FIFE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Tech at Home Project
£9,620	10/12/2021	A new pilot project to deliver smart technology demonstrations, training and support for all new referrals of clients with visual impairment throughout Fife.
Scottish Government - Fife Society For The Blind
£11,900	10/06/2020	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Engagement
£49,552	10/02/2020 23	This group will use the funding to continue their social group and befriending service for those living with a sight impairment. The project aim to make participating individuals feel less isolated, ....more This group will use the funding to continue their social group and befriending service for those living with a sight impairment. The project aim to make participating individuals feel less isolated, to help them make local connections with people who have similar impairments and to give them greater self confidence.
Robertson Trust - Salary costs of the Early Intervention Worker
£39,000	11/06/2019	Salary costs of the Early Intervention Worker
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Fife Society for the Blind
£3,585	19/11/2018	We want to buy a mini-bus so our clients can get out and enjoy the company of others.
National Lottery Community Fund - Access for All - Minibus
£10,000	30/01/2018 12	This group will use the funding to provide a dedicated minibus which will be used to increase the activities available to the blind community in Fife.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Life Span 80-100: supporting people w/ sight loss
£18,000	30/11/2016	To support those in the 80-100 age group experiencing sight loss through employing a specialist social worker who will coproduce individual support plans, and delivering specialist rehabilitative, ....more To support those in the 80-100 age group experiencing sight loss through employing a specialist social worker who will coproduce individual support plans, and delivering specialist rehabilitative, technological and community engagement support in order to enhance independence, integration into the community and overall quality of life.
National Lottery Community Fund - Financial inclusion for blind and partially sighted people
£46,631	11/12/2013 18	Financial inclusion for blind and partially sighted people

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Directors (8)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC001354
• Registered at Companies House on 19/03/1996, number: SC164278

Filing Record

Main office

Unit H, Newark Road North, Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 4NT

Objectives

To relieve the needs of persons suffering from blindness or visual impairment and in particular (a) to provide such employment. services and resources as may be appropriate to assist such persons in developing independence in the areas of work, travel, communication and living skills and to remove the barriers created by sight loss and thereby enable such persons to carry out tasks independently and safely and (b) to provide and/or assist in the provision of mechanisms directed towards determining the needs of such persons and to ensure that the services available from public agencies and others reflect those needs. (2) To advance education and, in particular (a) to assemble and provide information about the services available to persons suffering from blindness or visual impairment and that in such a way as to enable such individuals to make informed choices in relation to such servic es and (b) to increase public knowledge and awareness of visual impairment and associated issues through the provision of training, education and advice.