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Tel: 01403 732 899 Email: info@snowdontrust.org Web: www.snowdontrust.org Telephones for the Blind Fund Telephones for the Blind is a charity providing mobile phones, grants towards line rental and / or installation of BT landlines, for the blind and visually impaired residents of the United Kingdom. Applications must be made by a Support Worker, Social Worker or Rehabilitation Worker. Email: info@tftb.org.uk Web: http://www.tftb.org.uk/index.htm. British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWFB) Anyone who is registered either blind or partially sighted, over the age of eight, living in the UK and in current receipt of a meanstested benefit qualifies for a free radio set from BWBF. Web: www.blind.org.uk. Telephone 01622 754757. Local trust funds There are locality-specific sources of help that would be too numerous to list here. For example: The Community Foundation in Wales There are funds of this nature in a number of local authority areas. They have different criteria but may be appropriate for an individual application for aid. Web: www.cfiw.org.uk/eng/home. Telephone 02920 379580 Email: info@cfiw.org.uk. Local Blind Societies Some local blind societies provide grants, so it is worth contacting your local group. North Wales Society for the Blind (NWSB) NWSB operates 3 grant schemes for people with sight loss living across North Wales and powys. The first scheme is generic and the applicant can apply for up to £100 for items specific to their sight loss. The applicant must be on means-tested benefits to