Earlier this month we were visited by Lorraine, James and Louise – three siblings and relatives to World War One Veteran James Pardo Meighen. Lorraine had arranged the visit to the Blind Veterans UK headquarters on Harcourt Street in London to learn more about her Grandfather’s Cousin. James Pardo Meighen was born 11th November 1893

The head of the British Armed Forces – Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir David Richards GCB CBE DSO ADC Gen arrived by helicopter in the grounds of Blind Veterans UK’s Llandudno training, care and rehabilitation centre at 11am on Thursday, 2 May to officially open the centre. Following a tour of the centre,

About Me I used to be fit, I mean really fit. I played rugby for every school I went to from the age of 11 and my University and then a local club.  I also played American football for Manchester and was a big gym user. I qualified as a NABBA body building coach and

A couple of months ago we featured some of the work of blind veteran Dave Thomas on our Facebook page. One of our fundraisers, Thea Davies, who is running 415 miles for Blind Veterans UK, spotted the work and asked if any pieces were available to purchase. Kindly, Dave Thomas agreed to craft a special

Blind Veterans UK Brighton wins a prestigious Drawing Inspiration Award from the Campaign for Drawing for an outstanding Big Draw event, The Physical Line. The award and a commemorative certigicate designed by Campaign Patron Sir Quentin Blake were presented by Luke Gardiner, a Trustee of the Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust. Well done to everyone involved

Blind Veterans UK held a photography week in Sheffield from the 11th to 15th March for members of the charity. We’re featuring guest blogger Keith Harness, who is a keen photographer and one of the members who attended the photography week. Monday morning saw members participating bare the recent wintery weather and poor travel conditions

Congratulations to 18 year old Callum Rolf who has been awarded the ‘Volunteer of the Year’ in the Blind Veterans UK Founders Day Awards. Callum spoke to us about his experience of volunteering at Blind Veterans UK and said: “I got involved with Blind Veterans UK just after I finished school – I was looking

Blind Veterans UK memberships officer Simon Brown was interviwed for a special Channel 4 News feature about the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war. Simon spoke with Home Affairs Correspondant Andy Davies at the Blind Veterans UK offices in London about his experiences. A great interview, well done Simon!

Chindit (West Cumbria) Company of Cumbria Army Cadets were presented with the overall winners’ trophy for the best organised and most innovative response to the Blind Veterans UK Cadet and Youth Challenge by Colin Williamson, the Operations Manager of Blind Veterans UK, at Warcop camp last weekend. In addition Major Linda Johnston, the Company Commander,

TV star Johnny Ball is backing a UK  wide poster campaign by Blind Veterans UK as part of its No One Alone campaign targetting men of the National Service generation (in their 70s and 80s) who are struggling with vision impairment  and don’t realise they are eligible for organisation’s support. Johnny Ball – a former