The Accessible Friends Network" logo. description featuring  the letters  T A F N  with grade one braille on each letter, a V.I. awareness symbol  on the letter "A",  and a  handshake between the letters "F" and "N".

Welcome and 2013 Greetings.

TAFN is A UK based charity operating over the Internet to provide realtime computer support, training and social activities for blind and visually impaired people worldwide.

Thanks for visiting our Website, we hope you enjoy your visit.  Feel free to email us or call our UK local rate Helpline during office hours on 0845 838 2369.


General information:-

TAFN is a Registered Charity No.1108043.

Topical pages:-

A postcard of photo's from the 2012TAFN CAMEO weekend, held at the Hilton Hotel in Bristol.  It shows many TAFN members sitting down to dine and enjoying themselves.

Apart from enabling blind people to meet online from home via accessible voice conferencing, TAFN also runs a bi-annual get-together for it's members, called the CAMEO (Come And Meet Everyone) weekend.  Our third one was held September 2012 at the Hilton Bristol.  

TAFN has also exhibited at BETT - British Education Technology & Training - & Sight Village, a well known assistive technology show.

From 2012 are now inviting providers of assistive technology for blind people to host live virtual presentations on our server.  Please contact us for further information!


TAFN Audio


TAFN volunteers run a regular & busy realtime schedule of entertainment and training events via our screen reader-software friendly VIP Communicator server.  This includes music, quizzes, talk programmes, computer training, interactive games and more.  Our members love music, we facilitate online MP3 playing and some events are in high quality stereo.  Find out more

 This web page is Valid HTML 4.0 Transitional.  Please contact us if you have any problems navigating it.IT4Communities logo - TAFN won the IT4 Communities "Best Accessible I.T. Project" Award, in 2007 "Supporting E-inclusion - Be a Part of it!" logo - from the European E-Inclusion Initiative.  TAFN was listed in the European Social Inclusion Directory, in 2009/10. (logo) The Accessible Friends Network was given the ACCESS IT 2009 Good Practice Label award, for services to disabled people at home. TAFN is a 2010 Microsoft Britain Works NGO Programme Partner, providing accessible computer training to blind & V I people at home via the internet. TAFN has a unique partnership with ABAPSTAS - The Association of Blind And Partially Sighted Teachers And Students.

All pages & content at www.tafn.org.uk copyright The Accessible Friends Network and it's individual members 2003 - 2013.  All rights reserved.  UK Registered Charity No.1108043.