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Useful contacts

The following addresses are organisations and individuals that are involved with visually impaired people and are listed in alphabetical order.

  • Access to Work, C/o Bury Job Centre, Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0DP. Telephone 0161 253 8000.
  • Action for Blind People, Head Office, 14 – 16 Verney Road, London, SE16 3DZ. Telephone 020 7732 8771.
  • Age Concern, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London, SW16 4ER. Telephone 020 8679 8000.
  • Age Concern Jubilee Centre, Clarence Park, Milner Avenue, Bury, BL9 6PQ. Telephone 0161 763 9030.
  • Association of Blind Asians, 322 Upper Street, London, N1 2XQ. Telephone 020 7226 1950.
  • Association of Visually Impaired Office Workers, BM AVHOW, London, WC1N 3XX.
    Telephone 020 7741 3736 (evening).
  • BADDAC, Seedfield Resource Centre, Parkinson Street, Bury, BL9 6NY. Telephone 0161 253 6888.
  • Big Print National Weekly, PO Box 308, Warrington, WA1 1JE. Telephone 0800 124 007.
  • Bolton College, Manchester Road, Bolton, BL2 1ER. Telephone 01204 531411.
  • British Blind Sport, 67 Albert Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 2SN. Telephone 01788 536 142.
  • British Diabetic Association, 10 Queen Anne Street, London, W1M 0BD. Telephone 020 7323 1531.
  • British Gas Trading Ltd., North West House, Gould Street, Manchester, M4 4DT. Telephone 0161 832 3030 extension 37172.
  • British Telecom Age and Disability Service, Customers Unit, Post Point 302, 3rd Floor, 25 Church Street, Manchester, M60 1BJ. Telephone 0800 919 591.
  • Bury College, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BG. Telephone 0161 280 8280.
  • Bury Libraries Visual Impairment Service, Whitefield Library, Pinfold Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7NY. Telephone 0161 253 7512.
  • Bury Disabled Car Badge Scheme, Disability Services, Seedfield Resource Centre, Parkinson Street, Bury, BL9 6NY. Telephone 0161 253 6855.
  • Bury Council, Adult Care Dept., Castle Buildings, Market Place, Bury, BL9 0LT. Telephone 0161 252 5000.
  • Bury Shopmobility, 34, Minden Parade, Bury, BL9 0QG. Telephone 0161 764 9966. Textphone 0161 764 9966.
  • Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted People, 38, Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0LL. Telephone 0161 763 7014.
  • Bury Tandem Club, Telephone Alan on 0161 724 7284, Duncan on 0161 764 3137 or Sid on 0161 761 4093.
  • Calibre, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP2 5XQ. Telephone 01296 432339.
  • Calvert Trust, Little Crossthwaite, Under Skiddaw, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4QD. Telephone 017687 72254.
  • Care Link, Taylor House, Brandlesholme Road, Bury, BL8 1HS. Telephone 0161 253 6222.
  • Castle Knights, Seedfield Resource Centre, Parkinson Street, Bury, BL9 6NY. Telephone 0161 253 6850.
  • Catholic Blind Institute, Christopher Grange Centre, Youens Way, East Prescot Way, Liverpool, L14 2EW. Telephone 0151 220 2525.
  • Citizens Advice Bureau, 1, Blackburn Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1NN. Telephone 0161 723 3767.
  • Clear Vision Project, Linden Lodge School, 61, Princes Way, London, SW19 6JB. Telephone 020 8789 9575.
  • Cobalt, The Old Mill House, Mill Road, Reedham, Norwich, NR13 3TL. Telephone 01493 700 172.
  • Council for Disabled Children, 8, Wakely Street, London, EC1V 7QE. Telephone 0207843 6061.
  • Cue and Review Recording Service, 18, Crowhill Road, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, G64 1QY. Telephone 0141 563 0306.
  • Deafblind UK, National Centre for Deafblindness, John & Lucille van Geest Place, Cygnet Road, Hampton, Peterborough, PE7 8FD. Tel 01733 358100.
  • Disabled Living, 4, St. Chads Street, Manchester, M8 8QA. Telephone 0161 832 3678.
  • Disabled Living Foundation, 380-384, Harrow Road, London, W9 2HU. Telephone 020 7289 6111.
  • Disability Employment Adviser, Maureen Keane, Bury Job Centre, Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0DP. Telephone 0161 253 8000.
  • Don't Miss the Show, C/o The Palace Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 6FT. Telephone 0161 228 6255 ext. 304.
  • DHSS Office, Humphrey House, Angouleme Way, Bury, BL9 0BZ. Telephone 0161 654 2000.
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, North West Regional Centre, Nuffield House, Lowndes Road, Bolton, BL1 4QA. Telephone 01204 495111.
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind Adventure Group, Hillfields, Burghfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 3YG. Telephone 01734 835555.
  • Henshaws Society for the Blind, John Derby House, 88 – 92 Talbot Road, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 0GS. Telephone 0161 872 1234.
  • Holiday Care Service, 2nd Floor, Imperial Building, Victoria Road, Horley, Surrey, RH6 7PZ. Telephone 01293 774535.
  • Hurdles, Herbert Coates Community Centre, Morley Street, Bury, BL9 9JQ. Telephone 0161 797 0082.
  • International Glaucoma Association, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS. Telephone 020 7737 3265.
  • ISIS Publishing Ltd., 7 Centremead, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0ES. Telephone 01865 250333.
  • Living Paintings Trust, Unit 8 Kingsmere Park, Kingsmere, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 4SW. Telephone 01635 299771.
  • The Macular Disease Society, PO Box 247, Haywards Heath, RH17 5FF. Telephone 0990 143573.
  • Manchester Jewish Community Care, 85 Middleton Road, Manchester, M8 4JY. Telephone 0161 740 0111.
  • Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Low Vision Clinic, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WH. Telephone 0161 276 5526.
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society, 25 Effie Road, Fulham, London, SW6 1EE. Telephone 020 7371 8000.
  • National Blind Children's Society, North West Bank Chambers, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, TA8 1AN. Telephone 01278 793792.
  • National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, 336 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7AA. Telephone 0207 978 9890.
  • National League of the Blind and Disabled, 2 Tenterden Road, London, N17 8BE. Telephone 020 8808 6030.
  • National Library for the Blind, Cromwell Road, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SG. Telephone 0161 494 0217.
  • Nystagmus Network, Garrow House, 109 Kensal Road, London, W10 5BT. Telephone 020 8968 6161.
  • Partially Sighted Society, PO Box 322, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 2XA. Telephone 01302 323132.
  • Pipeline Bury Talking Newspaper, Telephone 0161 797 4414.
  • Prestwich Blind Society, Sylvia Cross, Telephone 0161 773 4350.
  • Queen Alexandra College, 49 Court Oak Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9TG. Telephone 0121 428 5050.
  • RADAR, 12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London, EC1V 8AF. Telephone 0207 250 3222.
  • Riding for the Disabled, 145 Strines Road, Strines, Stockport, SK12 3AD. Telephone 0161 376 4543.
  • Riding for the Disabled, Avenue 'R', National Agricultural Centre, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LY. Telephone 01203 696510.
  • Ring and Ride, Telephone 0161 764 1999.
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa Society, PO Box 350, Buckingham, MK18 5EL. Telephone 01280 860363.
  • Rose and Tarrant (Low Vision Aids), 1, Crompton Street, Bury, BL9 0AD. Telephone 0161 764 4879.
  • Royal National Institute for the Blind, 224 Great Portland Street, London, W1A 6AA. Telephone 0207 388 1266. Link to external websiteRNIB national web site.
  • RNIB North West Regional Service, The Gateway Centre, London Road, Liverpool, L3 8HY. Telephone 0151 298 3222. Fax 0151 298 3250. Email rnibnorthwest@rnib.org.uk.
  • RNIB Talking Book Service, Mount Pleasant, Wembley, Middlesex, HA0 1RR. Telephone 0208 903 6666.
  • RNIB Education Centre – North, Grosvenor House, Grosvenor Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 2DZ. Telephone 0113 274 8855.
  • RNIB Production and Information Centre, (RNIB Customer Services), PO Box 173, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 6WS. Telephone 0345 023 153.
  • Royal National College for the Blind, College Road, Hereford, HR1 1EB. Telephone 01432 265 725.
  • Royal National Institute for the Deaf, 19-23 Feather Stone Street, London, EC1Y 8SL. Telephone 0207 296 8000.
  • Sense, 11- 13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London, N4 3SR. Telephone 0207 272 7774.
  • St. Dunstans for People Blinded on War Service, PO Box 4XB, 12-14 Harcourt Street, London, W1A 4XB. Telephone 0207 723 5021.
  • Stickler Support Group, 87 Park Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0AW. Telephone 0208 977 5991.
  • Talking Newspaper Association of the UK (TNAUK), The National Recording Centre, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 8DB. Telephone 01435 866102. Fax 01435 865542.
  • Torch Trust for the Blind, Torch House, Hallaton, Leicestershire, LE16 8UJ. Telephone 01858 55301.
  • UMIST Low Vision Clinic, Dept of Optometry and Neuroscience, PO Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD. Telephone 0161 236 7797.
  • Visually Impaired Musicians Association, 79 Duncan Road, Crookes, Sheffield, S10 1SN. Telephone 0114 268 5495.
  • Vision Aid, 22A Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4AP. Telephone 01204 531882.
  • Whitefield Blind Society, Joan Stearman. Telephone 0161 766 3909.