MACCLESFIELD SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 226347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MACCLESFIELD EYE SOCIETY

The Society offers information and support to visually impaired people in Macclesfield, Wilmslow, Poynton and Congleton. Our organisation provides Social groups, a volunteer visiting scheme, a hospitalinformation desk in the Eye Clinic at Macclesfield Hospital, and a Resource Centre

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND AND THOSE WHO HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY DEFECTIVE SIGHT2) TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: MACCLESFIELD DISTRICT AND CONGLETON TOWN AND OTHER PARTS AS APPROPRIATE (KNUTSFORD NOT INCLUDED)

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

Causes: Disability · Get email alerts

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Policies the charity declares

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

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Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (21/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending