Living Paintings

Who we are

Living Paintings is an award-winning national charity publishing unique Touch to See books that bring the visual world to life for blind and partially sighted people. Our books help children learn to read, support students in schools, inspire interests and enable lifelong learning for adults. Our purpose is to end the social and educational isolation suffered by blind and partially sighted people at every stage of their lives. We distribute these books nationwide via our FREE postal library to 2,000 children, young people and adults living with sight loss. We are the leader in our field and have a positive, pro-active approach to all that we do.

We are highly dependent on our volunteers and have an enthusiastic, committed, highly skilled group of 320 who support our work. We are also lucky to receive help from many famous faces including Martin Clunes, Sir Derek Jacobi, Betty Jackson, Lord Julian Fellowes, Martin Kemp and many more. As a small team we are still closely in touch with the blind and partially sighted people we work with. This creates a strong connection to our purpose which means we are full of drive and inspiration which in turn means we are a charity who punches way above its weight in every way.