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Wireless for the Bedridden Society
159a High Street
Hornchurch
Essex
RM11 3YB
Tel (freephone): 0800 0182137
Tel: 01708 621101
Fax: 01708 620816
Web: www.w4b.org.uk
Best time to telephone: 8.30am.- 4.30pm, Monday - Friday (lunch 1.00-2.00 pm)
The Wireless for the Bedridden Society aims to provide free radio and television sets to the housebound and aged who are unable to afford sets for themselves. Application forms can be obtained from the above address. Applications must be signed by a sponsor who should be a social worker, welfare officer or an officer of a recognised organisation.
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