National

Fight for Sight (incorporating Vision Foundation)

UK charity funding pioneering eye research and community projects that prevent sight loss and support people living with it. Formed by the merger of Fight for Sight and Vision Foundation.

50 Leman Street, London E1 8HQ

Guide Dogs

Provides guide dog partnerships, habilitation for children, technology training and family support to people with sight loss across the UK.

Hillfields, Burghfield Common, Reading, Berkshire RG7 3YG

Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)

UK's leading sight loss charity; national helpline, advice, products and campaigns.

Grimaldi Building, 154A Pentonville Road, London N1 9JE

Thomas Pocklington Trust

National charity working so blind and partially sighted people have the same opportunities as everyone else, focused on education, employment and inclusion.

Pocklington Hub, 3 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR

LOOK UK

National federation supporting young people with sight loss and their families through mentoring, peer support groups and events.

Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC)

National charity for vision-impaired children, young people and families across England and Wales, providing activities, family support, education advice and youth programmes.

RSBC Life Without Limits Centre, 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN

VICTA

National charity supporting blind and partially sighted children, young people and their families through grants, equipment, family events and transition support.

Royal Mead, Railway Place, Rickmansworth WD3 1JS

Blind Veterans UK

National charity supporting ex-Service men and women with sight loss, offering rehabilitation, training, equipment and lifelong welfare support.

3 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR

Diabetes UK

National charity for people affected by diabetes, with information and a helpline covering eye health, diabetic retinopathy and other complications.

Wells Lawrence House, 126 Back Church Lane, London E1 1FH

Glaucoma UK

UK charity supporting people with glaucoma through a helpline, support groups, buddy scheme and information, and funds research into detection and treatment.

Woodcote House, 15 Highpoint Business Village, Henwood, Ashford, Kent TN24 8DH

Macular Society

UK charity for people affected by macular disease, the leading cause of sight loss in the UK. Runs a helpline, support groups, counselling and funds research.

Crown Chambers, South Street, Andover SP10 2BN

Retina UK

UK charity for people affected by inherited sight loss such as retinitis pigmentosa, Usher syndrome and Stargardt disease. Runs a helpline and funds research.

Whiteleaf Business Centre, 11 Little Balmer, Buckingham MK18 1TF

Stroke Association

National charity supporting stroke survivors, including those experiencing vision problems such as hemianopia or visual neglect after stroke.

City Road, London EC1V 2PR

Deafblind UK

National charity supporting people with combined sight and hearing loss through information, technology help, befriending and emotional support.

National Centre for Deafblindness, Hampton Court, Hampton, Peterborough PE7 8FD

RNID

National charity for people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus, with relevance to those experiencing combined sight and hearing loss.

Brightfield Business Hub, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough PE2 6XU

Sense

National charity for people with complex disabilities including those who are deafblind, providing specialist support, services and campaigning across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

101 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LG

Mind

National mental health charity providing information, advice and a support line for anyone experiencing a mental health problem, including the emotional impact of sight loss.

15-19 Broadway, Stratford, London E15 4BQ

Alzheimer's Society

National charity for people affected by dementia, with a Dementia Support Line and information on living with dementia alongside other conditions such as sight loss.

43-44 Crutched Friars, London EC3N 2AE

Dementia UK

Specialist Admiral Nurse Helpline offering one-to-one support for families living with dementia, including those also managing sight loss.

7th Floor, One Aldgate, London EC3N 1RE

Carers UK

National membership charity for unpaid carers, running an advice helpline on benefits, rights and practical support for people caring for someone with sight loss or other conditions.

20 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4LX

Samaritans

Free 24/7 confidential emotional support for anyone in distress, struggling to cope or at risk of suicide.

The Upper Mill, Kingston Road, Ewell, Surrey KT17 2AF

British Wireless for the Blind Fund

Provides free audio equipment to people with sight loss on means-tested benefits, including DAB radios, Amazon Echo smart speakers and Voxblock audiobook players.

5 The Beech Tree, Elmhurst Business Park, Lichfield WS13 8EX

Moorfields Eye Hospital Low Vision Service

NHS low vision assessment clinic at Moorfields that issues magnifiers, lighting advice and other visual aids on free loan, with Eye Clinic Liaison Officers providing rehabilitation advice. Access is by referral from an optometrist, GP or hospital eye service.

162 City Road, London EC1V 2PD

Calibre Audio

Free audiobook library for adults and children with sight loss, dyslexia or other print disabilities. Books available via streaming, download or memory stick.

Calibre Audio, Aylesbury HP22 5XQ

Listening Books

Audiobook lending charity for people whose illness, disability or print disability makes reading difficult. Membership is on a sliding scale with free memberships available for those who cannot afford the fee.

12 Lant Street, London SE1 1QH

Living Paintings

Free postal library of Touch to See books, combining tactile pictures with audio descriptions, for blind and partially sighted adults and children across the UK.

Unit 8 Kingsclere Park, Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 4SW

Talking News Federation

Umbrella charity coordinating over 300 local UK talking newspapers that record news and magazines for blind, partially sighted and print-disabled listeners.

145 Victoria Road, Swindon SN1 3BU

Be My Eyes

Free smartphone app that connects people with sight loss to sighted volunteers and trained company agents via live video for help with everyday visual tasks. Available on iOS and Android.

Envision AI

Free smartphone app for people with sight loss that uses the phone camera to read text and handwriting, describe scenes and recognise objects in over 60 languages.

Microsoft Seeing AI

Free Microsoft app that narrates the world to people with sight loss, reading text, describing scenes, identifying products by barcode and recognising people. Available on iOS and Android.

Skills for Seeing (Macular Society)

Free one-to-one Macular Society coaching programme that teaches eccentric viewing, steady eye strategy, magnification use and lighting techniques to people with central vision loss.

Access to Work

UK government scheme that funds workplace assistive technology, support workers and adaptations for disabled people in paid work or about to start a job. Grants do not have to be repaid.

Disabled Students' Allowance

UK government allowance for higher-education students with a disability or long-term condition, funding specialist equipment, software, non-medical support workers and study-related travel. Not means-tested and not repayable.

TAVIP (Technology Association of Visually Impaired People)

Peer association (formerly BCAB) supporting blind and partially sighted users of mainstream and specialist technology, with a tech helpline, email forum, webinar masterclasses and an annual conference.

c/o Lindsays LLP, Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8HE

AbilityNet

Provides free IT and technology help for older and disabled people, including phone advice and a network of volunteers offering at-home support.

Suite 33, Pure Offices, Plato Close, Tachbrook Park, Leamington Spa CV34 6WE

Good Things Foundation

UK digital inclusion charity running the National Digital Inclusion Network, a National Databank of free mobile data SIMs, a National Device Bank issuing free phones, tablets and laptops, and the Learn My Way free digital skills site.

Showroom Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX

My Computer My Way

Free AbilityNet website of step-by-step guides for making computers, phones and tablets easier to use, including screen-reader, magnification, contrast and voice-control settings on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.

Wayfindr

London-based social tech non-profit (a subsidiary of the Royal Society for Blind Children) that develops an internationally-approved open standard for accessible audio indoor navigation used by transport networks and venues.

British Blind Sport

National sports charity for children and adults with sight loss, supporting participation from grassroots activity through to Paralympic competition.

19 Coventry Road, Cubbington, Leamington Spa CV32 7JN

Metro Blind Sport

Organises sport and physical activity for blind and partially sighted people, based in London with fixtures and events that draw participants from across the UK.

Pocklington Hub, 3 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR

Age UK

National charity for older people, running a free advice line on benefits, care, health and money, with relevance to age-related sight loss.

7th Floor, One America Square, 17 Crosswall, London EC3N 2LB

Citizens Advice

National Adviceline for free, confidential advice on benefits, debt, housing, consumer rights and more. Local Citizens Advice offices serve every part of England and Wales.

3rd Floor, 1 Easton Street, London WC1X 0DW