Welcome to the website of the Blind Business Association Charitable Trust, we hope you find it useful.
Latest News and Opportunities
Twitter and Facebook - You can now find out more about BBACT, the people we support and those who support us, by following us on twitter, or if you're a screen-reader user, then why not log-into Accessibletwitter.com and search for BBACT. If you use Facebook, become a fan of bbact and find out how our 2010 marathon runners are getting on.
Marathon - On 25th April, 9 runners will be raising funds for BBACT in the Virgin London Marathon. To find out more and see how you can take part in the future, visit our London Marathon page. If you would like to make a donation to support us, then visit our fund-raising page at www.justgiving.com/bbact
Opportunity for a professional Fund-raiser - BBACT Trustees are looking for someone to work with us and help us to assist Blind and Partially Sighted People to run their own businesses. If you think you might be interested, contact our Administrator for further information on 01509 561790.
BBACT seeks new chairperson - If you have managerial experience, an interest in helping those who want to help themselves and feel able to assist a small charity to grow and develop, then you might just be the person we are seeking. If you think this might be an interesting challenge, then call our administrator on 01509 561790 who would be happy to tell you more.
BBACT 2009 Conference - To find out about some of the ideas and information shared at this year's BBACT conference, which focused on the use of technology within business, visit our conference blog at www.bbact.wordpress.com
Who is this website for?
If you’re blind or partially sighted and are considering starting a business or you are already in business and would like to be part of a growing community of entrepreneurs, we hope that this web site will provide you with useful, relevant and interesting information to assist you in achieving your business and personal goals.
In the following pages, We aim to tell you more about the Blind Business Association Charitable Trust (BBACT) and the services we offer, provide information on a range of business topics, present opportunities to participate in different events and encourage our partners, friends and supporters to continue to enable us to assist blind and partially sighted people who want an opportunity to succeed.
BBACT produces a regular newsletter which is freely available to any blind or partially sighted entrepreneur who wishes to be part of our network of self-employed business owners. To receive this or to speak with us about any assistance or information you read on this site, you can call us on our local rate help-line number 0845 0450696, our standard rate line 01509 561790 or E-mail us from here.
We are always striving to improve our service and we welcome your feedback on the site and any further contributions. We are also very grateful to anyone who is able to assist us with our on-going fund-raising efforts so please look at our how you can help us pages.
