May 2020 - Dorset Blind Association

Legacies

Posted on 19 May 2020 by brownbooth

Legacies can be a hard source of funding to work into conversation for any charity as they only come about following someone’s death. So, you see, not exactly a topic to approach with reckless abandon.

Thankfully, we British largely tend to talk about death with an air of indifference, as if it’s something of a matter-of-fact banality, which can be a godsend when bringing up the subject of whether an individual might consider adding a gift in their Will in the form of a legacy.

A legacy donation is a charitable contribution left to us in somebody’s Will, and they are a HUGE source of funding for us.

They’re usually left as a MONETARY GIFT (where you specify a fixed amount) or a RESIDUAL GIFT (effectively whatever is left of your estate, or a share of it).

Also, if you have already written your Will, you can add a Codicil including a gift to us.

If YOU would like to consider leaving a legacy donation to us, you can discuss this with your solicitor, or just phone us on 01202 712865 for more info.

Where’s The Interpreter?

Posted on 14 May 2020 by brownbooth

Information shared around the coronavirus pandemic, and particularly the current government guidelines, should really be the most important information shared at this time. However, a lot of safety-critical instruction and advice – at least here in England – has so-far been communicated in a fashion which overwhelmingly excludes hearing and visually-impaired communities.

A prime example of this would be the lack of a sign language interpreter at government briefings over the past few weeks, which has understandably aggrieved a large number of BSL-fluent people in England. Especially galling when interpreters are being utilised so effectively in briefings given out in other countries; most notably just over the border in Scotland, and Wales.

Likewise, frustration with the lack of printed materials and information shared on social media by Public Health England being not as accessible as it should be in such heightened times is fairly rife: eg a lack of audio on videos and coded image descriptions in Alt Text.

What are YOUR thoughts on this?

Pop In A £

Posted on 13 May 2020 by brownbooth

Admittedly, we’re still a little bit away from shopping and socialising getting back to something approaching normal again but we’re keen to get our POP IN A £ campaign out so it’s fresh in your mind for when you DO see our collection tins again.

The charity collection tin has been a stalwart of community fundraising for longer than you might think. But despite its old age, the tin still serves as an effective way to raise money – and an excellent reminder that there is always a reason to give: a symbol of the philanthropic culture within the UK

It’s simple enough – if you can spare it, please #popinapound when you see one of our little pink elephants cheerfully waving to you across bars and shop counters when the lockdown lifts enough for us to start frequenting our favourite shops, pubs, cafes, restaurants, et al.

One POUND may not seem like much but it can make the world of difference to us running our services to support blind and partially sighted people in your community.

We’ll be circulating details of where to find the little pink chaps in YOUR neck of the woods over the coming weeks 😃

The Ecclesiastical Movement For Good Awards 2020

Posted on 13 May 2020 by brownbooth

The Ecclesiastical Movement for Good Awards are open for 2020, and we would LOVE it if you could find a few minutes to nominate DBA for a £1,000 donation. A charity can win only once but they can be nominated multiple times so please do help us out if you can: the more nominations a charity gets, the more likely they are to win a donation.

Entry is made via the online nomination form available HERE.

The winners will be selected at random from a pool of nominations and announced during the first 12 days of June.