We want to make the UK a better place to live if you are blind or partially sighted.
We spent
£10,136,000 working to improve the travel, shopping and banking experiences of people with sight problem.
We also worked hard on developing better ways to read, watch television and get the most from technology.
Improving access
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We made 72 challenges to services that are inaccessible to blind and partially sighted people from the retail, banking and travel sectors.
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We made progress influencing transport organisations such as First Capital Connect and Scotrail to introduce improved services for blind and partially sighted people.
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We helped with the installation of the React wayfinding system into many new areas including Manchester city centre and on the Newcastle Metro.
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Our Techshare Mobile 2010 conference, brought together around 150 key players to focus on the accessibility of mobile devices.
Reading
This year we have worked hard to influence manufacturers to increase the availability of built in
text-to-speech features in ebook players and for rights holders to enable text-to-speech on their ebooks.
Your entitlements
Our campaign to make the Disability Living Allowance fairer was hugely successful and will soon mean up to £45million a year for blind people.
But unfortunately as the year drew to a close, and just as this new entitlement was going to be realised on 11 April 2011, blind and partially sighted people were put under threat again, from the Welfare Reform Bill.
Read further highlights in our Annual Report