Useful links and organisations

Action for Blind People

www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk
If you specifically want to discuss volunteering opportunities at Action then you can contact their HR team directly by phone on 020 7635 4910 or email HR@actionforblindpeople.org.uk

Action's regional centres in England

Talking Newspapers - National Organisation

www.tnauk.org.uk
National Talking Newspapers and Magazines
National Recording Centre,
Heathfield,
East Sussex,
TN21 8DB
By telephone: 01435 866102.
By fax: 01435 865422.
By email: info@tnauk.org.uk.

Guide Dogs Association

www.guidedogs.org.uk
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Burghfield Common
Reading
RG7 3YG
Tel: 0118 983 5555
Fax: 0118 983 5433
Email: guidedogs@guidedogs.org.uk

Do-It Website

If you can't find the volunteering opportunity you're looking for with us then visiting do-it you can search through over 1,000,000 opportunities to volunteer and apply online!
www.do-it.org.uk

Cardiff Institute for the Blind

www.cardiffinstitutefortheblind.org
Cardiff Institute for the Blind
Shand House
20 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0YB
Tel: 029 2048 5414
E-mail: postmaster@cibi.co.uk
RNIB Cymru and CIB have joined forces.

RNIB National Library Service

With over 40,000 titles to choose from, you can visit the National Library Service homepage or alternatively you can contact them at:

RNIB National Library Service
PO Box 173
Peterborough
PE2 6WS
RNIB Helpline 0303 123 9999
Email library@rnib.org.uk
Calling from outside the UK:
Telephone +44 (0)1733 37 53 51

Volunteering England

www.volunteering.org.uk
Volunteering England
Regents Wharf
8 All Saints Street
London N1 9RL
Tel: 0845 305 6979
Fax: 020 7520 8910
Email: volunteering@volunteeringengland.org

You will be able to find a wealth of information regarding volunteering, issues, laws etc. on this website or you can contact them directly. There is also a region map with volunteer centres listed throughout England, so you will be able to contact your local bureau for all volunteering opportunities in your area.

Volunteer Scotland

www.volunteerscotland.org.uk

Wales Council for Voluntary Action

www.wcva.org.uk

Find UK organisations

If you would like to search for any other useful organisations such as local blind societies, support groups, local councils etc. then visit our UK agencies pages.

You can search through organisation name or if your not sure what your looking for then you can just input the city or town name and it will bring up a list of organisations in that area.

Last updated: 5 February 2010

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