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How legacies help KAB
Legacies from KAB supporters provide crucial funding for a range of key services that make a real and tangible difference to sight impaired people in Kent, Medway, Bromley and Bexley.
Here are some of the ways legacies have made a difference to our work.
Keeping KAB's Assistive Technology service running 
Our Assistive Technology service provides tuition and support for sight impaired people to enable them to use specialised software to access computers. The service enables people, for the first time, to be a part of the global online community: sending emails, browsing the internet and using computers to write and read their own correspondence.
We've been able to keep this service running, thanks to people leaving legacies in their Wills to KAB.
Why KAB is in our Will
"I didn't really know that the KAB needed this kind of money. But I was speaking with my husband about how we would like to give some money to the KAB because, you know, we've really enjoyed listening to the Talking Newspapers all these years. So when we went to the solicitors to change our Will I said, "Why don't we put something in there for the KAB?" And you know I'm glad I did because it makes me happy to think that I'm giving something back so that other people can have the same as we've had". KAB Talking News listener
Funding special events for sight impaired children
These events provide children with opportunities to take part, often for the first time, in new and exciting activities. Sports and art and craft days promote self-esteem and give children the sense of well-being and confidence that, in later life, leads to accomplishment and achievement.
Paying for new developments in Digital Kent Talking News
Legacy gifts have helped pay for the running costs and development of KAB's thirteen local editions of Digital Kent Talking News which goes out to over 700 listeners around the region. Many of our listeners are housebound, older people, and this service helps to combat isolation and loneliness by allowing them to keep abreast of local news and information that has been selected to be of particular interest to them.
The service is free and is entirely funded by voluntary income and legacy donations.
Helping to provide 38,000 hours of Volunteer support
Legacy donations contributed towards paying the expenses of
900 volunteers who last year gave 38,000 hours of their time to help thousands of sight impaired people across the region stay independent, mobile and linked in to the life of their local community.
Read more about the difference KAB Volunteers make to people's lives
Helping to deliver the Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care
Legacy income makes a significant contribution to the degree run by KAB in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University - one of only three courses available in the country. It's a key part of our future work because it ensures that professionals working alongside sight impaired people across Southern England are able to access training that will result in the best possible services.
If you would like to speak to someone about leaving a legacy to KAB in your Will, please contact KAB Chief Executive, Karen Osborn on 01622 691357.