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Are you ready to spare some of your free time?

Did you know our volunteers give around 23,808 hours of their time, skills, experience and companionship to help the people we support. Help us raise reach more people by, joining our amazing team of volunteers and help us to make lives better.

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Our Food offering

In partnership with Apetito Focus Birmingham offer a specialist food provision designed to suit all palettes and conditions.
Sight Loss Professional Resources

Focus Birmingham have for many years aspired to support people with sight loss in poorer countries. Download and use resources below developed by Focus and distribute amongst your networks. If you would like to find out more about Focus and how we can work together, call: 0121 478 5200.
All About Eye Conditions

Find out about eye conditions or call us on - 0121 478 5222 and find out how we can help.
Facebook Fundraiser

Celebrate your special day by setting up a Birthday Fundraiser on Facebook in name of Focus Birmingham and help us continue to make lives better.

Jobs

Browse Focus Birmingham's current vacancies and understand how you can help us support people living with sight loss and complex disabilities.
Volunteer roles

Focus Birmingham offer a range of volunteering opportunities helping you can new skills, experience and giving back to the community. You can find a list of our roles on the volunteer roles page.
Our team

The Focus Birmingham senior leadership team (SLT) is responsible to the board of trustees and assumes responsibility for the daily planning and management of the charity.
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Apply to volunteer

Register your interest to volunteer and help us to make a real difference.
Befriending

Our team of volunteers offer a vital service to help tackle isolation in the local community. Find out more about our befriending service by calling - 0121 478 5222
Supported Living

We provide a specially adapted supported living scheme in Kings Norton providing 24 hr care to support adults with visual impairment and other disabilities to live independently
Low Vision Clinic

Our low vision clinic is here to support people with a visual impairment and assist them to learn how to use remaining sight to its best potential.
Our Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees have ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of Focus Birmingham, and ensuring that it is solvent, well-run, and delivering the charitable outcomes for which it has been set up. The board is responsible for the legal and strategic direction of the charity and formally accounts for its actions in annual reports to both the Charity Commission and Companies House.
The difference we make

Our team of caring experts put the needs of the individuals we support at the heart of everything we do