A NEW SECURITY system was installed at an Ebbw Vale charity, after it suffered a spate of attacks by vandals.

CCTV cameras are now in place at the Vision Foundation in Victoria Business Park, which helps children and adults with visual problems across South-East Wales.

The charity has paid out £4,500 to put in the system, as it needed to safeguard its expensive equipment.

The Argus revealed last week that the centre was "under siege" from vandals, who had carried out repeated attacks.

A large window was shattered recently when somebody took pot-shots at the building with an air rifle.

Now it is hoped the new CCTV system will act as a deterrent.

Fundraising officer Fiona Perkins said: "The damage that has been caused in recent years has put further strain on a charity, which can only continue to run if it has sufficient resources.

"However, despite its recent problems, the Resource Centre for blind and visually-impaired clients has benefited hundreds of children and adults since opening in 1998.

"The Vision Foundation would like to thank Ron Care and his team from Duoguard Systems in Beaufort who, after reading about the charity's problems in the local press, have made every effort to install the system quickly."

Last week, we announced the charity was also to receive a boost with a grant of £5,000 from the Argus' American parent company Gannett, which owns Newsquest. The Gannett Foundation supports youth projects across the country.

That money will be spent on providing new equipment for its nursery, the charity said yesterday.

The aim of the nursery is to help visually-impaired children, from the age of two, to meet their true potential and reach developmental milestones before starting primary school.

It is available to all pre-school visually-impaired children in South-East Wales.