Work with us

Actionnaires is the largest sports project for visually impaired children and young people in the UK. Our unique clubs allow them to take part in sport, make friends, keep fit and have fun. In a safe and supportive environment, the children are able to develop their social skills and confidence; they can learn to believe in their own abilities.

Currently we have 29 Actionnaires clubs in the UK and aim to have 56 clubs by 2010, but we need your help to achieve this.

Changing children’s lives

The success of the Actionnaires clubs is due to the partnerships that have been formed with organisations determined to increase opportunities for blind and partially sighted children and young people. We currently receive support from a range of organisations including:

• BBC Children in Need
• British Blind Sport
• Local authority leisure services
• Sports development teams
• Local blind societies
• National sports governing bodies
• Social services
• Specialist visual impairment teachers and teams.

How can you help?

There are lots of different ways that you can support our Actionnaires clubs.
For example:

• Do you have a sporting venue? Could we use it for our clubs?
• Are you in the know? Could you help to promote Actionnaires to local people, including parents, schools and teachers?
• Do you have any sports coaching qualifications? Could you coach or volunteer at a club? * Do you want a charity partner? Could you fund a club? Are you influential? Could you enlist celebrities to support and promote us?

How can we help you?

These are just some of the potential benefits of working with us:

Accommodating: We could enable you to broaden your client base and reach your disability targets, if you are able to provide affordable or free facilities for us. We are always looking for new venues for our clubs, particularly local leisure centres.

Promoting: As a national charity, Action for Blind People may be able to enhance the service that you offer and promote your services to parents of visually impaired children. You would have an opportunity to raise your profile through the excellent media coverage that we regularly receive about the clubs.

Relating: We can help you to build relationships with potential clients and sports stars of the future - many of our Actionnaires will be of an age to take part in the 2012 Paralympics.

Learning: We can provide your staff with Visual Awareness Training, to enable them to understand how to provide support to visually impaired colleagues and customers.
If you are interested in working with Action for Blind People to get visually impaired children and young people off the sidelines, call our National Freephone Helpline on 0800 915 4666