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Sight Life, previously known as Cardiff Institute for the Blind (CIB), is Cardiff's oldest charity, [1] founded in 1865 and offering support to visually impaired residents of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Cardiff Institute for the Blind was founded in April 1865 by Frances Batty Shand, [2] the daughter of a Jamaican plantation owner.
After moving to Cardiff, Shand set up a small workshop employing five blind men to make baskets for coal ships. [2] After employing ten more men, the workshop was relocated to Byron Street in Roath, later moving to Longcross Road - near the institute's former home on Newport Road.
By 1900, around 100 blind men and women were employed making baskets, brushes and mats.
The Longcross Street building was destroyed during World War II. A plot of land situated on Newport Road was donated to the charity in 1949 - and made way for Shand House completed and opened in 1953. [2]
The Institute celebrated their 140th birthday in 2005 with a march through Queen Street, followed by a party. By this date the CIB was helping 7,500 people with visual impairments, funded by £350,000 raised by the charity. [3]
The Institute remained at Shand House until October 2012, when they moved to a temporary accommodation in Bridge Street until their new headquarters in Womanby Street, Cardiff, was completed. [2] They share the new offices with the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). [1]
CIB offers support and services for visually impaired people in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Music Club CIB has recently launched a Music Club which is open to all.
Computer Club The institute's Computer Club has been running for over 10 years, providing around 30,000 training sessions for visually impaired people.
Working alongside RNIB, CIB is campaigning to gain equality for the visually impaired in receiving Disability Allowance.
The Vale of Glamorgan, often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol Channel to the south. With an economy based largely on agriculture and chemicals, it is the southernmost unitary authority in Wales. Attractions include Barry Island Pleasure Park, the Barry Tourist Railway, Medieval wall paintings in St Cadoc's Church, Llancarfan, Porthkerry Park, St Donat's Castle, Cosmeston Lakes Country Park and Cosmeston Medieval Village. The largest town is Barry. Other towns include Penarth, Llantwit Major, and Cowbridge. There are many villages in the county borough.
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Habershon & Fawckner or Habershon, Pite & Fawckner was a British architectural practice active in England and Wales from the 1860s, particularly in Cardiff and the South Wales area. They had had offices in London, Cardiff and Newport, designing a large number of houses, villas and non-conformist chapels.
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The 1920 blind march was a protest march to London of 250 blind people from across the United Kingdom. It was organised by the National League of the Blind (NLB) to protest poor working conditions and poverty experienced by blind people. In particular the NLB raised concerns over the conditions in workshops run to provide employment to the visually impaired by various charities. The marchers assembled at Newport, Manchester and Leeds on 5 April and marched to London, assembling at Trafalgar Square on 25 April. They were greeted by a crowd of 10,000 who listened to speeches from Herbert Morrison and trade union leaders. The march leaders met with prime minister David Lloyd George on 30 April, who made few promises apart from to pay for the marchers' rail tickets home. A subsequent Blind Persons Act 1920, the first disability-specific legislation in the world, compelled local authorities to ensure the welfare of blind persons and reduced the pension age for blind men. The march served as inspiration for the more famous 1936 Jarrow March against unemployment, in which the NLB also participated.
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