visit rnib.org.uk/legacy<br />
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