Supporting OAB

We know OAB are not the only charity out there, and that many of you reading this are inundated by funding requests. We are not here to harass you, nor do we wish to be a burden.

Instead, we would like you to see OAB as YOUR local charity. We’d like to think that, every time you choose to make a donation, set up a standing order, include OAB within your Will, or even spare some time to help by volunteering, that you are happy to do so; that it is something you are proud of.

As you have already read, in the future (among other things) we’d like to be able to send an OAB written guide for equipment to anyone in Oxfordshire who wants one, while we are also keen to put together a county-wide volunteering service for visually impaired people who would like that extra bit of help around the home.

The main problem is, of course, doing these things requires more funding. We’re working hard on gaining extra income sources – we were recently successful in a grant application to the Sobell Foundation, for example – but there is no help like that from the local community. If you would like to help OAB by making a donation towards our future services, then please feel free to use the following donation or standing order forms, which you can tear out to then be sent to OAB. Thank you.

Your story; your work; your words

We’re grateful to Dr David Dendy for his article on the superb scrolling technique he recently “reinvented”, while, as you may remember, in other recent editions of this newsletter, we’ve been able to publish some wonderful stories by OAB members about their experiences: from holidaying in Devon, to bowling in Oxford. We’d like to print even more.

If you have a story or poem you’d like published, an experience you’d like to tell of, or even some helpful advice you’d like to share, we would be very happy to hear from you. After-all, this newsletter is your space as much as it is ours!

Articles can be posted to the usual address or emailed to fundraising@oxeyes.org.uk

If you would rather speak to someone on the phone first, please call Ben or David on 01865 725595.

Thank you.