CLARITY – Employment for Blind People

Clarity had a factory in Highams Park, London, which produced toiletries and cleaning products, including soap, handwash, shampoo, body lotion, window cleaner and car cleaning kits, branded as Clarity, Beco and Soap Co.

The products were manufactured in-house and were not tested on animals;[1] in 2017, the facility obtained Planet Mark sustainability certification.

[5] Clarity used proceeds from the sale of products to fund its work providing training and employment for blind and disabled people.

Over time, the organisation started producing a number of other items, including brushes, brooms, upholstery, chair seats, divans and mattresses.

Other early supporters included Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Charles Dickens, who is believed to have written an article in Household Words entitled "At Work in the Dark".

For example, in 1901, General Welfare of the Blind produced all the mats and some other articles used to fit SS Ophir, which conveyed the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and Queen Mary of Teck on their world tour.

After the Second World War, the organisation began making talcum powder, and over the next 50 years the product range continued to grow to include shampoos, bath foams, shower gels, liquid soap, body lotions, beeswax polish, car wash, kitchen cleaners, bath cleaners and air fresheners.