Bradbury Fields
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| Founded | 1857 |
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| Registration no. | 222798 |
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Area served
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Merseyside |
| Product | Services for blind and partially sighted people |
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Key people
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Philip Longworth, (Chief Executive) |
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Revenue
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£913,766 for tax year ending 31 March 2011 |
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Employees
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Approximately 28 |
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Volunteers
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Approximately 160 as of 2008 |
| Website | bradburyfields |
Coordinates: 53°25′21″N 2°53′06″W / 53.4224°N 2.8850°W
Bradbury Fields is a charity based in Liverpool, UK, which works with blind and partially sighted people. It has been described by the BBC as "Liverpool's main charity for the blind" and is part of the 800 Group, a consortium of Merseyside health and care charities.
The organisation's main activities, as registered with the UK Charity Commission are:
Among the social activities provided to service users is a tandem riding club, featured in the BBC programme You and Yours. There is also an art group, running since 1997, which has held an exhibition at Liverpool Central Library, and an "online exhibition" in association with National Museums Liverpool.
In 2012, Bradbury Fields and OnThisROC started running a climbing club for visually impaired teenagers, allowing them to take part in the National Indoor Climbing Achievement Scheme.
The first formal meeting of what became Bradbury Fields was held in 1857 by a committee of 14 women, headed by founder Mary Wainwright, under the name "The Society For Supplying Home Teachers And Books In Moon's Systems or Embossed Type to Enable the Blind to Read". In particular, the organisation aimed to teach blind people to read scripture and the Bible.
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