The founding meeting of the Association was chaired by Lord Algernon Percy, High Sheriff of Warwickshire, and a former Conservative MP.
He spoke of the difficulties blind people had in finding work, while other members called for greater support equal to that in other parts of the country.
In 1950, the organization purchased Huntley Lodge in Leamington Spa and developed it into a home for twenty-two elderly blind people.
[1] A 1991 report by the Royal National Institute for the Blind indicated that the number of visually impaired people was far greater than previously thought.
It also formalized its partnership with Warwickshire Social Services and delegated the task of registering blind and partially sighted people to the charity.
In 2011, the Warwickshire Association for the Blind had more than 4,000 people on its database, 2,800 of whom were registered with some form of visual impairment[1] The organization celebrated its centenary in 2011 with a re-enactment of the first meeting at Leamington Town Hall.
[10] WVS has a team of rehabilitation officers who help people with visual impairments adapt to the challenges of having limited vision.
WVS magazine (Warwickshire Vision) is published three times a year and is available in large print, Braille, and audio formats.
[18][19] Each year, WVS presents awards to individuals and organizations that they believe have made a significant contribution to promoting a better understanding of visual impairment.