Anyone that has had the pleasure of sitting in a Toyota Prius will know that as it begins to move, the car is eerily silent. The experience is almost ghostly, as the car glides away. Being a hybrid car, the Prius uses an electric motor to move at low speeds, switching to a petrol engine […]

Harrow Open Eyes group meets fortnightly at the Wealdstone Centre, between 11.00am and 1.00pm in the library. It welcomes new members to meet and talk with others. For further details, please phone 07387 101633. Winter and Spring dates for 2017 are as follows: January 9th/23rd February 6th/20th March 6th/20th April 3rd May 8th/22nd June 5th/19th […]

Recent weeks have seen a steady flow of guests to Hounslow VIP Club. The Mayor of Hounslow paid a visit to the club but had her work cut out convincing Herbie and Shriv that she was the genuine article. Shriv, ever the sceptic, checked out the Mayor’s gold chain and regalia with his magnifying glass […]

On Wednesday 3rd November, a group of people from the Ealing Techy Club visited Sight Village at Kensington Town Hall. Sight Village is a two day exhibition of organisations and equipment supporting people with a visual impairment. The trip, which was kindly funded by the Lohri Fund, began with us all meeting at the William […]

Harrow Open Eyes group continues to meet fortnightly at the Wealdstone Centre, between 11.00am and 1.00pm in the library. If you have not been before, the group provides an opportunity to meet and talk with others. For further details, please phone 020 8423 5141. Meeting dates for the remainder of 2016 are as follows: Monday […]

On Thursday 1st September 2016, we launched a club for the visually impaired and blind at Age UK’s centre in Montague Road, Hounslow. The club’s main objective is to bring visually impaired people within Hounslow together, providing a space to talk, meet new people and remove social isolation. The club is run on the first […]

You can now shop online and raise money for MAB at the same time through the MAB shopping portal. The portal provides access to hundreds of high street stores’ websites including Debenhams, Marks and Spencer, John Lewis and Next and, by shopping through our site, we receive a royalty on all your purchases. You can […]

Our office at Freetrade House has provided a safe haven for all sorts of old equipment with CCTV magnifiers, computers, printers and a multitude of spare parts occupying every nook and cranny to the extent that we are barely able to work at several of our desks for equipment. So we are extremely grateful to […]

MAB are once again entering a team to take part in the annual London 10K Run. The MAB team led by CEO, Andrew Cox, are busy training for the event on Sunday 10th July around the West End and Westminster. If you would like to show your support for the MAB team: Ali, Andrew, Toni […]

We are pleased to announce that the new Mayor of Hounslow, Ajmer Grewal, has chosen Middlesex Association for the Blind as one of her supported charities for the coming year. Earlier this month, accompanied by her husband, Cllr Pritam Grewal, and Celia Golden, Head of Equality and Human Rights the Mayor visited The Mobile Resource […]