NEWCASTLE WEEKLY BLIND SOCIAL CLUB

Registered charity 1147002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAY OF HOPE CLUB

TO PROVIDE A SOCIAL CLUB FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE AND THEIR CARERS. MEETS EVERY FRIDAY.ACTIVITIES INCLUDE BAKING, FLOWER ARRANGING, GENTLE EXERCISE, SPECIAL INTEREST SPEAKERS, SOCIAL SERVICES INFORMATION GIVING AND VISITS TO PUBS AND GARDEN CENTRES.SPECIALIST TRANSPORT PROVIDED. THERE ARE COSTS FOR THIS SERVICE, E.G. SUBSCRIPTION, LUNCH, REFRESHMENTS AND TRANSPORT.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE NEWCASTLE BOROUGH COUNCIL DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• LINDA HAILSTONESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Glover · trustee of 2 other charities
• JOHN GLOVER ACII · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUSAN McKENNA

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Operates in: Staffordshire

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