Below are details and links to PDF and Word versions of the latest reports and publications from RNIB Scotland.
Success in Sight
An interim review of progress made to date in implementing the Scottish Vision Strategy. Published March 2012.
Finding a Way Forward
How Scotland's councils can support people with sight loss.
RNIB Scotland's manifesto for the 2012 Scottish local authority elections.
Focus on Our Work 2010-11
RNIB Scotland's annual review provides information on some of the great work done during 2010 and 2011 to support people with sight loss.
Bridging the Gap
RNIB Scotland, with support from the Big Lottery Fund, has developed this resource in response to the work being carried out in Scotland around the transition of blind and partially sighted young people from school, Further and Higher Education into employment.
Don't Lose Sight of Sight Loss
RNIB Scotland manifesto for the 2011-15 Scottish Parliament, calling on all parties to back policies to help end the exclusion of blind and partially sighted people. Published February 2011.
Article 19: Making It Work for People With Sight Loss
Information booklet promoting the European Union's Article 19 directive that enables public bodies to reserve contracts to supported businesses. Published December 2010.
Accessibility of Health Information
Report based on a survey of people with sight loss on their experiences of getting accessible healthcare information in formats such as audio and braille. Published September 2010.
Cost of Sight Loss Scotland 2010-2020
Report that examines the full cost of sight loss to the public sector and how this is projected to almost double within the next two decades. Published June 2010.
This Is Working 2
Second collection of ten case-studies of people who are blind and partially sighted in jobs, including physiotherapist, civil service policy officer and secondary school teacher. Published November 2009.
Scottish Vision Strategy
Document outlining the agreed five-year strategy for tackling preventable sight loss. Described by Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison as "the most concerted drive to safeguard eyesight ever undertaken in Scotland". Published September 2008.
Network 1000: Scotland
Comprehensive study of the experience of 165 blind and partially sighted people in Scotland, revealing their concerns and aspirations, alongside information on home circumstances, health, employment and mobility. Published July 2008.
This Is Working
Ten case-studies that profile people living with sight loss who sustain exacting career jobs that includes broadcasting, financial services, careers guidance, housing and IT. Published in May 2008.