RADIO and TV presenter Sue Cook is heading this year’s Christmas appeal for a national Chatham-based charity that provides specially adapted radio equipment on free, permanent loan for blind and partially-sighted people in need.

Former Crimewatch presenter Sue is a patron of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF), which develops and distributes radios and CD radio cassette recorders adapted for people with a visual impairment.

“The BWBF brings all year round comfort and joy to the lives of people who are blind or partially sighted,” said Sue.

“When the BWBF says a radio from the fund is a radio for life, that’s exactly what it means. Audio equipment is supplied, maintained, repaired and replaced for as long as the listener requires a set.

“The BWBF spends around £350,000 a year on providing audio equipment. As an independent charity the BWBF receives no government funding or Lottery money, and exists entirely on the kindness and generosity of its supporters.”

To find out more, or to support the work of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund, visit: www.blind.org.uk or call 01634 832501.