Blind Veterans UK: Seeing where the money goes

There can be few more heart-warming ways to spend a day than among the members being cared for, trained and hosted at Blind Veterans UK centre nestled on the coast near Brighton.

The centre itself is a landmark for the local area and emerges from the South Downs hillside like a giant art deco-styled aircraft. The building gravitates around a central staircase column. From it lead off five floors of activity and residential rooms that spread along its wings. On each landing is a themed seating and viewing area which looks out across the English Channel through giant semi-circular glass windows.