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The NNAB

The Norfolk and Norwich Association for the Blind (NNAB) celebrated its 200th Anniversary in 2005. Throughout the County it aims to help the 20,000 people with poor sight. Last year its community workers made nearly 7,000 separate visits to individuals in their homes and there were over 6,000 visitors to the six equipment centres in Norwich, King's Lynn, Great Yarmouth, Cromer, Diss and the Mobile Centre.

In Norwich it has a residential home and 20 sheltered flats as well as a volunteer presence in all four hospital eye clinics in the County. It has a busy sports and leisure programme and over 300 active volunteers are an essential part of the organisation. On 4th May 2010 Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh opened the new Bradbury Activity Centre.

Please remember that the Association receives no state funding, relying entirely on legacies and donations.

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The handover: Break fundraiser Martin Green, Alan Fuller of Eatwell Catering, Roger Cawdron, landlord of the Ribs of Beef, NNAB director John Child, and Mike Lorenz.

More than 60 licensed premises have selected the Norfolk and Norwich Association for the Blind as their chosen charity for 2012 replacing Break, which received more than £40,000 from them in 2011. They are all members of the Norwich Inns buying consortium and will be raising cash and organising fundraising events for the NNAB throughout the year.  Norwich Inns secretary Mike Lorenz said: “We’re looking forward to a very productive year.”