Launching Herefordshire Vision Links were (left to right) Tony Doverman, with his guide dog Robbie, Julian Reeves, its chief executive, and speaker Jo
A CHARITY that has helped blind and partially sighted people in Herefordshire for 89 years has changed its name.
Herefordshire Association for the Blind is now known as Herefordshire Vision Links to emphasise its role in offering a helping hand to people with limited sight as well as those who are totally blind.
The association was formed in the county in 1919 to try and support people blinded in the First World War but needs have changed with people living longer and developing age-related problems with sight.
At the moment there are more than 4,000 people in Herefordshire with serious loss of sight but most with some vision.
For more on this story, see this week's Hereford Times.
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