THE HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING AND DISTRICT CENTRE FOR THE BLIND

Registered charity 701139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOUGHTON BLIND CENTRE

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Objects

TO RELIEVE THE DISABILITY OF VISUALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT AND MORE PARTICULARY BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALLY OF THE FOREGOING TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID PERSONS.

Area of benefit: HOUGHTON LE SPRING AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (16/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Sunderland

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