Category: News

A spooktacular Halloween celebration!

Spooky crafts, fantastic fancy dress and plenty of fang-tastic fun! Our Halloween fun day brought children and young people living with sight loss or SEND together with their families for […]

Snow Closure

Due to the current weather conditions, our centre and all of our shops are closed today (January 9th). You can still contact us by phone on 01902 880 111 […]

7 Easy Steps For Pumpkin Carving With Sight Loss

Think Halloween and you think pumpkins! Here’s a simple, step-by-step guide to help you carve your pumpkin safely and easily, even if you have sight loss.

Top 10 Must-Know UK Discounts For People Living With Sight Loss

Living with a visual impairment in the UK brings substantial extra costs every month, for essential items and services. However, many organisations offer discounts and concessions to help offset these […]

Volunteer Awards 2025

It’s that time of year where we are getting ready to celebrate National Volunteers’ Week with our brilliant team of volunteers here at Beacon. During this special 150th year for […]

Women’s Health

Let’s redefine women’s health together! This April, we’re hosting a series of relaxed, informal sessions to help shape women’s health services– and we’d love you to be part of the […]

Runners raise record funds

Sight loss charity the Beacon Centre for the Blind has revealed that its annual Santa Run has reached a record-breaking fundraising total despite having to be held in January. The […]

Forget Me Not Service tickets now available

Tickets for Beacon’s 2025 Forget Me Not Service are now live.

Pin badge celebrates 150 years

We’re Celebrating 150 Years of Beacon with a Special Limited-Edition Pin Badge! To mark this incredible milestone, we recently held a competition for our amazing Beacon staff to design the […]

MP visits charity

A Black Country sight loss charity was able to showcase its work supporting people living with a range of conditions during a visit by Dudley MP Sonia Kumar, as it […]