Together we'll build a brighter future

We won’t be able to go on helping people like Amber without your help.

We have already raised £3.8 million out of our total cost of £6.2 million – which leaves £2.4 million. We now need the people of the Black Country to help us raise the rest.

Who are we?

We are the only organisation in the Black Country providing a full range of services for people with sight loss. At the moment we work with around 4000 people.

But our current buildings are old and dilapidated and the Beacon Centre will have no future unless we act now. That’s why we’re building a state of the art centre – so we can go on helping the growing number of people across the Black Country who need our support.

The people who use our services have been involved with the plans from the beginning, and the new centre really does reflect their needs:

• The activity centre will have craft rooms, social rooms, an IT suite, recreation hall and gym.
• For children there will be a toy library, in addition to the youth club
• For those of employment age we’ll be launching a new training and employment centre.

Why is this so important?

We not only support people who visit our Centre but also those in the community. The new Centre will also house our outreach service, which visits 3000 people a year, as well as our talking newspaper and charity shop.

The Beacon Centre has always been an important resource for the wider community, and this is not going change. What will change is the quality and range of facilities. For a small fee, individuals and groups of local people will be able to use the new improved facilities – whether it’s for sports, other recreational activities, meetings or for functions.