In September 2007, we took a historic step when we officially opened our Centre of Excellence. In April 2010 the Centre was officially named The Perron Centre, in honour of Mr L.S. (Stan) Perron and family, who has contributed generously to the Association over a period of almost 50 years. The Perron Centre is located in Victoria Park, on the site first purchased by the Association in 1922, and from which our services have operated for 88 years.

Through the very generous support of individuals, small and large companies, governments and Lotterywest, we provide our services to the Western Australian community from one of the most innovative buildings of its kind in the world.

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Building Our Vision Campaign Leaders

In 2002, the Association for the Blind realised that its challenge was to shape the future of the organisation. This meant providing relevant and integrated services based on strong research, as well as making the most of recent technological advances to help clients lead fulfilling lives in a rapidly changing world.

The idea of the new centre was born in 2004, and the Association launched its Building our Vision Campaign to raise funds to construct the Centre of Excellence at Victoria Park. As a result of generous support from all sectors of the Western Australian community, and from both the Australian and Western Australian Governments, the Association raised $14.5 million (to May 07).

We sincerely thank those individuals who led the Building our Vision Campaign and the hundreds of donors who have worked with us to achieve our goal.

Find out more about our Building our Vision Campaign Leaders and Donors (doc, 708kb).