[3] Established in 1915, Blind Veterans UK provides free services and lifelong support to ex-Service men and women with visual impairments.

Its specialist services promote and enable these veterans to regain their independence, meet new challenges and achieve a better quality of life.

Blind Veterans UK supports anyone who has served in the British Armed Forces and is experiencing sight loss (be that due to age, accident or illness), and the charity's duty of care extends to all beneficiaries and their families for life.

Shortly after, the organisation moved to St Dunstan's Lodge in Regent's Park (the site of Winfield House), along with its first 16 members.

The Brighton centre was one of the first buildings in Britain purpose-built for those with a disability and every aspect of its construction was specially designed for blind and partially sighted visitors and residents.

It continues to assist veterans blinded in service, including men and women deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[16] Blind Veterans UK runs a wide variety of activities from its centres in Rustington and Llandudno, including photography, gardening and arts and crafts.

Blind Veterans UK has a long-running writing competition, with those supported by the charity submitting their own original stories.