Cardiff institute for the blind
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Cardiff Institute for the Blind is Cardiff
's oldest charity, founded in 1865 and offering support to visually impaired
residents of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
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n plantation owner.
After moving to Cardiff, Shand set up a small workshop employing four blind men to make baskets for coal ships. After employing ten more men, the workshop was relocated to Byron Street in Roath
, later moving to Longcross Road - near the Institute's current home on Newport Road.
By 1900, around 100 blind men and women were employed making baskets, brushes and mats.
The Longcross Street building was destroyed during WWII and made way for Shand House - a plot of land situated on Newport Road and donated to the charity in 1949 - completed and opened in 1953.
Music Club
CIB has recently launched a Music Club which is open to all.
Computer Club
The Institute's Computer Club has been running for over 10 years, providing around 30,000 training sessions for visually impaired people.
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
's oldest charity, founded in 1865 and offering support to visually impaired
Visual impairment
Visual impairment is vision loss to such a degree as to qualify as an additional support need through a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from either disease, trauma, or congenital or degenerative conditions that cannot be corrected by conventional means, such as refractive...
residents of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in the southern part of Glamorgan, South Wales...
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History of CIB
Cardiff Institute for the Blind was founded in 1865 by Frances Batty Shand, the daughter of a JamaicaJamaica
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n plantation owner.
After moving to Cardiff, Shand set up a small workshop employing four blind men to make baskets for coal ships. After employing ten more men, the workshop was relocated to Byron Street in Roath
Roath
Roath is a district in the east/north-east of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales.It lies just east/north east of the city centre, stretching from Adamsdown in the south to Roath Park in the north. Roath contains the Plasnewydd electoral ward. The name is believed to originate from Irish ráth,...
, later moving to Longcross Road - near the Institute's current home on Newport Road.
By 1900, around 100 blind men and women were employed making baskets, brushes and mats.
The Longcross Street building was destroyed during WWII and made way for Shand House - a plot of land situated on Newport Road and donated to the charity in 1949 - completed and opened in 1953.
Services
CIB offers support and services for visually impaired people in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.Music Club
CIB has recently launched a Music Club which is open to all.
Computer Club
The Institute's Computer Club has been running for over 10 years, providing around 30,000 training sessions for visually impaired people.