over £600,000 last year to the National Blind Children’s Society and donated in excess of one million pounds to all charities to date. The nationwide clothing collection scheme has proved a massive success in the past eight years, boosting both the NBCS’s finances and its public profile.
The NBCS was founded in 1995 in order to provide support, education, specialist equipment and recreational activities for blind and partially sighted children across the UK. The charity also plays a vital role in campaigning for all children to take free annual eye tests.
The NBCS receives no public funding and therefore relies on donations for its revenue.
Just one tonne of donated clothing can provide 5 small sensory toys that will help towards developing a young child’s play and sensory skills. A tonne of donated clothing can also provide a child with touch typing software to assist with PC and IT skills.
Items such as these can prove instrumental in the successful development of a visually impaired child, and in preparing them for the world of education and beyond. NBCS Chief Executive Carolyn Fullard was extremely pleased with the success that this partnership has brought: “I and G Cohen are huge supporters of the National Blind Children’s Society and we are very proud to be associated with their success. The income receive from their recycling sales is essential in enabling us to deliver our vital services to children and young people with visual impairment. ”
Textile recycling through clothing collection schemes such as these are an ideal way to remain charitable during a recession without actually having to part with hard earned cash, and we hope that this means the scheme continues to be successful throughout 2009 into the next decade.
(To make a donation to the NBCS, please call 01278 764 764 or send a cheque to The National Blind Children’s Society, Bradbury House, 33-34 Market Street, Highbridge,TA9 3BW)
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