National League of the Blind and Disabled

NLBD
National League of the Blind and Disabled
Merged intoCommunity
Founded1899
Headquarters465c Caledonian Road, London N7 9GX
Location
  • United Kingdom
Members
3,500 (1982)[1]
Key people
Joe Mann (Secretary)
PublicationThe Advocate[1]
AffiliationsTUC, Labour

The National League of the Blind and Disabled (NLBD), currently a section within the Community trade union, was a trade union in its own right in the United Kingdom throughout the twentieth century (1899–2000), and is said to be the oldest surviving disabled person's organisation in the world.

  1. ^ a b Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-0566024269.