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Grants from RNIB

We can consider small grants to blind and partially sighted people, to help with a specific need.

Applicants should be:

  • registrable as severely sight impaired (blind) or sight impaired (partially sighted) with a local council in the UK
  • on a low income
  • and have no other sources of financial help.

Please read our Notes for applicants before completing the Grant application form (Word). Please also note that the form must be completed in full before your application can be processed.

Additional information is available to help you with your application:

NB We do not give grants to groups or organisations.

Emma Nye Pension Fund

We also administer a small pension scheme, the Emma Nye Pension Fund, to help registered blind people living in the community. The Fund is not available to people in residential care.

Grants from statutory and other bodies

RNIB Grants Service can advise on entitlements to statutory grant schemes such as Disabled Facilities Grants and the Social Fund. We can also provide information about general charities for people in need.

If you have any grant enquiries or would like to request any of our information in another format (for example, large print, on tape or disc), please contact the RNIB Helpline on helpline@rnib.org.uk / 0845 766 9999 or 020 7388 2525 (some callers may find it cheaper to call a landline, so we have detailed both 08 prefixed numbers and landline equivalents where available).

If you are the parent of a child with a sight problem, our information on grants and allowances for children and families may also be useful.

More information

RNIB’s Welfare Rights Service can advise on entitlements to state benefits such as Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance.

If you, or someone you know, has sight problems and money worries, you can contact our Debt advice service.

If you use a language other than English, please let us know which language. We will try to arrange a telephone interpreting service.

RNIB Grants Service is part of RNIB Community Care Advocacy Service.

Content author: moira.routledge@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 20/11/2008 11:13

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