Trustee Opportunities at Focus Birmingham
06 May 2025
Our associate charity, Focus Birmingham, is seeking two passionate individuals to join its Board: Location: Mostly remote, with occasional meetings in Harborne (B17 9AT) Time commitment: Around 8 meetings per year with occasional adhoc sessions Closing date: 11 May 2025
QAC are hiring!
01 May 2025
Our associate charity Queen Alexandra Charity are looking for a Managing Director. Are you a strategic leader with a passion for innovation, enterprise, and social impact? Do you want to drive growth while making a meaningful difference to the lives of adults with disabilities? Click the link to find out...
Free Training for Professionals during May 2025
29 April 2025
Our associated charity, Focus Birmingham are offering two FREE training sessions at their premises in Harborne, Birmingham: Tuesday 6th May 2025: Total Communication Training at 10:30am - 12:30pm
Save the Date - Queen Alexander College Open Day
29 April 2025
Our associated charity, Queen Alexandra Collage (QAC) are holding a Community Services Open Day and everyone is invited! When: Saturday 3rd May 2025 Time: 10:30am – 1:30pm Where: Umberslade Campus, Umberslade Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 7SQ Enjoy Archery, BBQ, Hair and Make-up, Dancing &...
BUGS Ukulele Strummers in Halesowen Hit the Right Note with £1,000 Donation to BRIB
15 April 2025
The Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind are incredibly grateful to the BUGS Ukelele Strummers for their generous donation of £1,000. Last week, our Chair, Matt Bullock, had the pleasure of visiting the group in Halesowen to collect the cheque in person. It was a...
Health and Safety Executive Research into high rise buildings
15 December 2021
PA Consulting are conducting research on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) who are working on the development of new services that will allow HSE to effectively regulate the safety of high-rise residential buildings. They want to ensure that the new services are inclusive and accessible to all, and...
QAC hosts another Sight Village Online Information Event
14 April 2021
Following the success of the initial LIVE Sight Village Online Information Event which took place in January, QAC are pleased to announce that another virtual event will be taking place live on Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st & Thursday 22nd April. Over the three days, the event will have a focus on...
QAC Newsletter Highlights Positive News
14 July 2020
Brib were delighted to receive an update from one of the charities we support, Queen Alexandra College, in the form of their summer newsletter. This highlights some of the fantastic work they have been doing as well as their progress during the lockdown. To view QAC's Newsletter, please visit ...
Charity Inquiry into RNIB
01 July 2020
We have received a number of enquiries about the Charity Commission report regarding the Royal National Institute of Blind People and therefore wish to make the position of BRIB clear. BRIB is an independent charity and is not linked in any way to the RNIB. We have read the report from the Charity Commission...
New OCT Machine for Focus Birmingham
16 June 2020
We were pleased to help support Focus Birmingham to purchase a state of the art Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) machine, which has now been installed at their Harborne site. The Sight Loss Support Service at Focus Birmingham delivers a high quality vision rehabilitation service that supports in excess of 1,500...