Blind Veterans UK

Meet the voices behind our Radio Play Society. Hear from blind veterans on how they joined and what they get out from being part of the group.

Blind veterans get together weekly at our Brighton centre to record stories from our Radio Play Society. This week they present a stand alone play from the Dangerous Assignments series: The Mystery of the Sunken Ships It's an extraordinary drama of spies and intrigue, mystery and murder and stares our hero, secret service agent Steve Mitchell. The background - British ships carrying important carg...

To honour the fallen - his fellow Vikings - his friends and comrades who were killed in Afghanistan, Billy Drinkwater, a blind veteran who served as a Corporal in 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, bears a permanent tribute to the men who breathed their last on the blood soaked ground of Afghanistan. Respected by those he served with Billy was a career soldier who, during ten years of Servi...

In our charity magazine, Review, in August 1927 the unveiling of the Menin Gates was recorded by two attending blind veterans, then refered to as St. Dunstaners. This year, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the unveiling three students from RADA, as well as Paul Condon of BFBS TV, we have recorded our blnd veterans' historic account. #meningates #history #sightloss #commemoration #respect #me...

One hundred years ago today First World War blinded veteran Frank G Braithwaite landed at Southampton after he was blinded in the Dardenelles.

Written#WW1 veteran's wife Jessie, Assistant Editor of the League of Nations Union Geneva, this story featured in our Review magazine in January 1926. It is read here by former RADA student Gabrille Nellis-Pain.

Blind veteran Chris Nowell, a former Lance Corporal who served with the King’s Royal Hussars from 2001, speaks with Paul Jacobs GM about the day in 2007 when he was wounded in Afghanistan

The podcast is of a conversation between Paul Jacobs and Rob Long as they speak about the Service of Remembrance at the Bastion Memorial Wall this year and what it meant to them. It ties in with the end of 14 years of combat operations in Afghanistan.

A Radio Play Society run by our blind veterans held a red carpet premiere of its first production in more than 70 years. Written in 1894, it details the journey of a blind grandfather whose daughter lies terribly ill after childbirth. The grandfather's family are all around him and the tale revolves around him being able to sense more than his sighted family.

After more than 70 years the charities Radio Play Society as reformed and open with a play called 'The Intruder.' Written in 1894, it details the journey of a blind grandfather whose daughter lies terribly ill after childbirth. The grandfather's family are all around him and the tale revolves around him being able to sense more than his sighted family.

Radio Play Society comes together for the first time in 70 years for the charities centenary to do a play called 'The Intruder' Written in 1894 it details the journey of a blind grandfather whose daughter lies terribly ill after childbirth. The grandfather's family are all around him and the tale revolves around him being able to sense more than his sighted family.

A first-hand account of 25 September 1915 The Battle of Loos by WWI blind veteran Pte. D Matheson Maclean, 11th Royal Scots read by actor Tom Cotcher #battleofloos #100years

Commemorating 100 years since the Battle of Loos

A first-hand account of 25 September 1915 The Battle of Loos by WWI blind veteran Pte. D Matheson Maclean, 11th Royal Scots read by actor Tom Cotcher #battleofloos #100years

A first-hand account of 25 September 1915 The Battle of Loos by WWI blind veteran Pte. D Matheson Maclean, 11th Royal Scots read by actor Tom Cotcher

Navy veteran Ian Upton speaks to Insight Radio about his service and how Blind Veterans UK have supported his life after losing his sight.

Donald Sinden one of Blind Veterans UK's supporters is featured here introducing a poem that was written by Major Hastings Brooke one of our first blind World War One veterans, it is a parody on Kipling’s famous poem If.

Simon Brown talks about our No One Alone Campaign and the support that Blind Veterans UK provides for ex-Service men and women struggling with sight loss.

A brilliant interview with 92-year old legend, blind ex-Service man Alan Saunders who is riding the world's longest zip wire for his birthday for #BlindVeteransUK

The Rose of No-Man's Land by William McLean Blind Veterans UK Review July 1920, read by Lewis Johnson March 2013

Two very moving poems by blind veteran Paul Jacobs. Paul was blinded by a Taliban bomb in Upper Sangin Valley, Helmand Province in Afghanistan’s front line in 2009. He was awarded the prestigious George Medal for bravery as he continued to protect his colleagues after he was wounded. His medal citation praised his ‘faultless courage, selflessness and dedication to his unit.’ #WorldWarOne #TheSomme...

An audio account of the trip Blind Veterans UK's younger group took to the Somme, to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. #WorldWarOne #Centenary

In part two: Clive and his wife Anne speak to BFBS's Chris Sturgess. In the interview Clive talks about going the shock and despair of going blind overnight and the help Blind Veterans UK have given him and his family.