A charity for blind people that is set to close a home for 48 residents has also stopped all its volunteer services, it has been revealed.

The Thomas Pocklington Trust is closing its Roehampton home, with 48 people set to move out after the charity decided too few of them required to right level of care provided by the facility.

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In a separate letter, seen by the Wandsworth Guardian, dated March 16, the trust announced the end of all its volunteer services, known as "link up" from March 31.

The letter states: "We are taking some time to review the volunteer based services we provide to think about how we can best engage with the local societies across London.

"With this in mind, from March 31, 2016 we will stop running all volunteer services whilst we think about our plans and the way forward.

"I appreciate this will come as disappointing news; however we will be working with local societies to develop improved volunteer services for you."

The letter confirms that no pre-booked events are to be cancelled.

One resident said: "I find this awful because as my sight worsens and having no friends in areas I might be moved to, don't know where I will get the help to still go out and enjoy life, things like clothes shopping or going to exhibitions.

"I feel this charity is absolutely failing blind people."

She said she had been concerned for a number of months about the future of the charity. 

She said: "I have lived at Pocklington Court for several years and there has always been speculation of it selling or removing its support services for visually impaired people.

"Some tenants have been there decades and in the last years of their life are having the disruption of being rehoused and losing what is familiar."

She claims that suggestions the homes would be sold was "laughed off" at a tenants meeting and plans to refurbish flats were dropped.

A spokesman for the trust said: "We will continue to run volunteer services, and they will be reorganised to make sure we are using our resources to provide the most impactful and targeted support to the visually impaired community in the local area.

"We look forward to working with the visually impaired community in Wandsworth to provide them with the support they need to lead independent and fulfilling lives, and we would welcome their input on the type of support services they would like us to deliver.

"As part of our review process we considered in detail a number of potential options for the future of Pocklington Court. While the review was under way, essential repairs and routine maintenance continued as normal, whilst planned upgrades and refurbishments were temporarily placed on hold.

"As we move towards no longer offering supported housing at Pocklington Court, we will continue to ensure all tenants have a safe comfortable environment, completing any required repairs."