Annual General Meeting 2026
Annual General Meeting 2026 To be held: Tuesday 12th May 2pm – 4pm Webheath Village Hall
Chairman’s Report March 2026
Chairman’s Report 2025/2026 I would, firstly, like to thank all the trustees and volunteers for their hard work in making this such a successful year and one we can be proud of in supporting visually impaired members. After a few years of decline, numbers are picking up largely due to The Sensory Impairment Team in […]
Annual RAB Easter Party 2026
We held our annual Easter Party on Saturday 21st March 2026 and what a bunny busting success it was. 44 members attended with their friend/relative/carer, a wonderful melee of songs was provided by Melissa Hollick – Vintage Singer and the food was provided by The Working Lunch Company who are Bromsgrove based. We would like […]
Charity collection boxes around Redditch
As a charity we leave many collection boxes around Redditch and we are truly grateful for everyone’s continued kindness in ‘dropping a coin in the box’, every penny helps us to continue our work. Our collection boxes are located: Mason Road Post Office, Simply Local, Thomas Brothers Funeral Directors, Rockland’s Social Club and Abbey Stores. […]
Luncheon Club at The Rose & Crown
On Tuesday 9th September we took our luncheon club to the pub, The Rose & Crown Webheath, for some smashing pub grub. As usual it did not disappoint, everyone enjoyed the food from the Fish and Chips to the Ice-cream Sundaes, and the pub was alive with chatter. We would like to thank all the […]
Luncheon Club VE Day celebration
On Tuesday 10th December 2024 the Luncheon Club members were treated to a Christmas Meal at the Rose and Crown Pub in Webheath Redditch. Attending the club were two ladies who remembered the day very clearly. One lady member was in the WRAF, and we thank her for her service, with the other working in […]
Nisa donation
“Redditch Association for the Blind would like to say a huge thank you to NISA Local Woodfield Close store for choosing our local charity to receive a donation of £750 to our Charity through their own NISA Making a Difference Locally Charity. We would also like to thank the local people who use this store […]
RAB Easter Party
On the afternoon of Saturday 5th April 2025 Redditch Association for the Blind held its annual Easter Party for its members and family. 45+ people attended the event with entertainment provided by Terry Nolan, who always gives a great performance and has people singing and enjoying themselves, with the fantastic sandwiches provided as always by […]
Chairman’s Report March 2025
We are very pleased to be able to say that this past year has been yet another successful and wonderful year for the Association. Our financial position remains healthy thanks to donations and our excellent treasurer Graham Morgan. Donations have continued to be received through various routes: Redditch Mason’s, legacies, support from local councillors, plus […]
Ukulele Event held at Webheath Village Hall
Ukulele Event held at Webheath Village Hall on Saturday 8th May 2025. Following on from last year’s successful event we hosted another Ukulele event and what a fabulous afternoon. 13 members of the Bromsgrove Ukulele Club provided a fantastic array of music with tea and cakes to help the afternoon along. The event was attended […]
Annual General Meeting 2025
Annual General Meeting 2025 Tuesday 13th May 2pm – 4pm Webheath Village Hall
Retirement of Margaret Williams from Luncheon Club
At our Luncheon Club on the 10th of December 2024 we had to bid a sad farewell to Margaret Williams who is retiring from her role as organiser of the Luncheon Club and volunteer. Margaret has been involved with the Luncheon Club for many years and has single handedly taken over the running of it […]
Luncheon Club Christmas visit to Pub
On Tuesday 10th December 2024 the Luncheon Club members were treated to a Christmas Meal at the Rose and Crown Pub in Webheath Redditch. A lovely time was had by all and as usual the food was excellent and the staff were amazing, really helpful and very patient with us with food, orders and changes […]
Christmas 2024 Party
On December the 7th we held our annual Christmas Party. This was attended by around 46 members with family members. We had a great afternoon with great entertainment provided yet again by Terry Nolan getting members into the Christmas Spirit, thank you Terry. As always we would like to thank Jackie Cornish for organising yet […]
RAB Autumn Party
On Saturday 19th October 2024 Redditch Association for the Blind held its autumn party, more than 40 members and their relatives joined in the fun. Fabulous entertainment was provided by Linda Williams, providing a fabulous mix of songs. Fabulous sandwich food was provided once again by ‘Cooking Good Filling Great’, thank you all! We wish […]
RAB Luncheon Club at Beefeater, Redditch
On Tuesday 27th August we took our Luncheon Club members out to the pub for a change and a meal. It was a lovely trip with great food and support from both the chefs and the waitressing staff at the Beefeater Redditch, a really big thank you to them. Our members and volunteers had a […]
Proud to support England blind cricket team star Luke Sugg with a grant of £250
Redditch Association for the blind is proud to support England blind cricket team star from Redditch – Luke Sugg, providing him with a grant of £250 to buy new cricket bat, gloves and wicket keeping gloves. Luke and the other members of the England blind cricket team and other blind sporting teams are a glowing […]
80th Anniversary D-Day Party
On Saturday 8th June, RAB held a D-Day party for its members along with families and carers to celebrate 80 years since D-Day on 6th June 1944. The party was attended by 40 plus members and their families/carers including two centenarians (Jean and Barbara), and supported by a host of volunteers who ensured the afternoon […]
Chairman’s Report March 2024
We have had another wonderful and very successful year. Thanks must go to trustees and volunteers who have worked tirelessly on behalf of our members. Our finances are extremely healthy due to the wise work done by our Treasurer Graham Morgan. He has maximised our income and investments. Our ongoing fundraising has seen us hold […]
RAB Easter Party
On March 23rd 2024 Redditch Association for the Blind held its Easter Party, with a great turn out a lovely afternoon was had by all. Entertainment was provided by Terry Nolan who provided great music to dance and sing to. With a wonderful selection of sandwiches provided by ‘Cooking Good Filling Great’, and savouries provided […]
Donation by Councillor Emma Marshall
Councillor Emma Marshall recently attended one of our luncheon club meetings enabling her to see what, as a charity, we do. She engaged and chatted with numerous members throughout her visit. Since that visit Councillor Emma Marshall has been very kind in providing a generous donation to our charity for which we are very grateful, […]
Ukulele Fundraising Afternoon
On Saturday 2nd March, 15 members of the Bromsgrove Ukulele Club entertained over 70 guests at one of our fundraising events held at Webheath Village Hall with their wonderful ukulele performance. We would like to thank both Mike Smith and Dave Eustace for kindly donating the bands time for the afternoon. They brought a great […]
Astwood Bank Carnival
On the 8th July we had a stall at Astwood Bank Carnival, we ran a bottle tombola, a cake stall and a huge thanks to our President Simon Thomas, of Thomas Brothers Funeral Directors, kind donation of a bottle of Champagne we were able to run a separate raffle alongside everything else. Despite the variable weather […]
Chairman’s Report 2023
What an amazing past year we have had with the charity going from strength to strength, bringing a full return to ‘normality’ after the horrors of covid which disrupted everybody’s lives. Our fortnightly luncheon club continues to grow and become more successful than ever thanks to the enthusiasm of Margaret Williams and her volunteers. Margaret […]
Luncheon Club Talk
At a recent luncheon club we had a fabulous talk from Margaret Mountford and Hedley Brook-Carter: Reddtich & Bromsgrove Talking Newspaper which is a charity providing local news, sports news, events and quizzes verbally for people who are visually impaired, at no cost to the member. It was really informative and made people realise how […]
Retirement of our Treasurer Joyce Bush
In July 2022 we have said goodbye to Joyce Bush who undertook the role of treasurer, Joyce has contributed significantly to and been actively involved in the Association for many years. She has now decided it’s time to retire and we wish her well. Thank you, Joyce.
Chairman’s Update 2022
Our new website has been launched and it is a wonderful improvement on the old site. We hope it is accessible to all viewers.The Association has been very busy this year and we can say that we are back to the situation that existed before Covid. Our twice monthly luncheon club had been going from […]
Chairman’s Update 2020
As everyone appreciates, this year has been overshadowed by the Covid 19 pandemic. This has had a huge impact on the charity and its members and trustees. The fortnightly luncheon club ,enjoyed by up to 30 members, has halted and our planned visits to shows at The Palace Theatre in Redditch were cancelled although but […]