Focus Birmingham Recruitment Pack

For more information about the work we do at Focus Birmingham, download our recruitment pack.

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Focus Wellbeing Day

Join us for an inspiring day dedicated to your wellbeing, featuring expert speakers, practical demonstrations, information, advice and support for everyone living with sight loss. ⭐ Special Guest - Blind Dave Heeley MBE ⭐
Birmingham charity helps train future optometrists as sight loss rises

A partnership between disability and sight loss charity Focus Birmingham and Aston University is helping prepare the next generation of optometrists in a real low vision setting.
Tech Skills Course

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Focus Spring Appeal

Support our Spring Appeal to help people with complex needs and visual impairments thrive. Your donation funds vital services, independence, wellbeing and brighter futures for the people we support across Birmingham.

Current Vacancies

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

At Focus Birmingham, we believe in a world where everyone — no matter their disability or support needs — has the opportunity to live life to the full and reach their potential. Our volunteers make that belief real. By giving their time, skills and kindness, they help people with visual impairments and complex disabilities feel included, empowered, and able to thrive. Current volunteer opportunities
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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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
Befriending Service

Need a regular chat? 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 393 4849 and apply via the Focus Telephone Befriending System
Low Vision Clinic

Our low vision clinic is here to support people with a visual impairment and assist you to learn how to use remaining sight to its best potential.
Other sources of help

Find a range of useful links for specialist advice or support on a particular issue.
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.
Focus Birmingham - Making Lives Better

For help call our SupportLine on 0121 393 4849 Monday to Friday: 9:00am – 4:30pm Email us at [email protected]

Focus Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Week 2025

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Focus Spring Appeal

Support our Spring Appeal to help people with complex needs and visual impairments thrive. Your donation funds vital services, independence, wellbeing and brighter futures for the people we support across Birmingham. Read more

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