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BBC Radio 4 Charity Appeal
We have been allocated a BBC Radio 4 Charity appeal,on July 4th, to be presented by our President Alan Titchmarsh and this has always proved a most successful means of raising funds.
We will also consider another Musical Concert, as the one we held in February 2009, by Derek Paravicini and Friends, together with the Choirs of Dunottar School, which was a great success for the TFTB and all involved; our sincere thanks to all concerned!
We have now created a page on the Just Giving Charities Website to enable an easy means of donating to the charity on our Donate page.
ONGOING
We wish to help Blind People gain Internet access, so they may be able to gain employment as a result.
It is necessary to consider all new technologies available, and to widen our client base to include those registered blind people who could benefit from them.
Raising funds for current expenditure is therefore our top priority, and any donation, large or small, is gratefully received. In order to continue to pay £25 per quarter for telephone line rentals for all our present clients, we have to raise around £45,000 for the coming year. Any donations in cess of this sum will help our blind clients in future years. We have to remember that our younger clients may still need our help in forty years’ time.
We believe that the Fund has identified those clients whose needs are greatest, and our strategy is to concentrate on providing maximum financial help to them with this essential lifeline. All of our clients are registered blind and on low income. The majority are elderly.
We rely on our many loyal friends and supporters to continue their support, and send out an urgent appeal for funds to enable us to continue and eventually increase the contribution so that no blind person in such dire circumstances should have to worry about renting a telephone line.
FINANCIAL
On December 31st 2009 the Fund was paying rental contributions for approximately 400 needy blind people throughout the United Kingdom (2008 = 460). During 2009 the Fund paid for the installation of a telephone line for 5 new clients, and gave a grant to 7 new applicants.
Rental contributions paid to each of our clients was £25.00 per quarter and the charity pays 100% of the cost of installing a telephone line.
Total income during 2009 was £48,178 (2008 £50,525) and the surplus for the year was £2,785 (2008 surplus £5,324).
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